Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 201228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, April 20, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, April 20, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 58.3 F/14.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 849 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14568 ft MSL (9642 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 64.0 F/18.2 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................. 8963 ft MSL (4037 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 04/21....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:40:31 / 20:12:43 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 32 min 12 sec (812 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:37 MDT... 60.45 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 04/20/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 10191 ft MSL (5265 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13325 ft MSL (8399 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13719 ft MSL (8793 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.1
K index......................... +23.2
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 -38.5 -37.3 255 58 30 8.3 4.5 25.8 78.5 6.3 M M
24000 -33.5 -28.3 255 55 28 8.4 4.6 24.8 76.6 5.6 M M
22000 -28.4 -19.1 255 52 27 7.6 4.2 23.0 73.4 4.3 M M
20000 -23.9 -11.0 255 49 25 7.5 4.1 21.4 70.5 3.0 M M
18000 -19.4 -2.9 255 46 24 8.1 4.5 20.0 68.1 1.8 M M
16000 -14.6 5.7 250 43 22 8.4 4.6 19.0 66.3 0.8 M M
14000 -9.9 14.2 255 35 18 7.9 4.3 17.8 64.1 -0.4 796 4.0
12000 -4.8 23.4 260 29 15 8.8 4.8 17.1 62.8 -1.2 584 3.0
10000 0.3 32.5 260 24 12 7.4 4.1 16.3 61.3 -1.9 372 1.9
9000 2.3 36.1 265 20 10 6.9 3.8 15.4 59.7 -2.8 281 1.4
8000 3.8 38.8 280 14 7 4.6 2.5 13.9 57.0 -4.3 209 1.1
7000 5.2 41.4 295 8 4 4.8 2.6 11.7 53.1 -6.6 128 0.7
6000 7.0 44.6 280 5 3 6.2 3.4 10.6 51.0 -7.8 45 0.2
5000 6.6 43.9 225 3 2 -3.5 -1.9 7.4 45.3 -11.2 27 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
04/20/2025 at 0900 MDT | 04/20/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.5 | CAPE... +0.8 LI... +3.3
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +12.5 | CINH... -0.5 K Index... +7.5
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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 -36.9 -34.4 305 40 21 7.3 4.0 | -36.3 -33.3 300 41 21 7.3 4.0
24000 -32.6 -26.7 305 35 18 7.2 4.0 | -32.0 -25.6 300 36 19 7.3 4.0
22000 -27.9 -18.2 305 31 16 7.9 4.4 | -27.0 -16.6 295 31 16 7.3 4.0
20000 -22.5 -8.5 310 28 14 7.8 4.3 | -22.6 -8.7 295 28 14 7.5 4.1
18000 -17.9 -0.2 310 26 14 7.5 4.1 | -18.1 -0.6 295 25 13 7.4 4.1
16000 -14.2 6.4 305 24 12 3.7 2.0 | -13.9 7.0 290 22 11 5.8 3.2
14000 -12.0 10.4 295 22 11 5.3 2.9 | -11.1 12.0 285 19 10 4.4 2.4
12000 -8.0 17.6 290 20 10 8.1 4.4 | -7.9 17.8 275 18 9 7.7 4.2
10000 -2.8 27.0 285 13 7 8.9 4.9 | -2.7 27.1 265 13 6 8.8 4.8
9000 -0.1 31.8 270 10 5 8.9 4.9 | 0.1 32.2 260 10 5 9.6 5.3
8000 2.5 36.5 255 9 4 8.2 4.5 | 2.8 37.0 255 8 4 8.9 4.9
7000 4.8 40.6 225 9 4 6.2 3.4 | 5.6 42.1 250 7 4 9.1 5.0
6000 6.5 43.7 200 10 5 5.1 2.8 | 8.4 47.1 255 6 3 9.5 5.2
5000 8.1 46.6 180 8 4 11.1 6.1 | 13.9 57.0 265 5 3 81.0 44.4
04/20/2025 at 1500 MDT | 04/20/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +3.5 LI... +2.2 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.4
CINH... -0.7 K Index... +8.9 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +13.0
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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 -36.5 -33.7 285 39 20 7.7 4.2 | -37.1 -34.8 280 47 24 7.8 4.3
24000 -31.9 -25.4 285 38 20 7.7 4.2 | -32.3 -26.1 280 42 22 7.9 4.3
22000 -26.9 -16.4 285 35 18 7.3 4.0 | -27.4 -17.3 280 39 20 8.3 4.5
20000 -22.4 -8.3 285 31 16 7.5 4.1 | -22.2 -8.0 280 35 18 7.2 4.0
18000 -18.0 -0.4 280 27 14 7.3 4.0 | -17.9 -0.2 275 32 17 7.2 3.9
16000 -13.9 7.0 275 24 12 6.9 3.8 | -13.7 7.3 270 29 15 7.1 3.9
14000 -10.1 13.8 260 19 10 6.0 3.3 | -9.5 14.9 260 24 12 7.4 4.1
12000 -6.3 20.7 245 16 8 7.9 4.3 | -4.9 23.2 240 18 9 8.6 4.7
10000 -1.2 29.8 245 13 7 8.3 4.6 | 0.4 32.7 240 14 7 8.1 4.5
9000 1.5 34.7 250 10 5 9.3 5.1 | 3.1 37.6 245 11 6 8.9 4.9
8000 4.2 39.6 260 8 4 9.6 5.3 | 5.6 42.1 255 8 4 8.7 4.7
7000 7.1 44.8 275 7 4 9.7 5.3 | 8.2 46.8 270 5 3 8.6 4.7
6000 9.9 49.8 285 6 3 10.4 5.7 | 10.7 51.3 310 4 2 10.4 5.7
5000 15.6 60.1 305 6 3 82.5 45.2 | 14.1 57.4 330 4 2 20.3 11.1
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