Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
568
UXUS97 KSLC 191229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Saturday, July 19, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, July 19, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.2 F/30.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1423 ft/min (7.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19604 ft MSL (14675 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 14197 ft MSL (9268 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 07/20....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:13:11 / 20:55:13 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 42 min 1 sec (882 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:12 MDT... 68.64 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/19/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15410 ft MSL (10481 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17779 ft MSL (12850 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18778 ft MSL (13849 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.6
K index......................... +15.9
Height Temperature Wind Wind Spd Lapse Rate ConvectionT Thermal Lift Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft deg C deg F Index fpm m/s
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26000 -22.8 -9.0 270 9 5 7.4 4.0 41.9 107.5 5.9 M M
24000 -18.3 -0.9 260 9 5 5.4 2.9 39.3 102.7 3.9 M M
22000 -15.1 4.8 240 12 6 6.7 3.7 36.2 97.2 1.4 M M
20000 -10.5 13.1 260 15 8 7.9 4.3 34.8 94.6 0.2 M M
18000 -6.8 19.8 270 19 10 7.4 4.1 32.5 90.6 -1.9 1288 6.5
16000 -1.7 28.9 265 17 9 9.2 5.0 31.8 89.3 -2.8 1077 5.5
14000 4.0 39.2 255 15 8 9.5 5.2 31.7 89.0 -3.0 847 4.3
12000 9.6 49.3 245 14 7 9.6 5.3 31.5 88.7 -3.3 619 3.1
10000 15.1 59.2 245 13 7 7.3 4.0 31.2 88.1 -3.7 396 2.0
9000 17.8 64.0 240 12 6 7.3 4.0 31.0 87.7 -4.0 286 1.5
8000 20.6 69.1 220 11 6 6.7 3.7 30.2 86.4 -4.8 163 0.8
7000 22.5 72.5 195 12 6 6.2 3.4 29.3 84.7 -6.0 78 0.4
6000 23.3 73.9 175 13 7 -0.4 -0.2 27.3 81.1 -8.2 25 0.1
5000 19.2 66.6 130 8 4 -3.2 -1.8 20.2 68.3 -15.2 116 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/19/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/19/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +322.2 LI... -2.5 | CAPE... +385.3 LI... -2.1
CINH... -89.8 K Index... +25.1 | CINH... -5.5 K Index... +22.2
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Height Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate | Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft | deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft
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26000 -23.2 -9.8 245 24 12 6.6 3.6 | -23.3 -9.9 245 20 11 6.3 3.5
24000 -19.3 -2.7 240 19 10 6.8 3.8 | -19.3 -2.7 250 20 10 7.1 3.9
22000 -15.1 4.8 235 13 7 6.8 3.7 | -15.1 4.8 255 21 11 7.1 3.9
20000 -11.6 11.1 245 13 7 6.0 3.3 | -11.1 12.0 250 21 11 6.7 3.7
18000 -7.3 18.9 255 16 8 7.5 4.1 | -6.7 19.9 250 21 11 6.5 3.6
16000 -2.7 27.1 265 15 8 8.0 4.4 | -2.8 27.0 250 19 10 7.3 4.0
14000 2.3 36.1 270 14 7 8.6 4.7 | 2.2 36.0 260 17 9 9.3 5.1
12000 7.3 45.1 260 12 6 8.4 4.6 | 7.7 45.9 265 15 8 9.4 5.1
10000 12.1 53.8 245 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 13.0 55.4 255 12 6 8.2 4.5
9000 14.6 58.3 235 11 6 7.8 4.3 | 15.6 60.1 250 11 6 9.3 5.1
8000 16.9 62.4 220 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 18.2 64.8 240 11 5 9.6 5.3
7000 18.9 66.0 205 12 6 7.0 3.8 | 21.0 69.8 235 10 5 9.5 5.2
6000 20.5 68.9 185 13 6 6.9 3.8 | 23.9 75.0 235 9 5 10.3 5.6
5000 22.5 72.5 180 11 5 11.1 6.1 | 29.9 85.8 240 7 4 93.2 51.1
07/19/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/19/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +84.4 LI... +0.2 | CAPE... +43.7 LI... +1.3
CINH... -6.1 K Index... +23.6 | CINH... -66.2 K Index... +19.9
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Height Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate | Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft | deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft
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26000 -22.8 -9.0 240 18 9 6.7 3.7 | -23.0 -9.4 245 16 8 6.3 3.5
24000 -18.9 -2.0 255 16 8 6.6 3.6 | -19.2 -2.6 260 10 5 6.5 3.6
22000 -14.9 5.2 270 14 7 6.8 3.7 | -15.4 4.3 320 9 5 7.1 3.9
20000 -10.5 13.1 265 15 8 7.5 4.1 | -10.1 13.8 310 10 5 9.0 4.9
18000 -6.1 21.0 245 17 9 6.3 3.5 | -4.8 23.4 290 12 6 6.9 3.8
16000 -2.3 27.9 245 17 9 7.4 4.1 | -0.7 30.7 275 15 8 7.5 4.1
14000 2.8 37.0 255 15 8 9.4 5.2 | 3.8 38.8 270 15 8 8.7 4.8
12000 8.4 47.1 265 15 8 9.5 5.2 | 9.2 48.6 275 14 7 9.5 5.2
10000 14.0 57.2 270 14 7 8.5 4.7 | 14.5 58.1 285 11 6 7.4 4.0
9000 16.8 62.2 280 14 7 9.4 5.2 | 17.5 63.5 295 10 5 9.1 5.0
8000 19.7 67.5 280 14 7 9.5 5.2 | 20.3 68.5 300 9 5 9.5 5.2
7000 22.6 72.7 290 13 7 10.0 5.5 | 23.1 73.6 310 8 4 10.0 5.5
6000 25.5 77.9 295 12 6 11.3 6.2 | 25.9 78.6 315 8 4 10.4 5.7
5000 28.4 83.1 300 11 6 14.0 7.7 | 28.8 83.8 320 7 4 11.6 6.4
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