Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 051232
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
632 AM MDT Saturday, July 5, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, July 5, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 80.9 F/27.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1357 ft/min (6.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19487 ft MSL (14562 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 92.0 F/33.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1030 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................. 13815 ft MSL (8890 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 07/06....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:02:49 / 21:02:16 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 59 min 27 sec (899 min 27 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:32:33 MDT... 70.67 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/05/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15101 ft MSL (10176 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18006 ft MSL (13081 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18680 ft MSL (13755 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.5
K index......................... +15.5
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 -25.5 -13.9 250 22 11 8.1 4.4 38.9 102.1 4.4 M M
24000 -20.1 -4.2 250 22 11 8.0 4.4 37.5 99.6 3.3 M M
22000 -15.3 4.5 245 21 11 7.3 4.0 36.3 97.4 2.4 M M
20000 -11.5 11.3 245 16 8 6.6 3.6 34.0 93.2 0.4 M M
18000 -7.2 19.0 260 14 7 7.8 4.3 32.3 90.1 -1.2 1212 6.2
16000 -2.4 27.7 245 15 8 8.7 4.7 31.3 88.3 -2.2 1008 5.1
14000 2.8 37.0 250 13 7 8.7 4.8 30.7 87.2 -2.9 792 4.0
12000 7.9 46.2 235 7 4 8.5 4.7 29.9 85.8 -3.7 580 2.9
10000 12.7 54.9 200 2 1 6.6 3.6 28.9 84.0 -4.8 376 1.9
9000 14.8 58.6 160 2 1 6.8 3.8 28.0 82.5 -5.7 285 1.4
8000 17.1 62.8 130 1 1 5.9 3.2 26.6 80.0 -7.2 180 0.9
7000 18.4 65.1 155 2 1 4.4 2.4 25.1 77.2 -8.8 109 0.6
6000 18.9 66.0 165 3 1 -0.0 -0.0 22.7 72.9 -11.4 65 0.3
5000 14.9 58.8 110 4 2 -99.0 -54.3 15.8 60.5 -18.4 156 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/05/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/05/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +42.3 LI... +1.0 | CAPE... +145.3 LI... +0.5
CINH... -10.7 K Index... +14.8 | CINH... -14.3 K Index... +14.9
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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 -25.3 -13.5 250 34 17 7.9 4.3 | -25.2 -13.4 240 30 16 8.1 4.5
24000 -20.6 -5.1 255 32 16 7.8 4.3 | -20.5 -4.9 240 28 15 7.4 4.1
22000 -15.3 4.5 250 28 15 7.1 3.9 | -15.5 4.1 240 25 13 7.2 3.9
20000 -11.6 11.1 245 23 12 6.3 3.5 | -11.3 11.7 235 23 12 7.0 3.8
18000 -7.7 18.1 235 22 11 6.9 3.8 | -7.4 18.7 235 22 12 6.8 3.7
16000 -3.4 25.9 220 20 10 8.0 4.4 | -3.5 25.7 225 24 12 6.6 3.6
14000 1.7 35.1 225 20 10 8.8 4.8 | 1.4 34.5 215 21 11 8.7 4.8
12000 6.8 44.2 230 20 10 8.0 4.4 | 6.7 44.1 210 20 10 9.0 4.9
10000 11.3 52.3 220 18 9 7.0 3.8 | 11.8 53.2 210 19 10 8.4 4.6
9000 13.4 56.1 210 16 8 6.7 3.7 | 14.5 58.1 210 17 9 9.5 5.2
8000 15.3 59.5 200 14 7 6.0 3.3 | 17.1 62.8 210 15 8 9.2 5.1
7000 16.9 62.4 190 13 7 5.7 3.1 | 19.8 67.6 215 12 6 9.5 5.2
6000 18.7 65.7 185 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 22.6 72.7 225 10 5 10.1 5.5
5000 23.1 73.6 185 7 4 50.2 27.5 | 28.6 83.5 245 8 4 97.1 53.3
07/05/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/05/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +309.9 LI... -0.6 | CAPE... +144.8 LI... -0.3
CINH... -23.7 K Index... +15.5 | CINH... -36.4 K Index... +18.7
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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 -24.8 -12.6 235 30 16 8.1 4.4 | -24.4 -11.9 245 30 15 8.2 4.5
24000 -20.1 -4.2 235 29 15 7.5 4.1 | -19.7 -3.5 245 30 15 7.3 4.0
22000 -15.6 3.9 230 26 14 7.4 4.1 | -15.3 4.5 240 30 15 7.1 3.9
20000 -11.4 11.5 230 26 13 7.0 3.8 | -11.6 11.1 230 29 15 6.4 3.5
18000 -7.0 19.4 225 25 13 7.1 3.9 | -7.2 19.0 220 27 14 8.5 4.7
16000 -2.5 27.5 220 25 13 8.2 4.5 | -2.1 28.2 215 24 12 9.3 5.1
14000 2.4 36.3 215 23 12 8.7 4.8 | 3.4 38.1 215 21 11 9.3 5.1
12000 7.6 45.7 215 20 11 9.1 5.0 | 8.9 48.0 225 17 9 9.0 4.9
10000 12.9 55.2 220 16 8 7.9 4.3 | 14.0 57.2 245 12 6 7.6 4.2
9000 15.7 60.3 230 14 7 9.0 4.9 | 16.5 61.7 260 9 5 8.1 4.4
8000 18.2 64.8 245 11 6 8.7 4.8 | 18.9 66.0 285 8 4 8.3 4.6
7000 20.8 69.4 265 9 5 9.8 5.4 | 21.3 70.3 310 7 4 9.5 5.2
6000 23.4 74.1 285 8 4 11.4 6.3 | 23.9 75.0 325 8 4 11.0 6.0
5000 29.6 85.3 305 8 4 96.4 52.9 | 26.6 79.9 330 7 4 12.5 6.9
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