Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Sunday, August 3, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, August 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.3 F/30.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1429 ft/min (7.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19662 ft MSL (14733 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................. 10976 ft MSL (6047 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 08/04....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:26:57 / 20:41:01 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 14 min 4 sec (854 min 4 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:59 MDT... 65.39 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15644 ft MSL (10715 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 24709 ft MSL (19780 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 22691 ft MSL (17763 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +3.0
K index......................... +1.4
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 -22.7 -8.9 250 35 18 8.5 4.6 41.7 107.0 5.7 M M
24000 -18.2 -0.8 245 32 16 5.8 3.2 40.1 104.2 4.6 M M
22000 -14.8 5.4 240 30 15 5.7 3.1 37.3 99.1 2.3 M M
20000 -10.3 13.5 230 29 15 6.9 3.8 34.8 94.7 0.2 M M
18000 -5.9 21.4 220 22 11 7.8 4.3 33.3 92.0 -1.2 1261 6.4
16000 -1.0 30.2 220 16 8 9.4 5.1 32.4 90.3 -2.1 1054 5.4
14000 4.8 40.6 230 15 8 9.5 5.2 32.3 90.1 -2.3 823 4.2
12000 10.3 50.5 230 16 8 8.8 4.8 32.0 89.6 -2.6 598 3.0
10000 15.3 59.5 225 16 8 6.2 3.4 31.2 88.1 -3.5 388 2.0
9000 17.8 64.0 220 17 9 6.5 3.6 30.7 87.3 -3.9 284 1.4
8000 20.1 68.2 205 17 9 6.1 3.4 30.0 86.0 -4.7 188 1.0
7000 22.3 72.1 185 19 10 5.2 2.9 28.6 83.4 -6.2 84 0.4
6000 23.0 73.4 170 18 9 0.6 0.3 26.4 79.5 -8.4 32 0.2
5000 17.9 64.2 135 9 4 -20.4 -11.2 18.4 65.1 -16.5 156 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +3.5 LI... +2.4 | CAPE... +3.6 LI... +2.4
CINH... -6.6 K Index... +17.9 | CINH... -9.1 K Index... +14.8
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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 -9.8 285 39 20 7.0 3.8 | -23.3 -9.9 275 35 18 6.5 3.6
24000 -19.2 -2.6 280 34 17 6.1 3.3 | -19.2 -2.6 270 31 16 7.1 3.9
22000 -15.5 4.1 280 30 15 6.3 3.5 | -15.0 5.0 270 30 15 7.3 4.0
20000 -11.3 11.7 280 27 14 7.3 4.0 | -10.3 13.5 275 26 13 7.9 4.4
18000 -7.2 19.0 280 28 14 6.5 3.5 | -6.4 20.5 280 22 11 5.4 3.0
16000 -2.9 26.8 270 25 13 8.5 4.7 | -2.6 27.3 275 19 10 8.0 4.4
14000 1.9 35.4 265 16 8 8.2 4.5 | 2.5 36.5 260 14 7 8.9 4.9
12000 7.0 44.6 280 7 3 8.6 4.7 | 7.6 45.7 235 8 4 8.9 4.9
10000 12.1 53.8 295 1 1 8.3 4.5 | 12.8 55.0 215 4 2 8.3 4.6
9000 14.6 58.3 000 0 0 8.2 4.5 | 15.5 59.9 230 2 1 9.6 5.3
8000 17.0 62.6 040 1 0 7.6 4.2 | 18.1 64.6 260 2 1 8.9 4.9
7000 19.0 66.2 060 1 1 7.2 3.9 | 20.8 69.4 290 3 1 9.7 5.3
6000 20.6 69.1 110 1 1 6.5 3.6 | 23.4 74.1 300 4 2 11.1 6.1
5000 22.3 72.1 145 1 1 11.9 6.5 | 26.2 79.2 305 4 2 13.0 7.2
08/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.4 LI... +2.2 | CAPE... +0.5 LI... +2.0
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +15.5 | CINH... -4.7 K Index... +18.2
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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 -23.0 -9.4 265 38 20 7.3 4.0 | -23.4 -10.1 255 46 24 7.6 4.2
24000 -18.7 -1.7 260 33 17 7.4 4.1 | -18.8 -1.8 250 38 19 8.0 4.4
22000 -14.2 6.4 260 31 16 7.4 4.1 | -14.0 6.8 245 32 16 7.8 4.3
20000 -9.8 14.4 255 26 13 7.4 4.0 | -9.7 14.5 240 26 13 7.2 3.9
18000 -5.6 21.9 245 19 10 6.6 3.6 | -5.3 22.5 215 21 11 7.8 4.3
16000 -1.5 29.3 230 14 7 8.1 4.4 | -0.5 31.1 200 18 9 8.8 4.8
14000 3.7 38.7 220 12 6 9.0 4.9 | 4.9 40.8 200 14 7 9.3 5.1
12000 9.1 48.4 220 9 4 9.2 5.0 | 10.4 50.7 205 10 5 9.3 5.1
10000 14.5 58.1 215 5 2 8.2 4.5 | 15.6 60.1 230 4 2 7.2 4.0
9000 17.3 63.1 235 3 2 8.7 4.8 | 18.4 65.1 285 3 1 8.6 4.7
8000 20.0 68.0 265 3 1 8.9 4.9 | 21.1 70.0 310 4 2 8.9 4.9
7000 22.6 72.7 320 3 2 9.8 5.4 | 23.8 74.8 335 6 3 9.7 5.3
6000 25.4 77.7 330 5 3 11.1 6.1 | 26.5 79.7 335 7 4 10.3 5.7
5000 31.6 88.9 330 7 3 93.5 51.3 | 31.5 88.7 335 7 4 61.0 33.5
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