Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Tuesday, July 1, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, July 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.4 F/29.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1709 ft/min (8.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 22846 ft MSL (17919 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 100.0 F/38.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0930 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1800 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 19518 ft MSL (14591 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 07/02.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:00:34 / 21:03:05 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 2 min 31 sec (902 min 31 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:31:49 MDT... 71.05 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/01/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15509 ft MSL (10582 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16462 ft MSL (11535 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18878 ft MSL (13951 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.9
K index......................... +26.7
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 -23.3 -9.9 185 18 9 7.7 4.2 41.1 106.0 2.5 M M
24000 -18.9 -2.0 185 15 8 7.0 3.8 39.4 103.0 1.1 M M
22000 -14.8 5.4 195 12 6 7.0 3.9 37.5 99.5 -0.6 1640 8.3
20000 -10.3 13.5 185 10 5 7.0 3.8 35.2 95.4 -2.7 1438 7.3
18000 -6.2 20.8 185 9 5 7.8 4.3 33.4 92.1 -4.5 1258 6.4
16000 -1.2 29.8 195 9 5 9.0 4.9 32.5 90.5 -5.5 1050 5.3
14000 4.1 39.4 195 9 5 9.3 5.1 32.0 89.5 -6.1 831 4.2
12000 9.5 49.1 200 10 5 9.1 5.0 31.6 88.9 -6.6 609 3.1
10000 14.7 58.5 195 13 7 7.1 3.9 31.0 87.8 -7.4 395 2.0
9000 17.3 63.1 195 13 7 7.8 4.3 30.8 87.4 -7.7 286 1.5
8000 19.8 67.6 190 14 7 7.2 4.0 30.3 86.6 -8.2 182 0.9
7000 22.2 72.0 170 14 7 6.0 3.3 29.1 84.5 -9.5 74 0.4
6000 23.4 74.1 155 13 7 3.6 2.0 27.5 81.5 -11.3 7 0.0
5000 21.7 71.1 130 8 4 -8.0 -4.4 22.9 73.3 -16.1 31 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/01/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/01/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +52.9 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +218.8 LI... -0.5
CINH... -77.6 K Index... +21.8 | CINH... -12.3 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 -24.3 -11.7 200 10 5 7.0 3.8 | -24.6 -12.3 195 14 7 6.8 3.7
24000 -20.1 -4.2 205 10 5 7.3 4.0 | -20.5 -4.9 195 14 7 7.5 4.1
22000 -15.9 3.4 230 11 6 7.6 4.2 | -16.0 3.2 200 9 5 7.9 4.3
20000 -10.3 13.5 235 10 5 8.5 4.7 | -10.4 13.3 205 10 5 8.6 4.7
18000 -5.2 22.6 230 10 5 8.3 4.5 | -5.3 22.5 205 10 5 8.6 4.7
16000 -0.1 31.8 220 10 5 9.2 5.0 | 0.1 32.2 205 9 5 9.5 5.2
14000 5.5 41.9 215 10 5 9.5 5.2 | 5.7 42.3 200 10 5 9.4 5.1
12000 11.1 52.0 215 11 6 9.2 5.1 | 11.3 52.3 200 10 5 9.4 5.2
10000 16.6 61.9 205 13 7 9.0 5.0 | 16.8 62.2 200 10 5 8.5 4.7
9000 19.3 66.7 200 14 7 9.6 5.3 | 19.7 67.5 200 10 5 9.7 5.3
8000 21.8 71.2 195 13 7 8.4 4.6 | 22.5 72.5 200 9 5 9.9 5.4
7000 24.2 75.6 185 13 6 7.5 4.1 | 25.5 77.9 200 9 5 9.8 5.4
6000 25.9 78.6 175 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 28.4 83.1 205 8 4 10.2 5.6
5000 29.5 85.1 165 7 3 42.8 23.5 | 31.3 88.3 205 7 4 11.9 6.5
07/01/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/01/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +149.3 LI... -0.3 | CAPE... +101.3 LI... -0.6
CINH... -14.9 K Index... +22.2 | CINH... -48.3 K Index... +22.7
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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 -23.5 -10.3 185 18 9 7.2 4.0 | -23.1 -9.6 210 14 7 7.2 4.0
24000 -19.3 -2.7 185 18 9 7.2 4.5 | -18.8 -1.8 220 14 7 7.3 4.0
22000 -15.1 4.8 185 16 8 7.6 4.2 | -14.6 5.7 225 15 8 7.4 4.0
20000 -9.7 14.5 190 14 7 8.2 4.5 | -9.6 14.7 230 13 7 7.6 4.2
18000 -4.7 23.5 195 12 6 9.2 5.1 | -4.8 23.4 230 11 6 8.9 4.9
16000 0.8 33.4 195 11 6 9.4 5.1 | 0.6 33.1 225 9 5 9.4 5.1
14000 6.4 43.5 205 10 5 9.3 5.1 | 6.3 43.3 215 8 4 9.5 5.2
12000 12.0 53.6 215 8 4 9.4 5.1 | 11.8 53.2 205 7 4 9.1 5.0
10000 17.4 63.3 235 8 4 7.7 4.2 | 17.1 62.8 200 5 3 7.3 4.0
9000 20.5 68.9 245 8 4 9.4 5.1 | 19.8 67.6 190 5 3 8.6 4.7
8000 23.5 74.3 255 8 4 9.9 5.4 | 22.3 72.1 185 5 3 9.3 5.1
7000 26.4 79.5 265 7 3 10.0 5.5 | 24.8 76.6 180 6 3 9.4 5.2
6000 29.3 84.7 275 9 4 10.0 5.5 | 27.5 81.5 185 5 2 8.4 4.6
5000 33.5 92.3 280 10 5 27.2 14.9 | 32.1 89.8 205 3 2 11.2 6.2
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