Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 101229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Sunday, August 10, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, August 10, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 79.6 F/26.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 862 ft/min (4.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 15010 ft MSL (10084 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 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................. 12475 ft MSL (7549 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 08/11....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:33:47 / 20:32:27 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 58 min 40 sec (838 min 40 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:07 MDT... 63.54 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/10/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15630 ft MSL (10704 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21838 ft MSL (16912 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18524 ft MSL (13597 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.9
K index......................... +13.9
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 -21.4 -6.5 345 25 13 9.3 5.1 43.6 110.5 9.9 M M
24000 -15.6 3.9 340 25 13 7.5 4.1 42.6 108.7 9.3 M M
22000 -11.1 12.0 345 24 12 7.1 3.9 41.1 105.9 8.3 M M
20000 -6.9 19.6 340 25 13 7.0 3.8 39.1 102.3 6.7 M M
18000 -3.6 25.5 345 26 13 5.6 3.1 36.3 97.3 4.3 M M
16000 -0.5 31.1 345 23 12 5.4 3.0 33.5 92.2 1.6 M M
14000 2.2 36.0 350 14 7 5.5 3.0 30.2 86.3 -1.5 790 4.0
12000 6.3 43.3 020 9 5 8.0 4.4 28.4 83.1 -3.3 608 3.1
10000 11.4 52.5 025 9 4 8.5 4.7 27.5 81.6 -4.1 396 2.0
9000 14.0 57.2 015 8 4 8.5 4.6 27.2 81.0 -4.4 288 1.5
8000 17.0 62.6 010 6 3 7.6 4.2 26.5 79.7 -5.1 162 0.8
7000 18.8 65.8 015 5 3 5.2 2.8 25.4 77.7 -6.3 78 0.4
6000 19.8 67.6 075 3 1 1.2 0.7 23.5 74.3 -8.3 18 0.1
5000 15.7 60.3 115 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 16.3 61.4 -15.4 113 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/10/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/10/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.2 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.6
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +5.0 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +4.3
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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 -21.0 -5.8 345 41 21 7.5 4.1 | -20.2 -4.4 345 44 23 7.1 3.9
24000 -16.7 1.9 335 36 19 6.8 3.7 | -16.2 2.8 340 38 20 6.1 3.3
22000 -12.7 9.1 330 33 17 6.9 3.8 | -12.6 9.3 335 33 17 6.3 3.5
20000 -8.9 16.0 325 30 15 5.4 2.9 | -9.2 15.4 330 29 15 5.1 2.8
18000 -5.8 21.6 330 27 14 4.8 2.6 | -6.1 21.0 330 25 13 5.3 2.9
16000 -3.2 26.2 330 22 11 3.8 2.1 | -3.1 26.4 335 18 9 4.2 2.3
14000 -0.1 31.8 335 17 9 6.6 3.6 | 0.0 32.0 345 13 6 6.7 3.7
12000 4.0 39.2 340 13 6 7.4 4.0 | 4.3 39.7 350 10 5 8.0 4.4
10000 8.6 47.5 350 8 4 8.4 4.6 | 9.2 48.6 355 7 3 8.7 4.8
9000 10.9 51.6 360 7 3 8.0 4.4 | 11.7 53.1 345 5 3 8.2 4.5
8000 13.3 55.9 005 5 2 6.5 3.6 | 14.3 57.7 330 5 3 8.1 4.4
7000 15.3 59.5 010 3 1 6.8 3.8 | 16.8 62.2 320 5 3 9.6 5.3
6000 16.9 62.4 050 1 0 6.1 3.4 | 19.4 66.9 310 6 3 11.2 6.2
5000 18.8 65.8 165 1 0 10.9 6.0 | 25.3 77.5 310 7 3 88.7 48.6
08/10/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/10/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.5
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +0.3 | CINH... -0.7 K Index... +2.4
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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 -19.8 -3.6 350 41 21 7.6 4.2 | -19.7 -3.5 340 35 18 8.2 4.5
24000 -15.6 3.9 350 37 19 6.0 3.3 | -15.2 4.6 345 34 18 6.7 3.7
22000 -11.6 11.1 345 32 17 5.6 3.1 | -10.7 12.7 350 32 16 6.0 3.3
20000 -8.5 16.7 345 27 14 5.7 3.1 | -7.2 19.0 350 26 13 5.9 3.2
18000 -5.6 21.9 345 20 10 5.1 2.8 | -4.3 24.3 350 18 9 4.8 2.6
16000 -2.1 28.2 345 14 7 5.8 3.2 | -1.3 29.7 355 11 6 5.2 2.9
14000 1.6 34.9 345 8 4 6.6 3.6 | 2.5 36.5 360 6 3 6.9 3.8
12000 5.7 42.3 345 5 3 7.6 4.2 | 6.9 44.4 350 5 3 7.8 4.3
10000 10.4 50.7 335 5 3 7.9 4.4 | 11.5 52.7 335 7 4 7.6 4.2
9000 13.0 55.4 325 7 4 8.3 4.5 | 14.0 57.2 330 8 4 8.4 4.6
8000 15.5 59.9 320 8 4 8.2 4.5 | 16.4 61.5 330 9 5 8.7 4.8
7000 18.1 64.6 315 9 5 10.6 5.8 | 18.9 66.0 325 9 5 9.3 4.9
6000 20.9 69.6 315 9 5 12.0 6.6 | 21.5 70.7 325 9 5 11.0 6.0
5000 23.8 74.8 315 9 5 14.7 8.1 | 24.3 75.7 325 8 4 12.3 6.8
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