Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 161227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Sunday, August 16, 2026
This forecast is for Sunday, August 16, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 85.0 F/29.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1402 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17420 ft MSL (12494 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 90.0 F/32.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1230 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................. 8188 ft MSL (3262 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 08/17....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:39:28 / 20:24:39 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 45 min 11 sec (825 min 11 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:32:03 MDT... 61.88 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/16/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15196 ft MSL (10270 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16434 ft MSL (11508 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16868 ft MSL (11942 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.1
K index......................... +27.7
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 -21.7 -7.1 270 24 13 7.1 3.9 42.9 109.2 8.4 M M
24000 -17.4 0.7 265 23 12 7.5 4.1 41.1 105.9 7.1 M M
22000 -13.0 8.6 260 22 11 6.6 3.6 39.5 103.1 5.9 M M
20000 -9.4 15.1 260 16 8 5.7 3.1 36.1 97.0 3.0 M M
18000 -6.0 21.2 255 12 6 6.2 3.4 33.5 92.3 0.6 M M
16000 -2.0 28.4 250 11 6 8.0 4.4 31.7 89.1 -1.2 1066 5.4
14000 3.2 37.8 250 10 5 9.1 5.0 31.1 88.0 -1.9 851 4.3
12000 8.7 47.7 260 8 4 9.2 5.0 30.9 87.6 -2.2 627 3.2
10000 14.4 57.9 255 6 3 10.9 6.0 30.8 87.4 -2.4 397 2.0
9000 17.0 62.6 220 5 2 9.8 5.4 30.5 87.0 -2.7 288 1.5
8000 19.6 67.3 195 5 3 8.3 4.6 30.2 86.3 -3.0 182 0.9
7000 22.3 72.1 175 7 3 6.6 3.6 29.2 84.5 -4.0 65 0.3
6000 23.8 74.8 160 7 4 0.9 0.5 27.7 81.9 -5.5 M M
5000 18.5 65.3 115 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 19.6 67.4 -13.7 119 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/16/2026 at 0900 MDT | 08/16/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +56.9 LI... -1.3 | CAPE... +261.0 LI... -1.8
CINH... -62.7 K Index... +30.1 | CINH... -4.2 K Index... +29.1
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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 -23.9 -11.0 255 24 12 7.2 4.0 | -23.2 -9.8 260 19 10 7.0 3.8
24000 -19.8 -3.6 250 22 11 6.5 3.5 | -19.2 -2.6 255 18 9 6.3 3.4
22000 -15.9 3.4 250 19 10 6.7 3.7 | -15.5 4.1 250 16 8 6.4 3.5
20000 -11.8 10.8 245 18 9 7.0 3.8 | -11.6 11.1 245 16 8 6.7 3.7
18000 -7.6 18.3 235 14 7 6.3 3.5 | -7.4 18.7 235 14 7 6.4 3.5
16000 -4.0 24.8 210 12 6 6.9 3.8 | -3.4 25.9 220 13 7 7.7 4.3
14000 0.8 33.4 205 10 5 8.6 4.7 | 1.3 34.3 215 12 6 8.5 4.7
12000 6.2 43.2 210 9 5 9.4 5.2 | 6.5 43.7 210 10 5 9.4 5.1
10000 12.0 53.6 210 9 5 11.4 6.3 | 12.2 54.0 210 9 5 11.4 6.3
9000 14.5 58.1 205 9 5 8.5 4.7 | 14.8 58.6 210 9 5 8.9 4.9
8000 17.1 62.8 200 9 5 7.8 4.3 | 17.7 63.9 210 8 4 8.9 4.9
7000 19.4 66.9 185 10 5 7.4 4.1 | 20.6 69.1 210 8 4 9.7 5.3
6000 21.4 70.5 175 11 6 5.4 3.0 | 23.5 74.3 210 7 4 10.2 5.6
5000 23.7 74.7 155 7 3 10.5 5.8 | 29.0 84.2 215 6 3 64.2 35.2
08/16/2026 at 1500 MDT | 08/16/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +200.7 LI... -1.8 | CAPE... +139.3 LI... -1.3
CINH... -7.3 K Index... +29.4 | CINH... -15.8 K Index... +28.2
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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 -22.6 -8.7 255 21 11 7.4 4.0 | -22.3 -8.1 255 22 11 7.5 4.1
24000 -18.5 -1.3 250 17 9 6.2 3.4 | -18.1 -0.6 250 19 10 6.7 3.7
22000 -14.8 5.4 235 16 8 6.2 3.4 | -14.0 6.8 240 17 9 6.6 3.6
20000 -10.7 12.7 230 14 7 6.5 3.5 | -9.8 14.4 230 17 9 6.5 3.6
18000 -7.1 19.2 215 14 7 7.6 4.2 | -6.2 20.8 220 17 8 6.8 3.7
16000 -2.7 27.1 210 13 7 8.3 4.6 | -2.0 28.4 215 15 8 8.3 4.6
14000 2.5 36.5 210 11 6 9.0 4.9 | 3.2 37.8 215 12 6 8.9 4.9
12000 7.8 46.0 210 10 5 9.0 5.0 | 8.6 47.5 225 10 5 9.4 5.1
10000 13.4 56.1 225 7 3 10.6 5.8 | 14.1 57.4 245 7 3 10.5 5.8
9000 16.1 61.0 235 6 3 9.1 5.0 | 16.7 62.1 260 6 3 8.5 4.7
8000 19.1 66.4 250 5 3 9.3 5.1 | 19.6 67.3 285 5 3 8.7 4.8
7000 22.0 71.6 265 5 3 9.9 5.4 | 22.3 72.1 305 5 3 9.4 5.2
6000 24.8 76.6 280 5 3 10.2 5.6 | 25.1 77.2 315 5 3 10.0 5.5
5000 30.4 86.7 295 5 3 79.0 43.3 | 29.9 85.8 325 5 3 58.7 32.2
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