Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 171227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Monday, August 17, 2026
This forecast is for Monday, August 17, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 85.1 F/29.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1361 ft/min (6.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17454 ft MSL (12528 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 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................. 11161 ft MSL (6235 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 08/18...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:40:27 / 20:23:14 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 42 min 47 sec (822 min 47 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:31:51 MDT... 61.58 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/17/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15773 ft MSL (10847 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16881 ft MSL (11955 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17183 ft MSL (12257 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.8
K index......................... +30.7
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 -20.4 -4.7 260 35 18 6.7 3.7 44.4 112.0 8.2 M M
24000 -16.5 2.3 260 34 18 7.0 3.8 42.3 108.1 6.5 M M
22000 -12.3 9.9 270 35 18 6.6 3.6 40.4 104.7 5.0 M M
20000 -8.4 16.9 260 31 16 6.1 3.4 37.4 99.3 2.5 M M
18000 -4.6 23.7 255 26 13 7.2 4.0 35.2 95.4 0.4 M M
16000 -0.5 31.1 255 22 11 7.4 4.1 33.6 92.4 -1.2 1022 5.2
14000 4.3 39.7 255 19 10 8.8 4.8 32.5 90.5 -2.4 821 4.2
12000 9.7 49.5 255 16 8 9.4 5.2 32.1 89.7 -2.8 600 3.0
10000 14.8 58.6 250 10 5 7.7 4.2 31.4 88.5 -3.5 386 2.0
9000 17.2 63.0 230 5 3 8.2 4.5 30.8 87.4 -4.1 286 1.5
8000 19.4 66.9 135 3 2 7.4 4.1 30.0 86.0 -4.8 190 1.0
7000 22.1 71.8 095 8 4 6.5 3.6 29.0 84.2 -5.8 73 0.4
6000 23.4 74.1 100 8 4 1.6 0.9 27.5 81.4 -7.5 3 0.0
5000 20.1 68.2 115 5 2 -88.7 -48.6 21.4 70.5 -13.8 73 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/17/2026 at 0900 MDT | 08/17/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +9.2 LI... -0.5 | CAPE... +34.7 LI... -0.3
CINH... -2.8 K Index... +27.1 | CINH... -7.3 K Index... +27.9
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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 -21.4 -6.5 265 30 15 6.3 3.5 | -21.2 -6.2 260 31 16 6.8 3.7
24000 -17.3 0.9 265 25 13 7.4 4.1 | -17.0 1.4 255 26 13 7.1 3.9
22000 -12.8 9.0 260 23 12 6.2 3.4 | -12.8 9.0 255 22 11 6.3 3.4
20000 -9.8 14.4 255 17 9 5.3 2.9 | -9.4 15.1 250 17 9 5.7 3.1
18000 -6.5 20.3 235 14 7 7.4 4.1 | -5.8 21.6 235 13 7 6.6 3.6
16000 -2.1 28.2 230 13 7 8.5 4.6 | -1.7 28.9 220 14 7 8.1 4.5
14000 3.2 37.8 235 10 5 9.4 5.2 | 3.3 37.9 215 12 6 9.2 5.0
12000 8.8 47.8 240 9 5 9.6 5.3 | 8.9 48.0 215 11 6 9.6 5.3
10000 14.4 57.9 235 9 5 9.7 5.3 | 14.7 58.5 215 10 5 10.2 5.6
9000 17.0 62.6 225 8 4 8.4 4.6 | 17.4 63.3 215 10 5 8.7 4.8
8000 19.6 67.3 215 8 4 7.7 4.2 | 20.2 68.4 210 9 5 8.8 4.8
7000 21.9 71.4 200 8 4 7.5 4.1 | 23.0 73.4 210 9 4 10.0 5.5
6000 23.7 74.7 180 9 5 5.8 3.2 | 25.9 78.6 210 8 4 10.4 5.7
5000 24.8 76.6 160 8 4 6.3 3.5 | 31.5 88.7 210 6 3 77.4 42.5
08/17/2026 at 1500 MDT | 08/17/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +70.4 LI... -0.6 | CAPE... +28.7 LI... +0.1
CINH... -8.3 K Index... +26.9 | CINH... -8.0 K Index... +25.1
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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 -20.9 -5.6 255 33 17 6.6 3.6 | -20.4 -4.7 255 35 18 6.3 3.5
24000 -16.8 1.8 250 28 14 7.1 3.9 | -16.4 2.5 250 30 15 6.9 3.8
22000 -12.5 9.5 245 23 12 6.2 3.4 | -12.3 9.9 240 25 13 6.4 3.5
20000 -8.8 16.2 240 16 8 5.8 3.2 | -8.3 17.1 230 18 9 6.3 3.4
18000 -5.3 22.5 225 14 7 7.8 4.3 | -5.0 23.0 215 16 8 8.0 4.4
16000 -0.6 30.9 215 14 7 8.6 4.7 | -0.2 31.6 215 16 8 8.9 4.9
14000 4.6 40.3 215 13 7 9.1 5.0 | 5.3 41.5 220 15 8 9.7 5.3
12000 10.2 50.4 215 12 6 9.4 5.1 | 11.0 51.8 230 13 7 9.5 5.2
10000 15.8 60.4 225 9 5 9.2 5.0 | 16.5 61.7 240 10 5 8.3 4.5
9000 18.8 65.8 225 8 4 10.3 5.6 | 19.3 66.7 250 9 4 9.4 5.2
8000 21.7 71.1 235 8 4 9.6 5.3 | 22.0 71.6 260 8 4 9.1 5.0
7000 24.6 76.3 245 7 3 9.6 5.3 | 24.7 76.5 280 7 3 9.5 5.2
6000 27.5 81.5 255 6 3 9.9 5.4 | 27.5 81.5 295 6 3 10.2 5.6
5000 33.4 92.1 275 5 2 88.5 48.6 | 32.1 89.8 310 6 3 48.8 26.8
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