Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 091228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, August 9, 2026
This forecast is for Sunday, August 9, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 89.1 F/31.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1707 ft/min (8.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20582 ft MSL (15701 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 99.0 F/37.7 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................. 13877 ft MSL (8996 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 08/10....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:32:34 / 20:34:03 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 1 min 29 sec (841 min 29 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:18 MDT... 63.88 degrees
Upper air data from numerical model forecast valid on 08/09/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16507 ft MSL (11626 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17201 ft MSL (12320 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18147 ft MSL (13266 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.0
K index......................... +25.8
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 -21.5 -6.7 265 21 11 6.9 3.8 42.9 109.2 4.3 M M
24000 -17.4 0.7 260 16 8 7.1 3.9 40.9 105.6 2.7 M M
22000 -13.2 8.2 250 9 5 7.4 4.1 39.1 102.3 1.1 M M
20000 -8.8 16.2 260 8 4 7.7 4.2 37.5 99.5 -0.3 1461 7.4
18000 -3.5 25.7 265 8 4 8.2 4.5 36.2 97.2 -1.6 1236 6.3
16000 1.5 34.7 265 7 3 8.7 4.8 35.3 95.5 -2.5 1028 5.2
14000 6.9 44.4 260 7 3 9.1 5.0 34.8 94.7 -3.0 808 4.1
12000 12.1 53.8 265 7 3 8.7 4.8 34.3 93.7 -3.7 593 3.0
10000 17.0 62.6 260 6 3 7.7 4.2 33.5 92.3 -4.6 384 2.0
9000 19.4 66.9 240 7 4 7.9 4.3 33.0 91.3 -5.2 284 1.4
8000 21.5 70.7 225 8 4 7.0 3.8 32.2 89.9 -6.0 192 1.0
7000 23.5 74.3 210 10 5 5.1 2.8 31.3 88.3 -7.0 102 0.5
6000 24.9 76.8 190 11 6 2.4 1.3 29.8 85.6 -8.6 30 0.2
5000 23.0 73.4 135 6 3 -90.1 -49.4 24.2 75.6 -14.2 50 0.3
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/09/2026 at 0900 MDT | 08/09/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +23.3 LI... -1.0 | CAPE... +359.1 LI... -1.8
CINH... -200.0 K Index... +26.3 | CINH... -29.0 K Index... +28.9
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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 -21.6 -6.9 260 21 11 6.5 3.6 | -21.0 -5.8 255 22 11 7.1 3.9
24000 -17.5 0.5 255 18 9 7.4 4.0 | -17.0 1.4 255 19 10 6.4 3.5
22000 -13.2 8.2 260 14 7 7.4 4.1 | -13.3 8.1 260 14 7 7.1 3.9
20000 -8.9 16.0 265 11 6 7.5 4.1 | -8.9 16.0 265 10 5 7.6 4.2
18000 -3.8 25.2 265 9 5 7.7 4.2 | -4.0 24.8 260 8 4 7.6 4.2
16000 1.1 34.0 260 8 4 9.0 4.9 | 0.8 33.4 245 8 4 8.9 4.9
14000 6.5 43.7 265 8 4 9.0 4.9 | 6.2 43.2 240 9 4 8.9 4.9
12000 11.8 53.2 270 8 4 8.8 4.9 | 11.5 52.7 240 9 4 8.8 4.9
10000 16.7 62.1 255 7 4 7.5 4.1 | 16.7 62.1 235 8 4 8.2 4.5
9000 19.0 66.2 240 7 4 7.6 4.2 | 19.5 67.1 235 8 4 9.5 5.2
8000 21.1 70.0 225 7 4 7.0 3.9 | 22.0 71.6 225 7 4 8.7 4.8
7000 23.1 73.6 215 8 4 6.7 3.7 | 24.7 76.5 225 6 3 8.8 4.8
6000 24.6 76.3 195 9 4 4.5 2.5 | 27.5 81.5 225 6 3 9.5 5.2
5000 28.0 82.4 165 6 3 39.4 21.6 | 33.2 91.8 235 5 2 85.5 46.9
08/09/2026 at 1500 MDT | 08/09/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +320.5 LI... -1.5 | CAPE... +230.0 LI... -0.9
CINH... -18.3 K Index... +28.4 | CINH... -50.1 K Index... +26.2
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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 -20.3 -4.5 260 23 12 7.8 4.3 | -20.3 -4.5 260 23 12 7.4 4.1
24000 -16.1 3.0 260 19 10 6.7 3.7 | -16.2 2.8 260 20 10 6.6 3.6
22000 -12.1 10.2 265 15 8 6.8 3.7 | -12.3 9.9 265 16 8 7.1 3.9
20000 -8.2 17.2 275 12 6 6.9 3.8 | -7.9 17.8 270 13 7 7.5 4.1
18000 -3.4 25.9 270 9 5 7.8 4.3 | -2.6 27.3 275 11 6 8.3 4.5
16000 1.4 34.5 255 9 5 8.5 4.7 | 2.3 36.1 265 11 6 8.7 4.8
14000 6.6 43.9 250 10 5 9.1 5.0 | 7.5 45.5 265 10 5 9.1 5.0
12000 12.1 53.8 255 9 5 9.2 5.1 | 12.8 55.0 275 9 5 9.1 5.0
10000 17.4 63.3 255 8 4 8.0 4.4 | 18.2 64.8 285 7 4 7.9 4.3
9000 20.4 68.7 260 7 4 9.7 5.3 | 21.2 70.2 295 7 4 9.0 5.0
8000 23.1 73.6 270 7 4 9.4 5.1 | 23.9 75.0 300 6 3 9.4 5.1
7000 25.9 78.6 280 6 3 9.4 5.2 | 26.6 79.9 305 6 3 9.4 5.2
6000 28.8 83.8 285 6 3 9.8 5.4 | 29.4 84.9 315 6 3 9.8 5.4
5000 34.6 94.3 300 5 3 85.0 46.6 | 33.0 91.4 320 6 3 21.2 11.7
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