Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 281228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Tuesday, July 28, 2026
This forecast is for Tuesday, July 28, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 87.5 F/30.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1554 ft/min (7.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19495 ft MSL (14615 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 99.0 F/37.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1030 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................. 14443 ft MSL (9563 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 07/29.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:21:01 / 20:47:41 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 26 min 39 sec (866 min 39 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:21 MDT... 66.87 degrees
Upper air data from numerical model forecast valid on 07/28/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16572 ft MSL (11692 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15760 ft MSL (10880 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16905 ft MSL (12025 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.4
K index......................... +25.3
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 -19.0 -2.2 230 28 15 6.8 3.7 45.8 114.5 6.7 M M
24000 -15.3 4.5 235 24 12 6.0 3.3 43.4 110.0 4.7 M M
22000 -11.9 10.6 240 19 10 6.4 3.5 40.8 105.4 2.5 M M
20000 -7.9 17.8 240 14 7 6.7 3.7 38.5 101.4 0.6 M M
18000 -3.2 26.2 230 9 5 8.0 4.4 36.6 97.9 -1.2 1202 6.1
16000 1.6 34.9 225 6 3 8.2 4.5 35.5 95.9 -2.3 999 5.1
14000 6.5 43.7 235 5 3 8.3 4.5 34.6 94.3 -3.3 793 4.0
12000 11.3 52.3 250 5 2 8.3 4.6 33.7 92.6 -4.4 590 3.0
10000 15.9 60.6 235 4 2 6.2 3.4 32.5 90.5 -5.6 391 2.0
9000 18.5 65.3 215 4 2 8.7 4.8 32.2 89.9 -6.0 285 1.4
8000 20.6 69.1 195 5 3 7.3 4.0 31.4 88.6 -6.9 193 1.0
7000 22.6 72.7 180 6 3 5.2 2.8 30.7 87.2 -7.9 103 0.5
6000 24.4 75.9 165 7 3 4.2 2.3 29.7 85.4 -9.0 18 0.1
5000 22.4 72.3 120 5 3 -99.0 -54.3 24.1 75.3 -14.8 41 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/28/2026 at 0900 MDT | 07/28/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +346.5 LI... -2.4 | CAPE... +478.9 LI... -2.8
CINH... -118.8 K Index... +28.0 | CINH... -23.3 K Index... +30.1
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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 -19.0 -2.2 230 30 15 6.4 3.5 | -19.2 -2.6 230 30 16 6.5 3.6
24000 -15.4 4.3 230 25 13 5.7 3.1 | -15.5 4.1 230 26 13 6.2 3.4
22000 -12.1 10.2 235 18 9 6.4 3.5 | -11.9 10.6 230 19 10 6.6 3.6
20000 -8.1 17.4 230 15 8 7.0 3.9 | -8.0 17.6 225 16 8 6.9 3.8
18000 -3.4 25.9 225 12 6 7.7 4.2 | -3.4 25.9 225 12 6 7.9 4.3
16000 1.3 34.3 220 9 5 8.4 4.6 | 1.3 34.3 220 10 5 8.3 4.6
14000 6.2 43.2 230 7 3 8.2 4.5 | 6.3 43.3 215 7 4 8.6 4.7
12000 11.1 52.0 230 5 2 8.4 4.6 | 11.4 52.5 205 6 3 8.7 4.8
10000 15.8 60.4 195 3 1 6.7 3.6 | 16.4 61.5 190 5 3 7.2 4.0
9000 18.2 64.8 185 4 2 7.7 4.2 | 19.2 66.6 195 5 3 9.0 4.9
8000 20.4 68.7 175 5 3 7.0 3.8 | 21.8 71.2 200 5 3 9.1 5.0
7000 22.4 72.3 175 6 3 7.1 3.9 | 24.5 76.1 210 5 3 9.2 5.0
6000 24.2 75.6 175 5 2 8.5 4.7 | 27.3 81.1 220 5 2 10.2 5.6
5000 28.2 82.8 175 3 2 44.6 24.5 | 30.2 86.4 230 4 2 11.9 6.5
07/28/2026 at 1500 MDT | 07/28/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +464.3 LI... -2.5 | CAPE... +298.9 LI... -2.0
CINH... -14.9 K Index... +31.5 | CINH... -28.8 K Index... +29.9
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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 -19.0 -2.2 225 31 16 6.6 3.6 | -18.7 -1.7 230 31 16 6.9 3.8
24000 -15.3 4.5 225 26 14 6.1 3.4 | -14.7 5.5 225 28 15 6.6 3.6
22000 -11.7 10.9 220 20 10 6.7 3.7 | -10.8 12.6 220 24 12 6.7 3.7
20000 -7.6 18.3 225 16 8 7.1 3.9 | -7.0 19.4 220 18 9 6.8 3.7
18000 -2.7 27.1 215 12 6 7.8 4.3 | -2.2 28.0 220 13 7 8.6 4.7
16000 1.8 35.2 210 11 6 8.2 4.5 | 2.6 36.7 220 12 6 8.6 4.7
14000 7.1 44.8 200 9 5 9.3 5.1 | 7.8 46.0 220 10 5 9.1 5.0
12000 12.5 54.5 210 7 4 9.3 5.1 | 13.1 55.6 230 8 4 9.3 5.1
10000 17.9 64.2 225 5 2 7.9 4.3 | 18.5 65.3 245 6 3 7.8 4.3
9000 20.8 69.4 240 4 2 9.3 5.1 | 21.4 70.5 265 5 3 9.1 5.0
8000 23.5 74.3 270 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 24.1 75.4 290 5 3 9.4 5.2
7000 26.3 79.3 280 5 2 9.4 5.1 | 26.8 80.2 305 5 3 9.6 5.2
6000 29.0 84.2 300 6 3 10.0 5.5 | 29.6 85.3 320 6 3 9.9 5.4
5000 33.3 91.9 310 7 3 30.7 16.8 | 33.3 91.9 325 6 3 21.9 12.0
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