Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 311228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Thursday, July 31, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, July 31, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 82.2 F/27.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1933 ft/min (9.8 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 24589 ft MSL (19662 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 96.0 F/36.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 21098 ft MSL (16171 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 08/01....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:24:04 / 20:44:21 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 20 min 16 sec (860 min 16 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:13 MDT... 66.12 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/31/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15064 ft MSL (10137 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19665 ft MSL (14738 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 21452 ft MSL (16525 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -3.2
K index......................... +15.8
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 -27.0 -16.6 250 33 17 6.9 3.8 37.1 98.8 1.2 M M
24000 -22.9 -9.2 245 27 14 6.7 3.7 35.0 95.0 -0.5 1889 9.6
22000 -18.4 -1.1 240 18 9 7.8 4.3 32.7 90.8 -2.5 1687 8.6
20000 -13.4 7.9 235 17 9 8.4 4.6 31.6 88.9 -3.6 1480 7.5
18000 -8.2 17.2 245 16 8 9.1 5.0 31.1 88.0 -4.2 1263 6.4
16000 -2.6 27.3 255 13 7 9.7 5.3 30.8 87.5 -4.6 1038 5.3
14000 2.9 37.2 255 11 5 9.1 5.0 30.6 87.1 -5.0 812 4.1
12000 8.2 46.8 260 8 4 8.6 4.7 30.1 86.1 -5.6 594 3.0
10000 13.2 55.8 260 5 3 7.8 4.3 29.2 84.6 -6.5 384 2.0
9000 15.5 59.9 265 4 2 7.8 4.3 28.6 83.5 -7.2 286 1.5
8000 17.7 63.9 260 3 2 7.5 4.1 27.9 82.2 -8.0 191 1.0
7000 20.2 68.4 220 4 2 5.9 3.2 26.7 80.1 -9.3 79 0.4
6000 21.5 70.7 185 6 3 -0.1 -0.1 24.9 76.9 -11.0 12 0.1
5000 17.4 63.3 130 7 3 -93.8 -51.5 17.9 64.1 -18.2 105 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/31/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/31/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +5.0 LI... +2.7 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +2.4
CINH... -20.8 K Index... -0.9 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +5.3
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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 -26.1 -15.0 220 29 15 8.2 4.5 | -26.2 -15.2 205 27 14 8.5 4.6
24000 -21.5 -6.7 215 30 15 7.0 3.8 | -21.6 -6.9 210 27 14 6.6 3.6
22000 -17.3 0.9 210 31 16 7.2 3.9 | -17.6 0.3 210 27 14 6.8 3.7
20000 -12.4 9.7 205 30 15 8.4 4.6 | -12.1 10.2 205 26 14 8.4 4.6
18000 -6.7 19.9 205 28 14 8.3 4.5 | -7.3 18.9 205 24 12 8.1 4.4
16000 -1.9 28.6 205 26 13 8.0 4.4 | -2.5 27.5 205 20 10 7.8 4.3
14000 3.0 37.4 195 24 12 8.4 4.6 | 2.5 36.5 205 19 10 8.9 4.9
12000 8.2 46.8 195 22 11 8.8 4.8 | 7.9 46.2 200 19 10 9.5 5.2
10000 13.5 56.3 195 22 11 8.8 4.8 | 13.6 56.5 200 20 10 9.4 5.1
9000 16.2 61.2 195 22 11 9.2 5.1 | 16.6 61.9 200 20 10 10.5 5.7
8000 18.7 65.7 190 21 11 8.7 4.7 | 19.4 66.9 200 19 10 9.9 5.4
7000 21.2 70.2 185 20 10 8.0 4.4 | 22.4 72.3 200 18 9 9.4 5.2
6000 23.1 73.6 170 18 9 6.9 3.8 | 25.3 77.5 200 17 9 9.9 5.4
5000 26.9 80.4 160 11 6 46.9 25.7 | 31.5 88.7 195 12 6 95.6 52.4
07/31/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/31/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +9.2 LI... +0.2 | CAPE... +20.5 LI... -0.0
CINH... -1.9 K Index... +8.2 | CINH... -3.7 K Index... +8.9
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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 -26.9 -16.4 210 31 16 7.1 3.9 | -26.7 -16.1 220 32 17 7.4 4.1
24000 -22.7 -8.9 210 29 15 7.2 3.9 | -22.5 -8.5 220 30 15 6.6 3.6
22000 -18.4 -1.1 210 26 13 7.4 4.1 | -18.6 -1.5 215 26 14 7.1 3.9
20000 -12.7 9.1 205 24 12 8.6 4.7 | -12.6 9.3 210 24 12 9.1 5.0
18000 -7.5 18.5 205 23 12 9.1 5.0 | -7.1 19.2 205 22 11 9.6 5.3
16000 -2.1 28.2 205 21 11 9.2 5.0 | -1.3 29.7 210 21 11 9.7 5.3
14000 3.5 38.3 210 19 10 9.6 5.3 | 4.5 40.1 210 19 10 9.5 5.2
12000 9.2 48.6 210 18 9 9.7 5.3 | 10.1 50.2 215 16 8 9.5 5.2
10000 15.0 59.0 215 17 9 9.4 5.2 | 15.6 60.1 225 12 6 8.5 4.7
9000 18.1 64.6 220 17 9 10.8 6.0 | 18.5 65.3 230 10 5 10.1 5.6
8000 21.0 69.8 220 16 8 9.8 5.4 | 21.3 70.3 235 9 5 9.6 5.3
7000 24.0 75.2 225 15 8 9.3 5.1 | 24.3 75.7 250 7 4 9.4 5.2
6000 26.9 80.4 225 14 7 9.9 5.4 | 27.1 80.8 265 6 3 10.0 5.5
5000 33.2 91.8 230 10 5 100.3 55.0 | 32.1 89.8 295 5 3 61.7 33.9
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