Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 271228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Wednesday, August 27, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, August 27, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 74.3 F/23.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 494 ft/min (2.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 13134 ft MSL (8208 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 79.0 F/26.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1245 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 8026 ft MSL (3100 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 08/28..... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:50:32 / 20:07:52 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 17 min 20 sec (797 min 20 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:29:12 MDT... 58.33 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/27/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13896 ft MSL (8970 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 12100 ft MSL (7174 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12465 ft MSL (7539 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.6
K index......................... +28.8
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 -24.2 -11.6 245 24 12 7.7 4.2 40.0 104.1 11.0 M M
24000 -19.8 -3.6 250 20 10 7.0 3.9 38.3 101.0 9.9 M M
22000 -15.7 3.7 250 15 8 7.1 3.9 36.5 97.7 8.4 M M
20000 -11.5 11.3 260 14 7 7.1 3.9 34.5 94.1 6.8 M M
18000 -7.7 18.1 270 13 7 6.4 3.5 32.4 90.3 5.0 M M
16000 -4.0 24.8 285 12 6 6.0 3.3 30.0 86.0 2.9 M M
14000 -0.3 31.5 315 12 6 7.0 3.9 27.8 82.0 0.8 M M
12000 3.9 39.0 315 12 6 7.9 4.4 26.3 79.3 -0.8 592 3.0
10000 8.6 47.5 310 9 5 8.8 4.8 25.3 77.5 -2.0 392 2.0
9000 11.1 52.0 310 7 3 8.5 4.7 24.9 76.8 -2.4 288 1.5
8000 14.2 57.6 300 3 2 8.1 4.4 24.3 75.8 -3.1 160 0.8
7000 16.3 61.3 265 1 0 6.8 3.7 23.6 74.4 -3.9 67 0.3
6000 17.8 64.0 145 2 1 4.7 2.6 22.3 72.2 -5.3 M M
5000 17.1 62.8 120 5 2 -39.0 -21.4 18.8 65.9 -9.1 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/27/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/27/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +319.5 LI... -1.7 | CAPE... +710.6 LI... -2.5
CINH... -31.5 K Index... +29.5 | CINH... -0.6 K Index... +30.6
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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 -22.4 -8.3 230 16 8 7.9 4.3 | -23.4 -10.1 210 16 8 7.6 4.2
24000 -18.0 -0.4 230 15 8 6.5 3.6 | -18.9 -2.0 215 17 9 7.4 4.1
22000 -14.2 6.4 230 15 8 6.6 3.6 | -14.5 5.9 220 18 9 7.5 4.1
20000 -10.5 13.1 235 17 9 6.4 3.5 | -10.5 13.1 230 18 10 6.9 3.8
18000 -6.5 20.3 240 18 10 5.9 3.2 | -6.2 20.8 235 20 10 5.9 3.2
16000 -3.3 26.1 240 20 10 5.2 2.8 | -3.2 26.2 240 21 11 5.1 2.8
14000 0.1 32.2 240 19 10 6.0 3.3 | 0.0 32.0 240 21 11 6.3 3.4
12000 3.9 39.0 245 16 8 7.2 4.0 | 3.8 38.8 235 18 9 7.2 4.0
10000 8.1 46.6 235 14 7 7.4 4.1 | 7.9 46.2 235 14 7 7.8 4.3
9000 10.2 50.4 230 12 6 6.8 3.7 | 10.1 50.2 225 12 6 7.6 4.1
8000 12.1 53.8 215 12 6 6.7 3.7 | 12.4 54.3 220 10 5 8.5 4.7
7000 14.0 57.2 200 13 6 6.3 3.5 | 15.0 59.0 215 9 5 9.5 5.2
6000 15.8 60.4 185 13 7 7.6 4.2 | 17.6 63.7 215 8 4 10.6 5.8
5000 18.0 64.4 180 10 5 10.3 5.6 | 20.5 68.9 215 6 3 13.1 7.2
08/27/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/27/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +865.0 LI... -3.1 | CAPE... +852.0 LI... -2.9
CINH... -4.2 K Index... +31.4 | CINH... -7.5 K Index... +31.3
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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 -23.5 -10.3 225 19 10 7.3 4.0 | -23.4 -10.1 235 20 10 6.7 3.7
24000 -19.2 -2.6 225 19 10 7.4 4.1 | -19.2 -2.6 240 19 10 7.8 4.3
22000 -14.8 5.4 230 20 10 7.5 4.1 | -14.6 5.7 240 19 10 7.9 4.3
20000 -10.7 12.7 235 21 11 6.9 3.8 | -10.5 13.1 250 19 10 7.0 3.9
18000 -6.4 20.5 240 23 12 5.8 3.2 | -6.4 20.5 250 19 10 5.6 3.1
16000 -3.2 26.2 235 22 12 5.9 3.2 | -3.2 26.2 240 19 10 5.7 3.1
14000 0.5 32.9 240 21 11 6.9 3.8 | 0.4 32.7 245 17 9 6.5 3.6
12000 4.5 40.1 240 19 10 7.2 4.0 | 4.5 40.1 250 14 7 8.1 4.4
10000 8.8 47.8 235 13 7 9.4 5.2 | 9.3 48.7 255 12 6 8.4 4.6
9000 11.1 52.0 235 10 5 9.2 5.1 | 11.9 53.4 260 10 5 8.7 4.8
8000 13.7 56.7 240 8 4 9.0 5.0 | 14.4 57.9 265 9 4 8.6 4.7
7000 16.2 61.2 235 5 3 9.6 5.3 | 16.9 62.4 270 7 4 9.3 5.1
6000 18.7 65.7 235 3 1 9.7 5.3 | 19.4 66.9 275 6 3 10.5 5.7
5000 23.2 73.8 220 1 1 51.6 28.3 | 21.9 71.4 275 6 3 11.4 6.3
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