Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 241228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, August 24, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, August 24, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 79.6 F/26.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 810 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14720 ft MSL (9794 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 89.0 F/32.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
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................. 11659 ft MSL (6733 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 08/25....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:47:35 / 20:12:31 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 24 min 56 sec (804 min 56 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:30:03 MDT... 59.31 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/24/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15668 ft MSL (10742 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13342 ft MSL (8416 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13900 ft MSL (8974 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.4
K index......................... +31.2
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 -20.7 -5.3 265 29 15 6.6 3.6 44.5 112.0 10.1 M M
24000 -16.4 2.5 265 26 14 6.2 3.4 41.7 107.1 8.1 M M
22000 -12.8 9.0 265 25 13 6.8 3.7 39.3 102.8 6.1 M M
20000 -8.8 16.2 260 21 11 7.1 3.9 37.3 99.2 4.3 M M
18000 -4.7 23.5 260 17 9 6.6 3.6 35.6 96.0 2.7 M M
16000 -0.8 30.6 270 15 8 7.2 4.0 33.5 92.3 0.8 M M
14000 3.8 38.8 265 13 7 7.4 4.0 32.2 89.9 -0.5 744 3.8
12000 7.6 45.7 245 7 3 6.9 3.8 30.2 86.4 -2.6 571 2.9
10000 11.8 53.2 205 1 1 7.4 4.0 28.8 83.8 -4.2 385 2.0
9000 14.2 57.6 130 1 1 7.0 3.8 28.2 82.8 -4.9 286 1.5
8000 16.8 62.2 100 2 1 6.9 3.8 27.2 81.0 -6.0 170 0.9
7000 18.6 65.5 110 3 1 5.7 3.1 26.1 79.1 -7.1 86 0.4
6000 19.9 67.8 130 3 2 3.6 2.0 24.6 76.3 -8.7 16 0.1
5000 18.5 65.3 120 4 2 -79.3 -43.5 20.2 68.4 -13.2 31 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/24/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/24/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +83.8 LI... -1.4 | CAPE... +187.7 LI... -1.5
CINH... -96.6 K Index... +31.4 | CINH... -60.5 K Index... +30.7
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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 -20.1 -4.2 250 14 7 7.2 4.0 | -19.9 -3.8 245 24 12 7.1 3.9
24000 -15.9 3.4 240 11 6 6.8 3.7 | -15.8 3.6 245 24 12 6.8 3.7
22000 -12.0 10.4 225 10 5 6.3 3.5 | -11.9 10.6 250 24 12 6.4 3.5
20000 -8.7 16.3 190 9 5 5.8 3.2 | -8.5 16.7 255 23 12 6.0 3.3
18000 -4.9 23.2 165 8 4 6.5 3.6 | -4.6 23.7 255 19 10 5.8 3.2
16000 -1.0 30.2 180 4 2 7.1 3.9 | -1.1 30.0 235 15 7 6.2 3.4
14000 3.4 38.1 260 4 2 8.0 4.4 | 2.9 37.2 205 9 4 8.1 4.5
12000 8.0 46.4 275 7 4 7.7 4.2 | 7.6 45.7 175 6 3 7.9 4.4
10000 12.4 54.3 275 9 5 8.2 4.5 | 12.2 54.0 165 3 1 8.5 4.6
9000 14.5 58.1 270 9 5 7.1 3.9 | 14.3 57.7 145 2 1 7.2 4.0
8000 16.9 62.4 275 9 5 7.5 4.1 | 16.6 61.9 095 1 1 6.7 3.7
7000 19.1 66.4 265 8 4 7.6 4.2 | 18.5 65.3 080 2 1 7.0 3.8
6000 21.3 70.3 245 6 3 7.9 4.3 | 20.4 68.7 095 3 1 7.8 4.3
5000 24.3 75.7 205 4 2 23.8 13.0 | 22.7 72.9 080 3 1 9.6 5.3
08/24/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/24/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +333.1 LI... -1.2 | CAPE... +292.6 LI... -1.3
CINH... -31.7 K Index... +30.5 | CINH... -39.7 K Index... +29.7
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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 -19.5 -3.1 260 26 13 7.8 4.3 | -20.0 -4.0 250 26 13 8.1 4.4
24000 -15.1 4.8 265 25 13 7.0 3.9 | -15.5 4.1 260 24 12 7.0 3.9
22000 -11.0 12.2 265 24 12 6.6 3.6 | -11.4 11.5 265 22 11 6.8 3.7
20000 -7.5 18.5 265 21 11 6.1 3.3 | -7.7 18.1 270 19 10 6.5 3.6
18000 -3.9 25.0 260 20 10 5.0 2.8 | -3.7 25.3 275 14 7 6.4 3.5
16000 -0.7 30.7 255 20 10 6.5 3.6 | 0.0 32.0 275 12 6 6.5 3.6
14000 3.3 37.9 235 15 8 6.9 3.8 | 4.1 39.4 265 10 5 7.4 4.1
12000 7.4 45.3 220 7 4 7.5 4.1 | 8.6 47.5 260 7 4 8.1 4.4
10000 12.1 53.8 180 1 1 7.6 4.2 | 13.2 55.8 275 3 1 7.0 3.8
9000 14.7 58.5 055 1 1 9.0 5.0 | 15.6 60.1 350 2 1 8.2 4.5
8000 17.3 63.1 030 4 2 8.9 4.9 | 18.0 64.4 005 4 2 8.8 4.8
7000 19.6 67.3 020 6 3 8.5 4.6 | 20.7 69.3 360 5 3 8.9 4.9
6000 21.9 71.4 010 7 4 8.9 4.9 | 23.4 74.1 350 6 3 9.4 5.2
5000 26.8 80.2 355 7 4 65.7 36.1 | 28.2 82.8 335 6 3 57.5 31.5
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