Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 191228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, April 19, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, April 19, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 53.5 F/11.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 581 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11894 ft MSL (6967 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 56.0 F/13.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1430 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................. 6293 ft MSL (1366 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 04/20....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:41:59 / 20:11:40 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 29 min 41 sec (809 min 41 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:49 MDT... 60.10 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 04/19/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 8928 ft MSL (4001 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15729 ft MSL (10802 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13772 ft MSL (8844 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.4
K index......................... +16.8
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 -36.4 -33.5 305 33 17 6.5 3.6 28.6 83.5 12.0 M M
24000 -32.5 -26.5 305 31 16 6.3 3.4 26.2 79.2 10.3 M M
22000 -27.0 -16.6 305 30 15 8.3 4.6 24.8 76.6 9.4 M M
20000 -22.1 -7.8 310 30 15 8.4 4.6 23.8 74.8 8.8 M M
18000 -17.5 0.5 310 29 15 5.7 3.1 22.3 72.2 7.7 M M
16000 -14.4 6.1 300 25 13 5.7 3.1 19.4 67.0 5.2 M M
14000 -11.3 11.7 295 25 13 5.4 2.9 16.5 61.7 2.5 M M
12000 -7.8 18.0 290 21 11 6.7 3.7 14.0 57.3 0.1 M M
10000 -3.2 26.2 285 14 7 8.3 4.5 12.8 55.0 -1.0 398 2.0
9000 -0.4 31.3 280 11 6 8.8 4.8 12.5 54.6 -1.2 286 1.5
8000 2.7 36.9 265 9 4 7.7 4.2 12.0 53.5 -1.7 154 0.8
7000 5.0 41.0 240 7 4 7.4 4.1 11.3 52.4 -2.4 56 0.3
6000 6.6 43.9 190 9 4 2.9 1.6 9.9 49.8 -3.8 M M
5000 5.1 41.2 150 7 3 -2.0 -1.1 5.6 42.1 -8.3 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
04/19/2025 at 0900 MDT | 04/19/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +11.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +12.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -17.4 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -14.1
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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 -33.6 -28.5 025 58 30 7.5 4.1 | -32.6 -26.7 015 46 24 7.3 4.0
24000 -29.1 -20.4 025 56 29 7.6 4.2 | -28.2 -18.8 020 44 23 7.4 4.0
22000 -24.9 -12.8 025 52 27 7.0 3.9 | -23.9 -11.0 025 42 21 7.3 4.0
20000 -21.2 -6.2 025 47 24 5.0 2.7 | -19.4 -2.9 025 38 19 6.2 3.4
18000 -17.9 -0.2 020 40 21 4.5 2.4 | -16.1 3.0 020 34 17 3.9 2.1
16000 -15.2 4.6 020 34 18 3.9 2.2 | -13.8 7.2 025 28 14 4.0 2.2
14000 -13.1 8.4 015 28 14 2.8 1.6 | -11.5 11.3 025 22 11 3.4 1.8
12000 -11.3 11.7 015 20 10 3.7 2.0 | -9.8 14.4 020 16 8 2.8 1.5
10000 -8.4 16.9 015 13 7 6.7 3.7 | -7.4 18.7 015 10 5 5.6 3.1
9000 -6.3 20.7 015 11 6 7.9 4.3 | -5.4 22.3 360 7 4 8.3 4.5
8000 -4.1 24.6 015 8 4 6.4 3.5 | -3.1 26.4 350 6 3 8.5 4.7
7000 -1.8 28.8 015 6 3 7.2 3.9 | -0.5 31.1 335 7 3 9.5 5.2
6000 0.4 32.7 030 4 2 7.8 4.3 | 2.4 36.3 325 7 4 9.8 5.4
5000 2.8 37.0 055 2 1 8.2 4.5 | 8.2 46.8 320 7 4 84.9 46.6
04/19/2025 at 1500 MDT | 04/19/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +12.2 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +10.8
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -10.9 | CINH... -0.3 K Index... -7.5
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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 -32.3 -26.1 005 34 18 7.7 4.2 | -32.6 -26.7 340 24 13 8.0 4.4
24000 -27.7 -17.9 010 32 17 7.6 4.2 | -27.8 -18.0 345 22 11 7.9 4.3
22000 -23.3 -9.9 010 30 16 7.3 4.0 | -23.4 -10.1 350 22 11 7.3 4.0
20000 -18.6 -1.5 010 29 15 6.9 3.8 | -18.7 -1.7 355 22 11 6.9 3.8
18000 -14.8 5.4 010 28 14 4.7 2.6 | -14.9 5.2 355 22 11 5.3 2.9
16000 -12.4 9.7 015 23 12 4.0 2.2 | -12.0 10.4 355 20 10 4.5 2.5
14000 -10.1 13.8 010 17 9 3.8 2.1 | -9.3 15.3 350 17 9 4.7 2.6
12000 -7.9 17.8 360 11 6 3.7 2.0 | -6.6 20.1 340 13 7 4.2 2.3
10000 -5.5 22.1 350 7 3 5.0 2.7 | -3.8 25.2 320 10 5 5.5 3.0
9000 -3.7 25.3 345 6 3 7.6 4.2 | -1.9 28.6 315 8 4 7.3 4.0
8000 -1.4 29.5 335 7 3 8.7 4.8 | 0.2 32.4 320 7 3 8.1 4.5
7000 1.2 34.2 330 7 4 10.0 5.5 | 2.7 36.9 325 5 3 8.9 4.9
6000 4.0 39.2 325 7 4 11.1 6.1 | 5.2 41.4 330 5 3 10.4 5.7
5000 10.0 50.0 320 7 4 86.9 47.7 | 10.0 50.0 330 5 2 53.6 29.4
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