Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 021231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Wednesday, July 2, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, July 2, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 76.5 F/24.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1194 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18938 ft MSL (14011 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0730 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1500 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 16418 ft MSL (11491 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 07/03..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:01:06 / 21:02:56 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 1 min 50 sec (901 min 50 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:32:01 MDT... 70.97 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/02/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14664 ft MSL (9737 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13224 ft MSL (8297 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15941 ft MSL (11014 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -5.0
K index......................... +29.7
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 -22.3 -8.1 195 16 8 7.3 4.0 43.0 109.4 6.6 M M
24000 -17.6 0.3 210 13 6 6.5 3.6 40.7 105.3 4.8 M M
22000 -13.8 7.2 220 15 8 6.5 3.6 38.5 101.2 3.0 M M
20000 -10.0 14.0 215 14 7 6.8 3.7 36.2 97.2 1.0 M M
18000 -6.4 20.5 205 11 6 5.9 3.3 33.8 92.9 -1.2 1115 5.7
16000 -2.7 27.1 180 8 4 6.6 3.6 31.5 88.7 -3.4 946 4.8
14000 1.3 34.3 160 7 4 7.0 3.9 29.6 85.3 -5.4 767 3.9
12000 5.8 42.4 160 6 3 8.0 4.4 28.3 82.9 -6.8 572 2.9
10000 10.4 50.7 170 4 2 6.4 3.5 27.0 80.6 -8.2 377 1.9
9000 12.5 54.5 165 4 2 6.2 3.4 26.3 79.3 -9.1 283 1.4
8000 15.0 59.0 160 5 3 7.0 3.8 25.1 77.3 -10.4 172 0.9
7000 16.8 62.2 155 5 3 6.5 3.6 24.1 75.4 -11.5 86 0.4
6000 18.5 65.3 140 6 3 4.7 2.6 22.9 73.2 -12.9 8 0.0
5000 18.9 66.0 110 4 2 7.8 4.3 20.5 68.9 -15.6 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/02/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/02/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +129.0 LI... -0.4 | CAPE... +192.2 LI... -1.2
CINH... -66.5 K Index... +26.5 | CINH... -19.4 K Index... +28.0
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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 -23.1 -9.6 180 17 9 7.7 4.2 | -23.2 -9.8 185 22 12 7.2 3.9
24000 -18.9 -2.0 180 17 9 6.4 3.5 | -19.0 -2.2 180 20 11 6.8 3.7
22000 -15.1 4.8 185 18 9 6.6 3.6 | -15.0 5.0 185 19 10 6.9 3.8
20000 -10.9 12.4 185 19 10 7.3 4.0 | -10.8 12.6 190 19 10 7.2 4.0
18000 -6.1 21.0 185 18 9 7.5 4.1 | -6.0 21.2 190 18 9 7.7 4.2
16000 -1.5 29.3 185 15 8 8.2 4.5 | -1.4 29.5 185 16 8 8.1 4.4
14000 3.4 38.1 190 12 6 8.5 4.7 | 3.6 38.5 180 13 7 8.9 4.9
12000 8.6 47.5 200 9 4 9.1 5.0 | 8.9 48.0 180 11 6 9.1 5.0
10000 13.7 56.7 210 5 3 6.7 3.7 | 14.1 57.4 180 7 4 7.2 4.0
9000 16.5 61.7 210 5 2 8.7 4.8 | 17.0 62.6 190 5 3 9.7 5.3
8000 19.1 66.4 195 4 2 8.5 4.6 | 19.8 67.6 200 4 2 10.0 5.5
7000 21.6 70.9 185 5 2 7.6 4.2 | 22.8 73.0 225 3 2 9.1 5.0
6000 23.8 74.8 170 4 2 7.4 4.1 | 25.7 78.3 250 3 2 9.4 5.2
5000 26.0 78.8 155 3 2 8.5 4.7 | 31.5 88.7 275 3 2 87.9 48.2
07/02/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/02/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +242.4 LI... -1.3 | CAPE... +425.6 LI... -1.9
CINH... -7.8 K Index... +29.6 | CINH... -64.0 K Index... +29.8
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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 -22.5 -8.5 180 25 13 7.9 4.3 | -21.9 -7.4 190 20 10 7.7 4.3
24000 -18.0 -0.4 180 24 12 7.1 3.9 | -17.6 0.3 200 18 9 6.5 3.6
22000 -13.8 7.2 185 22 11 7.1 3.9 | -13.8 7.2 215 17 9 6.6 3.6
20000 -10.0 14.0 185 19 10 6.5 3.6 | -9.9 14.2 225 16 8 6.6 3.6
18000 -5.6 21.9 185 14 7 7.3 4.0 | -5.4 22.3 240 15 7 7.1 3.9
16000 -1.2 29.8 190 13 7 7.8 4.3 | -1.3 29.7 245 12 6 7.2 4.0
14000 3.7 38.7 200 12 6 9.2 5.1 | 3.4 38.1 240 8 4 8.5 4.7
12000 9.3 48.7 210 10 5 9.6 5.3 | 8.6 47.5 220 5 3 9.0 5.0
10000 14.9 58.8 225 9 4 8.0 4.4 | 13.7 56.7 155 4 2 6.6 3.6
9000 17.9 64.2 235 8 4 9.9 5.4 | 16.5 61.7 135 7 4 8.5 4.7
8000 20.8 69.4 250 7 4 10.5 5.7 | 19.0 66.2 130 11 6 8.6 4.7
7000 23.6 74.5 260 7 4 10.1 5.6 | 21.3 70.3 125 15 8 7.9 4.3
6000 26.6 79.9 280 7 4 9.3 5.1 | 23.6 74.5 120 18 9 7.5 4.1
5000 30.7 87.3 290 7 4 25.4 14.0 | 28.1 82.6 115 14 7 11.5 6.3
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