Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 051230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Tuesday, August 5, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, August 5, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.7 F/30.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1300 ft/min (6.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18528 ft MSL (13602 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1200 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................. 10777 ft MSL (5851 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 08/06.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:28:53 / 20:38:41 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 9 min 48 sec (849 min 48 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:47 MDT... 64.88 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/05/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15754 ft MSL (10828 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 23937 ft MSL (19011 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 22345 ft MSL (17419 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.7
K index......................... +6.7
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 -22.7 -8.9 255 33 17 7.4 4.0 41.8 107.3 5.8 M M
24000 -18.5 -1.3 250 32 17 6.6 3.6 39.8 103.7 4.3 M M
22000 -14.0 6.8 245 30 16 7.5 4.1 37.4 99.3 2.4 M M
20000 -9.5 14.9 250 28 14 7.7 4.2 35.9 96.6 1.0 M M
18000 -5.2 22.6 240 23 12 7.2 3.9 34.1 93.5 -0.5 1247 6.3
16000 -0.6 30.9 225 19 10 8.6 4.7 32.8 91.1 -1.8 1051 5.3
14000 4.9 40.8 230 17 9 9.3 5.1 32.5 90.5 -2.2 827 4.2
12000 10.4 50.7 235 16 8 9.0 4.9 32.2 89.9 -2.5 602 3.1
10000 15.5 59.9 225 14 7 8.5 4.6 31.4 88.5 -3.3 389 2.0
9000 18.0 64.4 220 14 7 7.9 4.3 30.9 87.6 -3.8 287 1.5
8000 20.8 69.4 210 15 8 7.4 4.1 30.1 86.2 -4.6 164 0.8
7000 22.8 73.0 195 17 9 6.6 3.6 29.1 84.4 -5.7 76 0.4
6000 23.3 73.9 170 17 9 -2.8 -1.5 26.7 80.1 -8.1 29 0.1
5000 19.4 66.9 140 9 5 -93.2 -51.1 19.9 67.7 -15.0 117 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/05/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/05/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +5.1 LI... +1.5 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +2.0
CINH... -8.7 K Index... +12.1 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +10.8
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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 -9.4 250 38 20 8.7 4.8 | -22.9 -9.2 245 34 17 8.3 4.6
24000 -18.3 -0.9 250 34 18 6.6 3.6 | -18.3 -0.9 245 29 15 6.9 3.8
22000 -14.3 6.3 250 29 15 6.6 3.6 | -14.1 6.6 245 28 14 6.7 3.7
20000 -10.5 13.1 250 28 14 5.8 3.2 | -10.4 13.3 245 28 14 5.6 3.1
18000 -6.9 19.6 250 26 13 7.7 4.2 | -6.5 20.3 240 25 13 7.8 4.3
16000 -2.1 28.2 250 23 12 8.4 4.6 | -1.9 28.6 240 22 11 7.8 4.3
14000 2.9 37.2 255 19 10 8.2 4.5 | 3.1 37.6 230 17 9 8.3 4.5
12000 7.7 45.9 240 11 6 7.8 4.3 | 8.0 46.4 220 12 6 8.5 4.7
10000 12.2 54.0 220 5 2 7.7 4.2 | 13.0 55.4 200 10 5 7.4 4.0
9000 14.5 58.1 205 3 2 7.6 4.1 | 15.6 60.1 195 9 4 8.5 4.6
8000 16.5 61.7 175 2 1 6.8 3.7 | 18.1 64.6 200 7 4 8.7 4.8
7000 18.3 64.9 150 3 2 5.6 3.1 | 20.7 69.3 210 6 3 9.2 5.1
6000 19.4 66.9 160 3 2 5.9 3.2 | 23.5 74.3 225 5 3 10.4 5.7
5000 23.1 73.6 180 3 2 35.9 19.7 | 26.4 79.5 240 4 2 12.1 6.6
08/05/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/05/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.4 LI... +2.0 | CAPE... +0.7 LI... +2.0
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +12.5 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +11.1
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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 -22.4 -8.3 245 35 18 8.4 4.6 | -22.4 -8.3 250 35 18 8.4 4.6
24000 -17.8 -0.0 245 32 16 6.8 3.7 | -17.7 0.1 250 31 16 6.9 3.8
22000 -13.7 7.3 240 30 15 6.7 3.7 | -13.6 7.5 250 29 15 6.7 3.7
20000 -9.5 14.9 240 28 14 6.4 3.5 | -9.4 15.1 240 27 14 6.3 3.4
18000 -6.1 21.0 230 23 12 7.4 4.1 | -5.6 21.9 225 23 12 7.8 4.3
16000 -1.4 29.5 220 18 9 8.3 4.6 | -0.7 30.7 215 20 10 8.7 4.8
14000 3.9 39.0 210 17 9 9.2 5.1 | 4.8 40.6 210 18 9 9.3 5.1
12000 9.4 48.9 205 14 7 9.3 5.1 | 10.3 50.5 215 15 8 9.3 5.1
10000 14.8 58.6 205 10 5 8.3 4.6 | 15.7 60.3 220 11 6 8.4 4.6
9000 17.6 63.7 215 8 4 8.9 4.9 | 18.5 65.3 230 9 4 8.9 4.9
8000 20.3 68.5 225 7 4 9.3 5.1 | 21.2 70.2 245 7 4 9.0 4.9
7000 23.0 73.4 255 5 3 10.1 5.5 | 23.8 74.8 275 6 3 9.7 5.3
6000 25.8 78.4 280 5 3 10.7 5.8 | 26.6 79.9 295 6 3 10.4 5.7
5000 31.9 89.4 300 6 3 98.1 53.8 | 31.5 88.7 315 6 3 60.6 33.2
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