Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 151229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Tuesday, July 15, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, July 15, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 81.1 F/27.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1693 ft/min (8.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 23269 ft MSL (18342 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 100.0 F/38.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0830 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................. 19799 ft MSL (14872 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 07/16.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:09:54 / 20:57:53 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 47 min 59 sec (887 min 59 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:53 MDT... 69.33 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/15/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15595 ft MSL (10668 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15427 ft MSL (10500 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17871 ft MSL (12944 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -7.0
K index......................... +25.0
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 -24.0 -11.2 265 28 15 7.2 4.0 40.6 105.1 2.2 M M
24000 -19.7 -3.5 265 26 14 7.1 3.9 38.7 101.7 0.7 M M
22000 -14.9 5.2 265 25 13 7.0 3.9 36.6 97.9 -1.0 1563 7.9
20000 -10.8 12.6 270 30 15 7.2 3.9 34.6 94.4 -2.9 1381 7.0
18000 -6.0 21.2 280 29 15 8.7 4.8 33.6 92.5 -4.0 1178 6.0
16000 -1.0 30.2 280 24 13 8.5 4.7 32.8 91.1 -4.9 968 4.9
14000 4.1 39.4 275 20 10 8.6 4.7 32.2 90.0 -5.8 757 3.8
12000 8.8 47.8 260 19 10 7.1 3.9 31.1 88.0 -7.0 557 2.8
10000 12.7 54.9 245 12 6 6.2 3.4 29.2 84.6 -9.1 381 1.9
9000 15.0 59.0 240 9 5 6.2 3.4 28.6 83.5 -9.9 284 1.4
8000 17.3 63.1 230 8 4 5.5 3.0 27.3 81.1 -11.4 178 0.9
7000 18.3 64.9 220 6 3 2.5 1.4 25.4 77.8 -13.4 119 0.6
6000 18.7 65.7 180 3 1 1.2 0.7 23.1 73.6 -16.0 75 0.4
5000 17.7 63.9 115 4 2 9.7 5.3 19.2 66.5 -20.1 77 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/15/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/15/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +20.3 LI... +0.3 | CAPE... +132.3 LI... -0.3
CINH... -57.7 K Index... +24.1 | CINH... -44.5 K Index... +24.1
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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 -23.5 -10.3 280 30 16 7.6 4.2 | -23.4 -10.1 265 26 14 7.9 4.3
24000 -19.0 -2.2 280 31 16 7.5 4.1 | -18.9 -2.0 270 26 14 7.1 3.9
22000 -14.0 6.8 280 31 16 7.6 4.1 | -14.2 6.4 275 25 13 7.5 4.1
20000 -9.6 14.7 275 29 15 7.6 4.2 | -9.8 14.4 275 23 12 7.6 4.2
18000 -5.0 23.0 270 25 13 8.4 4.6 | -5.0 23.0 270 19 10 8.5 4.7
16000 -0.0 32.0 265 20 10 8.3 4.6 | 0.1 32.2 270 15 8 8.8 4.8
14000 5.0 41.0 260 12 6 9.1 5.0 | 5.5 41.9 265 12 6 8.7 4.8
12000 10.4 50.7 280 6 3 8.5 4.6 | 10.6 51.1 240 8 4 8.8 4.8
10000 15.4 59.7 345 5 2 7.1 3.9 | 15.9 60.6 210 6 3 6.9 3.8
9000 18.1 64.6 010 5 2 8.9 4.9 | 18.8 65.8 200 5 3 9.1 5.0
8000 20.8 69.4 040 4 2 8.9 4.9 | 21.6 70.9 200 5 3 9.8 5.4
7000 23.4 74.1 080 4 2 7.8 4.3 | 24.4 75.9 205 5 3 10.0 5.5
6000 25.5 77.9 125 4 2 7.5 4.1 | 27.2 81.0 200 5 3 9.6 5.2
5000 28.4 83.1 140 4 2 16.6 9.1 | 31.1 88.0 200 4 2 23.3 12.8
07/15/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/15/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +339.1 LI... -1.3 | CAPE... +232.6 LI... -0.6
CINH... -43.9 K Index... +24.8 | CINH... -25.6 K Index... +22.6
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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 -23.2 -9.8 250 27 14 7.3 4.0 | -23.4 -10.1 250 30 16 7.0 3.8
24000 -18.9 -2.0 260 27 14 7.2 4.0 | -19.1 -2.4 255 28 14 7.7 4.2
22000 -14.7 5.5 270 27 14 7.4 4.1 | -14.0 6.8 255 27 14 8.1 4.5
20000 -10.2 13.6 280 25 13 7.8 4.3 | -9.1 15.6 255 25 13 8.3 4.6
18000 -4.6 23.7 280 21 11 8.9 4.9 | -4.0 24.8 255 23 12 8.9 4.9
16000 0.6 33.1 275 18 9 8.9 4.9 | 1.4 34.5 250 22 11 9.3 5.1
14000 5.9 42.6 260 14 7 9.0 4.9 | 6.9 44.4 245 19 10 9.2 5.1
12000 11.1 52.0 240 10 5 8.7 4.8 | 12.5 54.5 240 17 8 9.5 5.2
10000 16.4 61.5 215 8 4 8.2 4.5 | 18.1 64.6 230 14 7 8.3 4.6
9000 19.3 66.7 200 7 4 10.3 5.7 | 21.0 69.8 230 13 7 10.5 5.8
8000 22.3 72.1 185 7 4 10.4 5.7 | 23.9 75.0 225 12 6 10.4 5.7
7000 25.1 77.2 175 7 4 10.6 5.8 | 26.7 80.1 230 11 6 10.0 5.5
6000 28.1 82.6 175 6 3 9.9 5.4 | 29.6 85.3 220 10 5 9.2 5.0
5000 32.0 89.6 165 5 3 23.4 12.8 | 33.2 91.8 210 8 4 18.6 10.2
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