Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Friday, August 1, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, August 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.2 F/29.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1779 ft/min (9.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 22826 ft MSL (17899 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 95.0 F/35.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 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................. 19137 ft MSL (14210 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 08/02..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:25:02 / 20:43:16 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 18 min 14 sec (858 min 14 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:09 MDT... 65.88 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/01/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15241 ft MSL (10314 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18271 ft MSL (13344 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19785 ft MSL (14859 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -3.2
K index......................... +19.2
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 -26.1 -15.0 245 34 18 7.4 4.0 37.9 100.3 2.3 M M
24000 -21.7 -7.1 240 28 14 7.4 4.1 36.2 97.2 0.9 M M
22000 -16.8 1.8 230 24 12 7.2 3.9 34.4 93.9 -0.6 1689 8.6
20000 -12.7 9.1 215 14 7 7.2 3.9 32.4 90.4 -2.5 1507 7.7
18000 -7.6 18.3 220 11 6 9.1 5.0 31.7 89.1 -3.3 1297 6.6
16000 -2.2 28.0 235 13 7 9.3 5.1 31.3 88.4 -3.8 1074 5.5
14000 3.5 38.3 240 16 8 9.3 5.1 31.2 88.1 -4.0 844 4.3
12000 9.1 48.4 240 17 9 9.3 5.1 30.9 87.7 -4.3 618 3.1
10000 14.5 58.1 235 15 8 8.8 4.8 30.5 87.0 -4.8 397 2.0
9000 17.2 63.0 230 14 7 8.4 4.6 30.3 86.6 -5.1 287 1.5
8000 19.6 67.3 220 13 7 7.8 4.3 29.9 85.8 -5.7 184 0.9
7000 21.9 71.4 200 15 8 6.0 3.3 28.6 83.5 -7.1 78 0.4
6000 22.7 72.9 170 15 8 -1.7 -0.9 26.4 79.6 -9.3 25 0.1
5000 19.4 66.9 135 9 5 -78.4 -43.0 19.9 67.9 -15.6 96 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/01/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/01/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +83.9 LI... -0.8 | CAPE... +85.4 LI... -0.6
CINH... -53.3 K Index... +14.4 | CINH... -27.0 K Index... +13.1
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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 -26.6 -15.9 255 29 15 7.5 4.1 | -26.1 -15.0 260 26 13 8.0 4.4
24000 -22.6 -8.7 250 23 12 5.7 3.2 | -21.8 -7.2 260 23 12 6.0 3.3
22000 -19.1 -2.4 240 19 10 6.2 3.4 | -18.2 -0.8 250 18 9 6.3 3.4
20000 -13.7 7.3 230 14 7 8.4 4.6 | -13.5 7.7 225 15 7 7.3 4.0
18000 -8.2 17.2 230 12 6 9.6 5.3 | -8.3 17.1 215 12 6 9.6 5.3
16000 -2.5 27.5 230 10 5 9.6 5.2 | -2.6 27.3 215 11 6 9.4 5.2
14000 2.9 37.2 230 8 4 8.8 4.8 | 3.0 37.4 215 12 6 9.1 5.0
12000 7.9 46.2 225 4 2 8.4 4.6 | 8.2 46.8 210 10 5 8.5 4.6
10000 12.9 55.2 245 2 1 9.1 5.0 | 13.4 56.1 200 8 4 9.6 5.3
9000 15.3 59.5 245 2 1 7.8 4.3 | 15.9 60.6 205 7 4 8.4 4.6
8000 17.6 63.7 210 3 1 6.9 3.8 | 18.6 65.5 210 7 4 8.4 4.6
7000 19.6 67.3 195 5 3 7.7 4.2 | 21.3 70.3 220 6 3 10.1 5.5
6000 21.1 70.0 190 6 3 6.9 3.8 | 24.1 75.4 225 6 3 10.5 5.8
5000 23.2 73.8 185 5 3 11.4 6.3 | 30.0 86.0 240 5 3 88.2 48.4
08/01/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/01/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +86.9 LI... -0.6 | CAPE... +28.7 LI... +0.9
CINH... -19.9 K Index... +15.7 | CINH... -16.1 K Index... +13.8
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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 -25.5 -13.9 255 27 14 8.7 4.8 | -25.5 -13.9 240 27 14 8.6 4.7
24000 -20.7 -5.3 250 23 12 7.1 3.9 | -20.4 -4.7 235 24 12 8.2 4.5
22000 -15.9 3.4 240 17 9 6.2 3.4 | -14.9 5.2 230 23 12 6.4 3.5
20000 -12.3 9.9 220 15 8 6.5 3.5 | -11.3 11.7 215 20 10 6.5 3.6
18000 -7.6 18.3 210 15 8 9.2 5.1 | -6.8 19.8 200 17 9 9.3 5.1
16000 -2.1 28.2 205 15 8 9.4 5.2 | -1.4 29.5 205 16 8 9.3 5.1
14000 3.5 38.3 205 13 7 9.5 5.2 | 4.3 39.7 210 13 7 9.3 5.1
12000 9.2 48.6 210 11 6 9.5 5.2 | 9.8 49.6 220 10 5 9.2 5.0
10000 14.8 58.6 220 7 4 9.7 5.3 | 15.2 59.4 250 6 3 8.1 4.5
9000 17.5 63.5 235 7 3 9.1 5.0 | 18.0 64.4 275 6 3 9.0 4.9
8000 20.3 68.5 260 5 3 9.2 5.1 | 20.7 69.3 290 6 3 9.2 5.0
7000 23.0 73.4 285 6 3 10.6 5.8 | 23.4 74.1 310 7 3 9.9 5.5
6000 25.8 78.4 300 7 4 11.3 6.2 | 26.2 79.2 315 7 4 10.4 5.7
5000 31.9 89.4 310 8 4 92.4 50.7 | 31.3 88.3 320 7 4 62.2 34.1
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