Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 221228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Tuesday, April 22, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, April 22, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 64.0 F/17.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1163 ft/min (5.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17224 ft MSL (12297 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 70.0 F/21.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1200 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................. 9287 ft MSL (4360 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 04/23.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:37:37 / 20:14:49 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 37 min 12 sec (817 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:13 MDT... 61.13 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 04/22/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11191 ft MSL (6264 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16324 ft MSL (11397 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16615 ft MSL (11688 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.2
K index......................... +20.4
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 -36.5 -33.7 240 42 21 8.4 4.6 27.7 81.9 5.1 M M
24000 -31.5 -24.7 245 39 20 8.5 4.7 26.8 80.2 4.5 M M
22000 -26.7 -16.1 240 36 18 7.1 3.9 24.6 76.3 2.8 M M
20000 -22.3 -8.1 235 34 18 7.8 4.3 23.0 73.4 1.4 M M
18000 -17.6 0.3 235 33 17 8.3 4.6 21.8 71.3 0.4 M M
16000 -12.7 9.1 240 30 15 8.4 4.6 20.8 69.5 -0.6 1035 5.3
14000 -7.6 18.3 235 25 13 8.7 4.8 20.0 68.1 -1.4 824 4.2
12000 -2.3 27.9 225 17 9 9.1 5.0 19.5 67.1 -1.9 605 3.1
10000 2.9 37.2 200 13 7 8.4 4.6 18.8 65.8 -2.6 391 2.0
9000 5.4 41.7 185 12 6 8.0 4.4 18.3 65.0 -3.1 285 1.4
8000 8.2 46.8 175 10 5 5.7 3.1 17.4 63.4 -4.0 165 0.8
7000 10.2 50.4 155 9 5 7.1 3.9 16.5 61.7 -4.9 75 0.4
6000 11.6 52.9 130 8 4 3.1 1.7 15.0 59.0 -6.5 5 0.0
5000 8.9 48.0 105 5 3 4.1 2.3 9.6 49.3 -12.3 56 0.3
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
04/22/2025 at 0900 MDT | 04/22/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +0.2 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -2.9
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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 -36.8 -34.2 270 44 23 8.4 4.6 | -37.3 -35.1 260 46 24 8.7 4.7
24000 -31.8 -25.2 275 45 23 8.4 4.6 | -32.1 -25.8 260 44 23 8.6 4.7
22000 -26.9 -16.4 280 42 22 8.2 4.5 | -27.2 -17.0 270 41 21 8.2 4.5
20000 -21.5 -6.7 280 39 20 7.8 4.3 | -21.7 -7.1 275 38 20 8.2 4.5
18000 -17.1 1.2 280 35 18 6.6 3.6 | -16.8 1.8 275 35 18 8.2 4.5
16000 -13.5 7.7 270 28 15 5.8 3.2 | -12.7 9.1 270 29 15 5.9 3.3
14000 -9.6 14.7 260 24 12 6.9 3.8 | -9.0 15.8 265 24 12 6.9 3.8
12000 -5.7 21.7 270 18 9 7.3 4.0 | -5.0 23.0 260 17 9 6.6 3.6
10000 -0.8 30.6 275 12 6 7.9 4.3 | -0.7 30.7 260 10 5 7.7 4.2
9000 1.6 34.9 280 9 5 8.1 4.4 | 1.9 35.4 255 7 4 8.7 4.8
8000 3.9 39.0 300 6 3 6.8 3.7 | 4.3 39.7 255 5 3 8.7 4.8
7000 5.6 42.1 335 5 2 5.6 3.1 | 6.7 44.1 275 4 2 8.7 4.8
6000 7.1 44.8 345 3 2 4.8 2.6 | 9.1 48.4 290 4 2 10.9 6.0
5000 10.1 50.2 265 2 1 33.2 18.2 | 12.0 53.6 295 4 2 12.2 6.7
04/22/2025 at 1500 MDT | 04/22/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.2
CINH... -0.2 K Index... -9.4 | CINH... -1.0 K Index... +4.6
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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 -37.3 -35.1 255 44 23 8.0 4.4 | -37.3 -35.1 255 42 21 7.4 4.1
24000 -32.5 -26.5 255 44 23 8.0 4.4 | -32.8 -27.0 250 40 21 7.6 4.2
22000 -27.5 -17.5 255 40 20 8.4 4.6 | -27.6 -17.7 250 38 20 8.7 4.8
20000 -21.8 -7.2 260 34 18 8.3 4.6 | -21.8 -7.2 250 35 18 8.6 4.7
18000 -16.8 1.8 265 31 16 8.4 4.6 | -16.7 1.9 250 32 16 8.3 4.6
16000 -12.2 10.0 265 29 15 6.8 3.7 | -11.8 10.8 255 29 15 7.6 4.1
14000 -8.1 17.4 260 24 12 6.9 3.8 | -7.3 18.9 260 26 14 7.6 4.2
12000 -3.8 25.2 250 17 9 8.1 4.5 | -2.7 27.1 250 18 9 8.3 4.5
10000 1.1 34.0 240 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 2.4 36.3 235 10 5 8.2 4.5
9000 3.5 38.3 240 8 4 8.4 4.6 | 5.0 41.0 240 7 3 8.8 4.8
8000 6.0 42.8 255 5 3 8.5 4.7 | 7.5 45.5 260 3 2 8.2 4.5
7000 8.6 47.5 280 4 2 8.7 4.8 | 10.0 50.0 320 2 1 8.0 4.4
6000 11.3 52.3 310 5 2 10.5 5.8 | 12.4 54.3 360 4 2 10.1 5.5
5000 15.3 59.5 320 6 3 30.7 16.8 | 16.9 62.4 360 5 2 7.3 4.0
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