Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
709
UXUS97 KSLC 161229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Wednesday, July 16, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, July 16, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.0 F/30.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1457 ft/min (7.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20078 ft MSL (15150 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 95.0 F/35.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1100 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................. 13053 ft MSL (8124 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 07/17..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:10:42 / 20:57:15 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 46 min 34 sec (886 min 34 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:59 MDT... 69.16 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/16/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15882 ft MSL (10954 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17570 ft MSL (12642 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18369 ft MSL (13441 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.3
K index......................... +22.9
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 -22.9 -9.2 270 11 6 6.6 3.6 41.5 106.7 5.2 M M
24000 -18.7 -1.7 260 12 6 7.4 4.1 39.4 103.0 3.6 M M
22000 -13.8 7.2 255 13 7 6.7 3.7 37.6 99.7 2.1 M M
20000 -10.2 13.6 270 15 8 6.4 3.5 35.0 95.1 -0.2 1444 7.3
18000 -5.7 21.7 275 16 8 9.1 5.0 33.7 92.7 -1.5 1251 6.4
16000 -0.3 31.5 270 15 8 9.0 4.9 33.4 92.1 -2.0 1030 5.2
14000 4.9 40.8 250 14 7 9.1 5.0 32.8 91.1 -2.7 815 4.1
12000 10.2 50.4 235 12 6 8.8 4.9 32.3 90.1 -3.3 598 3.0
10000 15.2 59.4 225 11 6 6.1 3.3 31.5 88.7 -4.2 388 2.0
9000 17.7 63.9 220 11 6 7.0 3.8 31.1 87.9 -4.7 285 1.4
8000 20.5 68.9 205 12 6 7.4 4.0 30.3 86.5 -5.5 163 0.8
7000 22.3 72.1 190 13 7 5.3 2.9 29.2 84.5 -6.7 79 0.4
6000 23.3 73.9 175 13 7 1.4 0.8 27.2 81.0 -8.7 21 0.1
5000 19.4 66.9 130 8 4 -8.4 -4.6 20.5 68.9 -15.6 108 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/16/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/16/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +515.8 LI... -2.8 | CAPE... +649.5 LI... -3.0
CINH... -151.4 K Index... +25.7 | CINH... -42.3 K Index... +25.3
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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 -24.9 -12.8 265 20 10 8.0 4.4 | -24.9 -12.8 260 16 8 7.8 4.3
24000 -20.2 -4.4 265 19 10 7.4 4.1 | -20.3 -4.5 260 17 9 7.7 4.2
22000 -15.9 3.4 260 20 10 7.5 4.1 | -15.7 3.7 260 18 9 7.8 4.3
20000 -11.2 11.8 260 22 12 7.1 3.9 | -11.2 11.8 265 21 11 6.9 3.8
18000 -6.6 20.1 260 22 11 8.8 4.8 | -6.5 20.3 260 22 11 9.1 5.0
16000 -1.3 29.7 265 18 9 8.9 4.9 | -1.1 30.0 260 20 11 9.2 5.1
14000 3.9 39.0 260 16 8 8.8 4.9 | 4.1 39.4 260 17 9 8.6 4.7
12000 8.9 48.0 255 15 8 8.0 4.4 | 9.0 48.2 260 14 7 8.1 4.5
10000 13.3 55.9 250 10 5 6.2 3.4 | 13.6 56.5 250 10 5 6.1 3.3
9000 15.6 60.1 245 7 4 7.2 3.9 | 16.3 61.3 250 8 4 8.1 4.4
8000 17.7 63.9 235 5 3 7.2 3.9 | 18.9 66.0 250 7 3 8.6 4.7
7000 19.6 67.3 215 3 2 5.9 3.3 | 21.5 70.7 255 6 3 9.4 5.2
6000 21.2 70.2 205 3 2 7.4 4.1 | 24.2 75.6 265 6 3 10.5 5.8
5000 23.6 74.5 205 4 2 11.1 6.1 | 30.2 86.4 285 6 3 94.1 51.6
07/16/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/16/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +467.1 LI... -1.8 | CAPE... +218.8 LI... -0.4
CINH... -31.4 K Index... +19.2 | CINH... -31.5 K Index... +13.8
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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 -24.4 -11.9 255 14 7 7.3 4.0 | -23.8 -10.8 275 13 7 7.5 4.1
24000 -19.9 -3.8 255 18 9 7.7 4.2 | -19.4 -2.9 270 15 8 7.4 4.1
22000 -15.3 4.5 260 19 10 7.7 4.2 | -14.9 5.2 270 19 10 7.5 4.1
20000 -10.5 13.1 260 20 10 7.2 3.9 | -9.8 14.4 270 24 12 7.8 4.3
18000 -6.0 21.2 255 20 10 8.5 4.7 | -5.1 22.8 265 27 14 8.2 4.5
16000 -0.8 30.6 260 20 10 9.2 5.1 | -0.1 31.8 275 24 13 8.8 4.8
14000 4.7 40.5 265 19 10 9.4 5.1 | 5.2 41.4 275 20 10 9.0 5.0
12000 10.0 50.0 265 17 9 9.1 5.0 | 10.6 51.1 285 16 8 9.3 5.1
10000 15.2 59.4 270 14 7 6.8 3.7 | 15.9 60.6 290 13 7 7.4 4.1
9000 17.9 64.2 275 13 7 7.8 4.3 | 18.8 65.8 300 11 6 9.0 4.9
8000 20.4 68.7 285 11 6 8.0 4.4 | 21.4 70.5 305 9 5 8.7 4.8
7000 22.9 73.2 295 10 5 8.9 4.9 | 23.9 75.0 315 8 4 9.2 5.0
6000 25.5 77.9 305 10 5 11.0 6.0 | 26.5 79.7 325 7 4 10.4 5.7
5000 29.9 85.8 315 10 5 34.3 18.8 | 30.3 86.5 330 7 4 24.1 13.2
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