Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 021227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Tuesday, September 2, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, September 2, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.3 F/30.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1320 ft/min (6.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18607 ft MSL (13681 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 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................. 10426 ft MSL (5499 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 09/03.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:56:25 / 19:58:16 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 1 min 51 sec (781 min 51 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:27:21 MDT... 56.28 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/02/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15390 ft MSL (10464 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 20879 ft MSL (15953 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19922 ft MSL (14996 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.5
K index......................... +14.4
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 -22.5 -8.5 325 12 6 7.7 4.2 41.3 106.4 5.9 M M
24000 -17.8 -0.0 330 11 6 7.9 4.3 39.9 103.9 4.9 M M
22000 -13.1 8.4 335 11 6 6.5 3.5 38.6 101.5 3.9 M M
20000 -9.5 14.9 340 8 4 6.1 3.3 35.9 96.6 1.7 M M
18000 -6.1 21.0 320 6 3 6.5 3.6 33.2 91.7 -0.8 1270 6.5
16000 -1.7 28.9 310 4 2 9.0 5.0 31.8 89.3 -2.3 1078 5.5
14000 3.8 38.8 005 3 1 9.5 5.2 31.5 88.7 -2.7 854 4.3
12000 9.5 49.1 040 3 2 9.5 5.2 31.4 88.6 -2.8 622 3.2
10000 15.2 59.4 040 4 2 9.0 5.0 31.2 88.2 -3.1 394 2.0
9000 17.7 63.9 040 4 2 8.3 4.6 30.8 87.5 -3.5 288 1.5
8000 20.5 68.9 040 4 2 7.4 4.0 30.0 86.0 -4.4 167 0.8
7000 22.2 72.0 045 3 2 5.3 2.9 28.8 83.8 -5.7 86 0.4
6000 23.1 73.6 075 3 1 -0.6 -0.3 26.8 80.2 -7.7 29 0.1
5000 17.2 63.0 110 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 18.0 64.4 -16.7 177 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/02/2025 at 0900 MDT | 09/02/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... +6.6 LI... +0.3
CINH... -3.8 K Index... +17.7 | CINH... -21.8 K Index... +19.2
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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 -23.3 -9.9 320 19 10 8.4 4.6 | -23.4 -10.1 315 17 9 8.7 4.7
24000 -19.0 -2.2 325 17 9 6.0 3.3 | -18.7 -1.7 320 15 8 6.8 3.7
22000 -15.5 4.1 330 14 7 6.0 3.3 | -14.7 5.5 325 12 6 6.1 3.4
20000 -11.6 11.1 330 14 7 6.2 3.4 | -11.1 12.0 320 10 5 5.7 3.1
18000 -7.1 19.2 315 15 8 8.8 4.9 | -6.8 19.8 325 12 6 8.4 4.6
16000 -1.8 28.8 315 13 7 9.1 5.0 | -1.7 28.9 320 13 7 8.9 4.9
14000 3.6 38.5 315 11 6 9.3 5.1 | 3.6 38.5 315 12 6 9.1 5.0
12000 9.0 48.2 320 10 5 8.9 4.9 | 9.1 48.4 325 10 5 9.2 5.0
10000 14.3 57.7 335 6 3 9.3 5.1 | 14.5 58.1 345 6 3 9.2 5.0
9000 16.9 62.4 345 4 2 8.2 4.5 | 17.1 62.8 350 5 2 8.8 4.8
8000 19.4 66.9 350 2 1 7.8 4.3 | 19.8 67.6 350 3 2 8.5 4.7
7000 21.5 70.7 075 1 0 7.3 4.0 | 22.3 72.1 335 3 1 9.4 5.2
6000 23.1 73.6 140 3 2 5.3 2.9 | 24.8 76.6 315 3 1 10.4 5.7
5000 23.7 74.7 135 4 2 0.3 0.2 | 30.2 86.4 310 3 2 78.7 43.2
09/02/2025 at 1500 MDT | 09/02/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +2.3 LI... +0.7 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +1.5
CINH... -5.8 K Index... +15.8 | CINH... -1.1 K Index... +10.2
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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 -23.1 -9.6 310 16 8 8.6 4.7 | -23.0 -9.4 310 15 8 8.2 4.5
24000 -18.3 -0.9 315 14 7 7.3 4.0 | -18.2 -0.8 315 13 7 7.6 4.1
22000 -13.9 7.0 320 11 6 6.4 3.5 | -13.7 7.3 325 11 6 6.9 3.8
20000 -10.3 13.5 320 9 4 5.7 3.1 | -9.5 14.9 330 8 4 6.3 3.5
18000 -6.2 20.8 330 8 4 8.1 4.5 | -5.3 22.5 340 5 3 8.0 4.4
16000 -1.2 29.8 330 10 5 8.9 4.9 | -0.5 31.1 355 6 3 8.5 4.7
14000 4.1 39.4 335 10 5 9.2 5.1 | 4.6 40.3 360 6 3 9.1 5.0
12000 9.6 49.3 335 10 5 9.3 5.1 | 10.1 50.2 350 7 4 9.1 5.0
10000 15.2 59.4 335 10 5 10.1 5.5 | 15.5 59.9 345 8 4 8.9 4.9
9000 17.8 64.0 335 10 5 9.0 5.0 | 18.3 64.9 340 9 5 10.0 5.5
8000 20.6 69.1 335 10 5 8.7 4.8 | 20.8 69.4 335 9 5 8.9 4.9
7000 23.3 73.9 330 9 5 9.6 5.3 | 23.4 74.1 335 9 4 9.0 4.9
6000 26.0 78.8 325 9 5 10.9 6.0 | 26.0 78.8 330 8 4 10.2 5.6
5000 31.7 89.1 320 9 4 83.7 45.9 | 30.4 86.7 320 7 3 45.6 25.0
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