Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 041228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, August 4, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, August 4, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 81.4 F/27.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1611 ft/min (8.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 22169 ft MSL (17243 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 97.0 F/36.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 17577 ft MSL (12651 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 08/05...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:27:55 / 20:39:52 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 11 min 57 sec (851 min 57 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:54 MDT... 65.14 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/04/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15443 ft MSL (10517 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19130 ft MSL (14204 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 20284 ft MSL (15358 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.1
K index......................... +12.4
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 -23.6 -10.5 255 34 18 6.7 3.7 40.9 105.6 3.8 M M
24000 -19.7 -3.5 255 34 18 6.3 3.5 38.6 101.5 2.0 M M
22000 -16.0 3.2 250 35 18 6.3 3.5 36.2 97.2 -0.1 1606 8.2
20000 -10.9 12.4 250 33 17 7.7 4.2 34.4 94.0 -1.6 1389 7.1
18000 -6.2 20.8 240 30 15 7.8 4.3 33.2 91.8 -2.7 1188 6.0
16000 -1.4 29.5 240 26 13 8.9 4.9 32.1 89.9 -3.9 986 5.0
14000 3.8 38.8 245 21 11 8.5 4.6 31.5 88.7 -4.6 771 3.9
12000 8.5 47.3 245 13 6 7.5 4.1 30.4 86.7 -5.8 571 2.9
10000 12.7 54.9 270 5 3 6.2 3.4 28.8 83.9 -7.6 385 2.0
9000 15.1 59.2 255 4 2 6.5 3.6 28.3 83.0 -8.2 284 1.4
8000 17.1 62.8 235 4 2 4.2 2.3 27.4 81.4 -9.1 193 1.0
7000 18.6 65.5 210 5 2 2.8 1.5 25.2 77.3 -11.5 114 0.6
6000 19.3 66.7 185 5 3 2.0 1.1 23.0 73.4 -13.8 62 0.3
5000 16.9 62.4 130 4 2 -96.2 -52.8 17.5 63.6 -19.2 105 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/04/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/04/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.6 | CAPE... +1.7 LI... +2.6
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +5.4 | CINH... -1.9 K Index... +2.6
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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 -23.3 -9.9 245 35 18 8.1 4.4 | -23.8 -10.8 240 39 20 7.4 4.0
24000 -19.1 -2.4 240 33 17 5.1 2.8 | -19.6 -3.3 240 37 19 6.4 3.5
22000 -16.1 3.0 240 31 16 5.0 2.7 | -15.8 3.6 235 36 19 6.4 3.5
20000 -11.8 10.8 235 29 15 7.6 4.2 | -11.2 11.8 235 31 16 7.9 4.3
18000 -6.3 20.7 225 25 13 8.4 4.6 | -5.9 21.4 230 27 14 7.8 4.3
16000 -1.2 29.8 220 19 10 9.2 5.0 | -1.1 30.0 220 22 11 8.3 4.6
14000 4.2 39.6 230 17 8 9.3 5.1 | 3.9 39.0 215 17 9 9.0 4.9
12000 9.7 49.5 230 16 8 9.0 5.0 | 9.3 48.7 210 17 9 9.1 5.0
10000 14.7 58.5 225 18 9 5.9 3.2 | 14.5 58.1 210 18 9 7.0 3.9
9000 17.1 62.8 215 18 9 6.5 3.6 | 17.3 63.1 205 18 9 9.2 5.1
8000 19.1 66.4 210 17 9 6.7 3.7 | 20.0 68.0 200 17 9 10.0 5.5
7000 21.0 69.8 200 16 8 5.6 3.1 | 22.9 73.2 200 16 8 10.1 5.6
6000 22.5 72.5 185 15 8 4.9 2.7 | 25.8 78.4 200 14 7 9.5 5.2
5000 26.1 79.0 170 9 5 6.5 3.6 | 31.8 89.2 200 10 5 8.9 4.9
08/04/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/04/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +6.4 LI... +1.3 | CAPE... +1.0 LI... 0.0
CINH... -1.5 K Index... +3.0 | CINH... -0.8 K Index... +3.3
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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 -24.0 -11.2 235 41 21 7.0 3.8 | -24.0 -11.2 240 44 23 7.4 4.0
24000 -19.7 -3.5 230 38 20 7.4 4.1 | -19.7 -3.5 240 39 20 7.2 3.9
22000 -15.3 4.5 230 37 19 7.4 4.1 | -15.4 4.3 235 35 18 7.2 3.9
20000 -10.3 13.5 225 31 16 7.5 4.1 | -11.3 11.7 225 29 15 7.0 3.8
18000 -5.9 21.4 220 27 14 8.0 4.4 | -5.8 21.6 210 25 13 9.3 5.1
16000 -0.8 30.6 210 24 12 9.0 5.0 | -0.2 31.6 210 24 12 9.7 5.3
14000 4.7 40.5 210 23 12 9.3 5.1 | 5.6 42.1 210 22 11 9.6 5.3
12000 10.3 50.5 210 21 11 9.4 5.1 | 11.3 52.3 215 19 10 9.4 5.2
10000 15.9 60.6 215 19 10 8.6 4.7 | 16.8 62.2 215 16 8 8.0 4.4
9000 18.9 66.0 215 17 9 9.9 5.4 | 19.8 67.6 220 15 8 9.7 5.3
8000 21.8 71.2 220 15 8 10.4 5.7 | 22.6 72.7 225 13 7 9.8 5.4
7000 24.7 76.5 225 14 7 10.0 5.5 | 25.3 77.5 235 10 5 9.4 5.1
6000 27.6 81.7 230 11 6 9.2 5.0 | 28.0 82.4 240 8 4 9.2 5.1
5000 33.7 92.7 240 8 4 12.6 6.9 | 32.9 91.2 250 6 3 12.5 6.9
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