Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 081231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Tuesday, July 8, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, July 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 89.2 F/31.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1495 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20461 ft MSL (15534 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 99.0 F/37.7 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................. 17828 ft MSL (12902 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 07/09.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:04:44 / 21:01:18 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 56 min 34 sec (896 min 34 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:01 MDT... 70.33 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/08/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15890 ft MSL (10963 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 22402 ft MSL (17475 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 22133 ft MSL (17206 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.7
K index......................... +11.2
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 -22.1 -7.8 255 39 20 6.9 3.8 42.2 107.9 3.9 M M
24000 -17.9 -0.2 255 35 18 7.3 4.0 40.2 104.4 2.4 M M
22000 -12.9 8.8 250 30 16 7.9 4.3 38.3 101.0 0.9 M M
20000 -8.3 17.1 245 27 14 7.8 4.3 37.0 98.5 -0.3 1440 7.3
18000 -5.0 23.0 225 20 10 7.5 4.1 34.2 93.6 -2.9 1283 6.5
16000 -0.3 31.5 225 15 8 9.1 5.0 33.2 91.7 -4.1 1082 5.5
14000 5.5 41.9 235 13 7 9.7 5.3 33.1 91.5 -4.2 850 4.3
12000 11.1 52.0 255 11 6 9.2 5.0 32.8 91.1 -4.5 623 3.2
10000 16.6 61.9 260 13 7 9.0 4.9 32.5 90.5 -5.0 399 2.0
9000 19.3 66.7 260 13 7 9.0 4.9 32.3 90.2 -5.2 288 1.5
8000 21.9 71.4 255 12 6 8.5 4.6 32.0 89.6 -5.6 180 0.9
7000 24.7 76.5 225 10 5 6.1 3.3 31.1 88.1 -6.5 60 0.3
6000 25.3 77.5 175 12 6 -2.1 -1.1 28.8 83.9 -8.9 13 0.1
5000 19.9 67.8 135 9 5 -84.7 -46.5 20.5 68.9 -17.4 146 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/08/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/08/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +2.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +2.2 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +5.4
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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 -23.7 -10.7 260 26 13 6.4 3.5 | -23.7 -10.7 265 28 15 6.7 3.7
24000 -19.8 -3.6 255 21 11 6.8 3.7 | -19.3 -2.7 260 23 12 8.0 4.4
22000 -15.7 3.7 240 18 9 7.3 4.0 | -14.5 5.9 250 17 9 7.5 4.1
20000 -11.2 11.8 225 17 9 7.8 4.3 | -9.7 14.5 220 16 8 7.2 4.0
18000 -5.7 21.7 205 17 9 9.6 5.3 | -5.4 22.3 205 18 9 7.9 4.4
16000 0.0 32.0 205 14 7 9.5 5.2 | -0.4 31.3 200 15 8 9.0 4.9
14000 5.7 42.3 210 14 7 9.2 5.1 | 5.1 41.2 210 12 6 9.1 5.0
12000 11.1 52.0 215 13 6 8.8 4.8 | 10.6 51.1 220 12 6 8.9 4.9
10000 16.1 61.0 215 11 6 7.2 3.9 | 16.0 60.8 225 12 6 9.6 5.3
9000 18.5 65.3 215 11 5 7.7 4.2 | 18.6 65.5 225 12 6 8.6 4.7
8000 20.7 69.3 205 11 6 7.6 4.2 | 21.4 70.5 225 11 6 8.8 4.8
7000 22.7 72.9 195 12 6 6.8 3.7 | 24.2 75.6 225 10 5 9.8 5.4
6000 24.1 75.4 185 12 6 5.2 2.8 | 27.1 80.8 230 9 5 10.4 5.7
5000 26.0 78.8 175 9 5 10.8 5.9 | 30.0 86.0 235 7 4 11.4 6.2
07/08/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/08/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.2 LI... +2.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.2
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +7.3 | CINH... -0.4 K Index... +10.3
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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 -23.4 -10.1 260 30 15 7.1 3.9 | -22.9 -9.2 260 34 17 6.8 3.7
24000 -18.7 -1.7 255 24 12 8.7 4.8 | -18.4 -1.1 255 26 14 8.3 4.6
22000 -13.5 7.7 250 21 11 7.7 4.2 | -13.4 7.9 245 21 11 7.8 4.3
20000 -8.7 16.3 230 18 9 7.2 4.0 | -8.3 17.1 230 20 10 7.6 4.2
18000 -4.8 23.4 205 17 9 7.8 4.3 | -4.3 24.3 215 19 10 8.7 4.8
16000 0.1 32.2 200 17 9 9.0 4.9 | 0.9 33.6 210 18 9 9.2 5.1
14000 5.6 42.1 210 15 8 9.6 5.2 | 6.6 43.9 215 16 8 9.5 5.2
12000 11.3 52.3 215 12 6 9.5 5.2 | 12.2 54.0 225 13 7 9.3 5.1
10000 16.8 62.2 240 9 5 8.6 4.7 | 17.5 63.5 245 8 4 7.8 4.3
9000 19.6 67.3 255 8 4 9.2 5.0 | 20.3 68.5 265 6 3 8.9 4.9
8000 22.5 72.5 265 9 4 9.8 5.4 | 23.1 73.6 280 6 3 9.3 5.1
7000 25.4 77.7 285 9 4 10.3 5.7 | 25.9 78.6 310 6 3 9.9 5.4
6000 28.3 82.9 295 9 5 11.0 6.0 | 28.7 83.7 325 6 3 10.6 5.8
5000 34.4 93.9 310 9 5 87.9 48.2 | 33.7 92.7 335 6 3 58.8 32.3
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