Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 071228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Thursday, May 7, 2026
This forecast is for Thursday, May 7, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 65.4 F/18.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1126 ft/min (5.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17578 ft MSL (12702 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 77.0 F/25.5 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................. 14387 ft MSL (9511 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 05/08....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:18:31 / 20:30:13 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 11 min 41 sec (851 min 41 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:24:22 MDT... 65.63 degrees
Upper air data from numerical model forecast valid on 05/07/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11672 ft MSL (6796 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15764 ft MSL (10888 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16797 ft MSL (11921 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.1
K index......................... +24.3
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 -31.2 -24.2 315 44 23 7.2 3.9 33.9 93.0 6.9 M M
24000 -26.9 -16.4 315 43 22 7.1 3.9 32.1 89.7 5.6 M M
22000 -22.1 -7.8 310 43 22 7.0 3.9 29.8 85.6 3.9 M M
20000 -17.7 0.1 310 40 20 7.5 4.1 28.0 82.5 2.5 M M
18000 -13.9 7.0 315 36 18 5.1 2.8 25.8 78.4 0.5 M M
16000 -10.4 13.3 320 35 18 7.4 4.1 23.3 73.9 -1.9 989 5.0
14000 -5.8 21.6 315 31 16 8.7 4.8 22.2 71.9 -3.2 792 4.0
12000 -0.8 30.6 305 26 13 7.9 4.3 21.3 70.3 -4.1 583 3.0
10000 3.8 38.8 285 17 9 6.9 3.8 20.0 67.9 -5.5 386 2.0
9000 6.1 43.0 270 13 7 7.6 4.2 19.3 66.8 -6.1 285 1.5
8000 8.4 47.1 240 11 6 7.1 3.9 18.6 65.4 -6.8 189 1.0
7000 10.4 50.7 215 12 6 5.5 3.0 17.6 63.8 -7.8 97 0.5
6000 11.7 53.1 195 14 7 -0.8 -0.4 15.9 60.6 -9.5 30 0.2
5000 11.4 52.5 165 13 7 0.8 0.4 12.7 54.9 -12.8 9 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
05/07/2026 at 0900 MDT | 05/07/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +0.8
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +23.6 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +22.9
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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 -30.7 -23.3 320 47 24 6.9 3.8 | -29.5 -21.1 325 48 25 6.9 3.8
24000 -26.6 -15.9 320 45 23 6.9 3.8 | -25.4 -13.7 320 46 24 6.3 3.4
22000 -22.0 -7.6 315 40 21 6.9 3.8 | -21.7 -7.1 315 41 21 6.3 3.5
20000 -18.0 -0.4 310 37 19 6.7 3.7 | -18.2 -0.8 310 37 19 5.8 3.2
18000 -14.0 6.8 310 34 17 6.7 3.7 | -13.9 7.0 300 33 17 7.4 4.1
16000 -10.2 13.6 305 32 16 7.2 4.0 | -9.9 14.2 295 30 16 7.2 4.0
14000 -5.8 21.6 295 29 15 7.3 4.0 | -5.5 22.1 295 27 14 8.1 4.5
12000 -1.2 29.8 290 26 13 8.0 4.4 | -0.6 30.9 285 22 12 8.4 4.6
10000 3.8 38.8 275 21 11 8.3 4.6 | 4.2 39.6 270 18 9 5.7 3.1
9000 6.4 43.5 270 17 9 8.2 4.5 | 6.6 43.9 260 15 8 7.6 4.2
8000 8.9 48.0 255 14 7 7.2 3.9 | 9.0 48.2 245 12 6 7.7 4.2
7000 10.7 51.3 225 13 7 4.9 2.7 | 11.4 52.5 220 11 6 7.6 4.1
6000 11.7 53.1 190 14 7 3.6 2.0 | 13.8 56.8 200 10 5 9.8 5.4
5000 12.7 54.9 155 8 4 -10.5 -5.8 | 18.7 65.7 190 8 4 57.0 31.3
05/07/2026 at 1500 MDT | 05/07/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +27.1 LI... -0.4 | CAPE... +22.2 LI... -0.1
CINH... -20.6 K Index... +17.9 | CINH... -28.8 K Index... +23.1
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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 -29.2 -20.6 315 43 22 7.5 4.1 | -29.1 -20.4 320 43 22 7.7 4.2
24000 -24.8 -12.6 310 41 21 6.6 3.6 | -24.6 -12.3 315 42 22 7.0 3.8
22000 -20.8 -5.4 310 40 21 6.7 3.7 | -20.4 -4.7 315 42 22 7.1 3.9
20000 -17.7 0.1 305 39 20 4.5 2.5 | -16.9 1.6 310 42 22 5.3 2.9
18000 -14.0 6.8 295 35 18 6.5 3.6 | -13.3 8.1 300 40 21 5.3 2.9
16000 -9.2 15.4 295 29 15 7.5 4.1 | -9.1 15.6 295 35 18 7.9 4.3
14000 -5.1 22.8 285 24 12 8.5 4.7 | -4.3 24.3 290 28 14 8.7 4.8
12000 -0.0 32.0 280 20 10 9.1 5.0 | 0.9 33.6 285 22 11 9.0 5.0
10000 5.4 41.7 275 17 9 7.5 4.1 | 6.3 43.3 285 18 9 8.3 4.5
9000 8.2 46.8 275 16 8 8.6 4.7 | 9.1 48.4 285 15 8 9.4 5.2
8000 10.9 51.6 275 13 7 8.9 4.9 | 11.8 53.2 285 12 6 9.6 5.3
7000 13.7 56.7 275 11 5 9.6 5.3 | 14.5 58.1 290 8 4 9.0 5.0
6000 16.5 61.7 280 9 5 10.1 5.5 | 17.0 62.6 295 5 3 9.6 5.2
5000 20.4 68.7 290 8 4 27.2 14.9 | 21.3 70.3 310 3 2 8.9 4.9
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