Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031237
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
637 AM MDT Thursday, July 3, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, July 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 78.0 F/25.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1338 ft/min (6.8 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17531 ft MSL (12604 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 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................. 12904 ft MSL (7977 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 07/04....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:01:39 / 21:02:45 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 1 min 6 sec (901 min 6 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:32:12 MDT... 70.87 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14508 ft MSL (9581 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13998 ft MSL (9071 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15159 ft MSL (10232 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -3.7
K index......................... +29.0
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 -24.7 -12.5 235 26 13 7.8 4.3 40.0 104.0 7.0 M M
24000 -20.0 -4.0 240 26 13 7.9 4.3 38.6 101.5 6.0 M M
22000 -14.8 5.4 235 28 14 7.7 4.2 37.1 98.9 4.8 M M
20000 -11.2 11.8 225 26 14 6.1 3.4 34.5 94.2 2.6 M M
18000 -7.6 18.3 220 22 11 6.7 3.7 32.2 90.0 0.4 M M
16000 -3.4 25.9 230 20 10 7.7 4.2 30.6 87.0 -1.2 992 5.0
14000 1.2 34.2 245 23 12 8.4 4.6 29.3 84.7 -2.5 796 4.0
12000 6.3 43.3 250 25 13 8.5 4.7 28.6 83.4 -3.3 584 3.0
10000 10.9 51.6 245 20 10 5.5 3.0 27.4 81.4 -4.6 386 2.0
9000 13.2 55.8 235 17 9 8.0 4.4 26.9 80.4 -5.2 286 1.5
8000 16.1 61.0 220 15 7 7.7 4.2 26.2 79.1 -6.0 162 0.8
7000 18.1 64.6 200 14 7 6.2 3.4 25.2 77.3 -7.1 75 0.4
6000 19.4 66.9 175 15 8 2.9 1.6 23.7 74.6 -8.8 6 0.0
5000 18.5 65.3 155 7 4 1.8 1.0 20.0 68.0 -12.6 3 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +123.2 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +109.2 LI... -1.3
CINH... -56.3 K Index... +29.2 | CINH... -20.6 K Index... +30.0
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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 -23.0 -9.4 190 24 12 7.4 4.0 | -22.8 -9.0 190 27 14 7.0 3.8
24000 -18.7 -1.7 195 18 9 6.8 3.7 | -18.7 -1.7 200 22 11 6.7 3.7
22000 -14.3 6.3 205 12 6 6.6 3.6 | -14.3 6.3 210 13 7 6.6 3.6
20000 -10.6 12.9 205 10 5 6.3 3.4 | -10.6 12.9 215 12 6 6.1 3.4
18000 -7.0 19.4 210 8 4 5.8 3.2 | -7.1 19.2 230 10 5 6.1 3.3
16000 -3.5 25.7 225 10 5 7.3 4.0 | -3.5 25.7 245 10 5 7.0 3.8
14000 0.9 33.6 220 10 5 7.9 4.3 | 1.0 33.8 255 10 5 7.8 4.3
12000 5.6 42.1 220 7 4 8.3 4.5 | 5.6 42.1 250 7 4 8.9 4.9
10000 10.5 50.9 230 6 3 7.0 3.8 | 10.7 51.3 250 5 3 6.7 3.7
9000 13.0 55.4 230 5 3 8.1 4.5 | 13.3 55.9 235 5 2 7.8 4.3
8000 15.5 59.9 220 5 2 8.2 4.5 | 15.8 60.4 220 5 2 9.2 5.0
7000 17.8 64.0 210 5 2 7.3 4.0 | 18.6 65.5 210 5 3 9.7 5.3
6000 20.0 68.0 200 4 2 8.9 4.9 | 21.4 70.5 205 5 3 10.1 5.5
5000 22.4 72.3 195 3 2 10.0 5.5 | 25.2 77.4 205 4 2 22.3 12.2
07/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +240.3 LI... -2.1 | CAPE... +237.3 LI... -2.0
CINH... -15.8 K Index... +27.7 | CINH... -22.1 K Index... +25.0
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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 -22.9 -9.2 200 28 14 7.3 4.0 | -23.0 -9.4 210 26 13 6.9 3.8
24000 -18.7 -1.7 205 21 11 6.8 3.7 | -19.0 -2.2 225 23 12 6.7 3.7
22000 -14.2 6.4 220 15 8 6.6 3.6 | -14.5 5.9 240 17 9 6.6 3.6
20000 -10.7 12.7 245 13 7 5.9 3.2 | -10.7 12.7 270 15 8 6.4 3.5
18000 -6.8 19.8 265 14 7 7.0 3.8 | -6.5 20.3 290 16 8 7.3 4.0
16000 -2.7 27.1 275 14 7 6.9 3.8 | -2.3 27.9 280 16 8 7.6 4.2
14000 1.4 34.5 275 10 5 7.9 4.3 | 2.5 36.5 270 14 7 8.7 4.8
12000 6.2 43.2 245 7 3 9.0 4.9 | 7.6 45.7 265 9 5 8.7 4.8
10000 11.3 52.3 205 6 3 7.3 4.0 | 12.7 54.9 225 4 2 8.2 4.5
9000 14.1 57.4 195 7 3 8.9 4.9 | 15.6 60.1 190 5 2 9.5 5.2
8000 16.9 62.4 185 7 4 9.7 5.3 | 18.3 64.9 175 6 3 10.0 5.5
7000 19.7 67.5 185 8 4 9.9 5.4 | 21.0 69.8 165 6 3 9.7 5.3
6000 22.6 72.7 185 9 5 9.8 5.4 | 23.9 75.0 155 7 3 9.6 5.3
5000 26.5 79.7 185 8 4 25.7 14.1 | 27.5 81.5 155 7 3 20.2 11.1
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