Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Wednesday, September 3, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, September 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 83.9 F/28.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1396 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19552 ft MSL (14626 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1800 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 12996 ft MSL (8070 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 09/04..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:57:24 / 19:56:39 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 59 min 15 sec (779 min 15 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:27:01 MDT... 55.93 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15357 ft MSL (10431 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18087 ft MSL (13161 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18781 ft MSL (13855 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.7
K index......................... +14.6
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 -23.5 -10.3 225 6 3 7.2 4.0 41.0 105.8 5.6 M M
24000 -19.1 -2.4 245 6 3 7.5 4.1 39.3 102.7 4.3 M M
22000 -14.1 6.6 265 8 4 6.6 3.6 37.5 99.4 2.9 M M
20000 -10.7 12.7 250 10 5 6.0 3.3 34.7 94.4 0.4 M M
18000 -6.7 19.9 245 9 5 8.1 4.4 32.8 91.0 -1.4 1248 6.3
16000 -1.8 28.8 235 5 2 8.5 4.7 31.9 89.4 -2.3 1040 5.3
14000 3.8 38.8 230 2 1 8.9 4.9 31.5 88.7 -2.7 815 4.1
12000 9.0 48.2 285 2 1 8.5 4.7 30.8 87.5 -3.4 600 3.0
10000 13.9 57.0 315 3 1 6.7 3.7 29.9 85.8 -4.3 393 2.0
9000 16.5 61.7 315 3 1 7.4 4.1 29.6 85.2 -4.7 286 1.5
8000 18.8 65.8 290 1 1 7.0 3.8 29.0 84.2 -5.3 186 0.9
7000 20.9 69.6 190 5 3 4.9 2.7 27.6 81.7 -7.0 87 0.4
6000 21.1 70.0 170 9 5 -0.6 -0.3 25.2 77.3 -9.7 50 0.3
5000 18.2 64.8 130 7 4 -98.6 -54.1 19.3 66.7 -15.7 109 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 09/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.4 | CAPE... +0.3 LI... +2.8
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +12.3 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +12.6
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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 -23.1 -9.6 315 5 2 7.7 4.2 | -23.2 -9.8 315 5 2 7.9 4.3
24000 -18.4 -1.1 335 4 2 8.3 4.6 | -18.4 -1.1 335 3 2 8.2 4.5
22000 -13.4 7.9 345 2 1 7.4 4.1 | -13.5 7.7 340 2 1 7.5 4.1
20000 -9.6 14.7 330 3 2 6.4 3.5 | -9.5 14.9 005 1 1 6.6 3.6
18000 -5.7 21.7 280 4 2 6.3 3.4 | -5.6 21.9 220 2 1 6.8 3.7
16000 -1.6 29.1 240 3 1 8.4 4.6 | -1.4 29.5 205 3 1 8.4 4.6
14000 3.9 39.0 045 1 0 9.4 5.2 | 4.0 39.2 135 2 1 9.3 5.1
12000 9.4 48.9 030 3 2 9.2 5.0 | 9.5 49.1 075 2 1 9.2 5.1
10000 14.8 58.6 040 4 2 8.7 4.8 | 14.8 58.6 070 3 1 8.2 4.5
9000 17.3 63.1 050 3 2 8.0 4.4 | 17.5 63.5 080 2 1 8.6 4.7
8000 19.6 67.3 090 2 1 7.0 3.9 | 19.9 67.8 095 1 0 8.0 4.4
7000 21.2 70.2 145 3 1 5.9 3.2 | 22.0 71.6 220 1 1 7.8 4.3
6000 22.6 72.7 160 5 2 4.6 2.5 | 24.3 75.7 250 2 1 10.1 5.6
5000 22.9 73.2 130 3 2 -15.0 -8.2 | 27.0 80.6 265 3 1 11.2 6.1
09/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 09/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.5 LI... +2.1 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +2.8
CINH... -5.3 K Index... +12.2 | CINH... -7.3 K Index... +11.7
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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 -23.1 -9.6 350 4 2 7.7 4.2 | -23.2 -9.8 010 3 2 7.8 4.3
24000 -18.4 -1.1 010 3 2 8.1 4.4 | -18.5 -1.3 015 3 1 8.2 4.5
22000 -13.6 7.5 025 2 1 7.5 4.1 | -13.6 7.5 030 2 1 7.7 4.2
20000 -9.6 14.7 120 2 1 6.8 3.7 | -9.4 15.1 160 3 1 7.1 3.9
18000 -5.4 22.3 175 4 2 7.7 4.2 | -4.9 23.2 185 6 3 7.9 4.3
16000 -0.8 30.6 180 5 3 8.4 4.6 | -0.2 31.6 185 6 3 8.5 4.7
14000 4.4 39.9 175 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 5.0 41.0 185 6 3 9.0 5.0
12000 9.9 49.8 185 3 1 9.3 5.1 | 10.5 50.9 200 4 2 9.0 4.9
10000 15.3 59.5 250 2 1 8.4 4.6 | 15.8 60.4 260 3 1 7.9 4.3
9000 18.1 64.6 290 3 1 9.4 5.2 | 18.5 65.3 300 3 2 9.1 5.0
8000 20.8 69.4 300 4 2 8.8 4.8 | 21.0 69.8 315 5 2 8.6 4.7
7000 23.3 73.9 305 6 3 8.6 4.7 | 23.5 74.3 325 6 3 8.4 4.6
6000 25.6 78.1 305 7 4 10.7 5.9 | 25.7 78.3 325 6 3 9.6 5.3
5000 31.1 88.0 310 8 4 79.8 43.8 | 28.1 82.6 320 6 3 11.5 6.3
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