Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 041233
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
633 AM MDT Friday, July 4, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, July 4, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 79.0 F/26.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1163 ft/min (5.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17841 ft MSL (12915 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 90.0 F/32.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0930 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................. 15060 ft MSL (10134 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 07/05..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:02:13 / 21:02:31 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 0 min 18 sec (900 min 18 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:32:22 MDT... 70.78 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/04/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14487 ft MSL (9561 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17195 ft MSL (12269 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17679 ft MSL (12752 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.8
K index......................... +17.9
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 -24.2 -11.6 245 36 19 8.3 4.6 40.6 105.0 6.6 M M
24000 -19.1 -2.4 240 33 17 6.7 3.7 38.9 102.0 5.4 M M
22000 -15.1 4.8 240 30 15 6.7 3.7 36.8 98.2 3.7 M M
20000 -11.1 12.0 245 26 14 6.6 3.6 34.5 94.1 1.8 M M
18000 -7.0 19.4 235 26 14 6.7 3.7 32.6 90.7 0.2 M M
16000 -3.4 25.9 225 23 12 5.7 3.1 30.1 86.2 -2.2 1009 5.1
14000 1.2 34.2 235 17 9 9.0 4.9 29.0 84.2 -3.5 811 4.1
12000 6.6 43.9 230 16 8 9.2 5.1 28.6 83.6 -4.0 589 3.0
10000 11.6 52.9 220 12 6 7.0 3.8 27.8 82.1 -4.9 382 1.9
9000 13.8 56.8 220 9 5 7.2 3.9 27.2 80.9 -5.7 285 1.4
8000 16.4 61.5 205 9 4 6.6 3.6 26.1 79.0 -6.8 171 0.9
7000 18.1 64.6 195 10 5 5.4 3.0 24.9 76.8 -8.1 90 0.5
6000 19.0 66.2 180 12 6 0.3 0.2 22.9 73.1 -10.2 33 0.2
5000 16.8 62.2 140 6 3 -86.6 -47.5 17.7 63.8 -15.5 71 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/04/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/04/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +18.2 LI... -0.3 | CAPE... +417.0 LI... -1.9
CINH... -60.7 K Index... +28.5 | CINH... -9.2 K Index... +30.0
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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 -25.2 -13.4 240 34 17 8.2 4.5 | -25.3 -13.5 235 36 19 7.8 4.3
24000 -20.5 -4.9 240 33 17 7.2 4.0 | -20.6 -5.1 235 35 18 7.4 4.1
22000 -16.2 2.8 245 32 16 7.3 4.0 | -15.7 3.7 235 33 17 7.1 3.9
20000 -11.7 10.9 240 29 15 6.8 3.7 | -11.9 10.6 235 31 16 6.5 3.6
18000 -8.5 16.7 225 25 13 5.7 3.1 | -8.4 16.9 230 28 14 6.3 3.4
16000 -4.5 23.9 220 21 11 7.9 4.3 | -4.3 24.3 225 23 12 7.9 4.3
14000 0.4 32.7 225 18 9 8.8 4.8 | 0.4 32.7 220 20 10 8.4 4.6
12000 5.8 42.4 235 17 9 8.8 4.8 | 5.5 41.9 220 18 9 9.2 5.0
10000 10.7 51.3 235 17 9 5.9 3.2 | 11.0 51.8 220 16 8 9.1 5.0
9000 12.8 55.0 230 15 8 5.8 3.2 | 13.9 57.0 220 15 8 9.9 5.4
8000 14.6 58.3 230 13 7 6.0 3.3 | 16.5 61.7 215 13 7 8.7 4.8
7000 16.5 61.7 220 12 6 8.1 4.4 | 19.3 66.7 215 10 5 8.6 4.7
6000 19.0 66.2 210 12 6 9.4 5.2 | 22.1 71.8 220 9 5 9.1 5.0
5000 21.8 71.2 205 11 6 9.7 5.3 | 28.2 82.8 235 6 3 98.3 53.9
07/04/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/04/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +651.2 LI... -2.8 | CAPE... +387.6 LI... -2.1
CINH... -3.6 K Index... +31.2 | CINH... -76.1 K Index... +28.5
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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 -25.5 -13.9 235 39 20 8.2 4.5 | -25.3 -13.5 235 37 19 7.5 4.1
24000 -20.8 -5.4 235 38 19 7.5 4.1 | -20.9 -5.6 235 36 19 7.2 3.9
22000 -15.8 3.6 235 35 18 7.1 3.9 | -16.1 3.0 230 34 17 7.2 4.0
20000 -12.0 10.4 230 30 15 6.7 3.7 | -11.9 10.6 225 33 17 7.3 4.0
18000 -7.8 18.0 225 27 14 7.9 4.3 | -7.4 18.7 220 33 17 8.4 4.6
16000 -3.2 26.2 220 25 13 8.0 4.4 | -2.3 27.9 215 32 17 9.0 5.0
14000 1.7 35.1 210 22 11 8.9 4.9 | 3.1 37.6 210 30 16 9.2 5.1
12000 7.1 44.8 210 19 10 9.7 5.3 | 8.5 47.3 210 27 14 9.1 5.0
10000 12.7 54.9 210 17 9 8.3 4.6 | 13.7 56.7 210 22 11 7.1 3.9
9000 15.8 60.4 210 16 8 10.0 5.5 | 16.5 61.7 210 19 10 8.9 4.9
8000 18.7 65.7 215 15 8 10.6 5.8 | 19.2 66.6 215 16 8 9.4 5.1
7000 21.6 70.9 215 14 7 10.2 5.6 | 21.9 71.4 215 12 6 8.5 4.6
6000 24.6 76.3 220 12 6 9.4 5.2 | 24.2 75.6 225 8 4 8.6 4.7
5000 30.2 86.4 230 8 4 9.2 5.0 | 27.0 80.6 230 6 3 15.4 8.5
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