Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 081227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Thursday, May 8, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, May 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 70.6 F/21.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 888 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14567 ft MSL (10341 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 78.0 F/26.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 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................. 9368 ft MSL (5142 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 05/09....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:17:07 / 20:31:28 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 14 min 21 sec (854 min 21 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:24:18 MDT... 65.96 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 05/08/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11892 ft MSL (7666 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14398 ft MSL (10172 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14600 ft MSL (10374 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.6
K index......................... +7.7
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 -29.8 -21.6 345 22 11 8.1 4.5 36.9 98.4 8.9 M M
24000 -24.8 -12.6 345 19 10 8.2 4.5 35.7 96.2 8.1 M M
22000 -20.7 -5.3 335 20 10 4.7 2.6 33.6 92.5 6.6 M M
20000 -18.2 -0.8 315 18 9 6.5 3.6 29.6 85.3 3.3 M M
18000 -13.0 8.6 310 17 9 8.8 4.8 28.8 83.8 2.7 M M
16000 -8.9 16.0 280 8 4 6.1 3.3 26.8 80.3 1.0 M M
14000 -4.7 23.5 295 15 7 7.4 4.0 25.1 77.2 -0.6 850 4.3
12000 -0.7 30.7 325 7 3 9.3 5.1 23.4 74.2 -2.5 670 3.4
10000 5.9 42.6 295 8 4 8.6 4.7 23.3 73.9 -2.6 407 2.1
9000 8.0 46.4 330 4 2 7.5 4.1 22.6 72.6 -3.4 313 1.6
8000 10.3 50.5 110 1 1 8.2 4.5 22.0 71.5 -4.1 216 1.1
7000 12.7 54.9 200 10 5 9.4 5.1 21.6 70.8 -4.6 113 0.6
6000 14.5 58.1 185 14 7 4.4 2.4 20.5 68.9 -5.8 29 0.1
5000 14.3 57.7 165 11 5 1.6 0.9 17.4 63.3 -9.0 6 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
05/08/2025 at 0900 MDT | 05/08/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.2 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... +28.1 LI... +1.1
CINH... -3.1 K Index... +15.1 | CINH... -8.1 K Index... +15.9
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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 -29.6 -21.3 340 18 9 8.0 4.4 | -29.6 -21.3 315 14 7 7.9 4.3
24000 -24.9 -12.8 340 17 9 7.1 3.9 | -24.9 -12.8 320 15 8 7.7 4.2
22000 -20.6 -5.1 330 17 9 7.1 3.9 | -20.3 -4.5 320 17 9 7.7 4.2
20000 -16.5 2.3 315 15 8 5.8 3.2 | -15.7 3.7 315 16 8 6.4 3.5
18000 -12.9 8.8 300 14 7 6.4 3.5 | -12.1 10.2 305 13 7 5.8 3.2
16000 -8.9 16.0 300 14 7 6.7 3.7 | -8.7 16.3 300 13 7 5.5 3.0
14000 -5.2 22.6 305 13 7 7.1 3.9 | -5.3 22.5 295 12 6 7.7 4.2
12000 -0.7 30.7 300 8 4 8.4 4.6 | -0.5 31.1 285 8 4 8.8 4.8
10000 4.4 39.9 285 5 3 8.5 4.6 | 4.9 40.8 265 5 2 9.8 5.4
9000 7.0 44.6 260 5 3 8.4 4.6 | 7.5 45.5 250 4 2 9.2 5.1
8000 9.5 49.1 240 5 3 7.2 4.0 | 10.3 50.5 230 4 2 7.9 4.3
7000 11.6 52.9 210 6 3 6.8 3.7 | 12.9 55.2 215 4 2 9.4 5.1
6000 13.4 56.1 190 7 4 7.0 3.8 | 15.7 60.3 210 4 2 10.4 5.7
5000 16.6 61.9 165 5 3 32.1 17.6 | 21.1 70.0 205 3 2 72.9 40.0
05/08/2025 at 1500 MDT | 05/08/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +43.8 LI... +0.4 | CAPE... +27.2 LI... +0.3
CINH... -3.7 K Index... +17.6 | CINH... -10.3 K Index... +17.8
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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 -29.3 -20.7 295 17 9 7.6 4.2 | -29.5 -21.1 285 21 11 7.6 4.2
24000 -24.7 -12.5 300 17 9 7.5 4.1 | -24.9 -12.8 295 20 10 7.4 4.1
22000 -20.2 -4.4 305 16 8 7.5 4.1 | -20.5 -4.9 300 19 10 7.4 4.1
20000 -15.8 3.6 305 14 7 6.3 3.5 | -15.8 3.6 300 15 8 6.9 3.8
18000 -12.2 10.0 300 12 6 5.9 3.2 | -11.8 10.8 300 12 6 6.4 3.5
16000 -8.5 16.7 290 11 6 7.2 3.9 | -7.9 17.8 290 9 5 7.2 4.0
14000 -4.4 24.1 275 10 5 8.1 4.4 | -3.5 25.7 270 10 5 8.1 4.4
12000 0.6 33.1 270 8 4 9.2 5.0 | 1.5 34.7 275 8 4 8.9 4.9
10000 6.0 42.8 275 5 3 9.1 5.0 | 6.8 44.2 290 6 3 8.7 4.8
9000 8.8 47.8 280 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 9.6 49.3 305 5 3 9.2 5.1
8000 11.7 53.1 300 4 2 8.6 4.7 | 12.2 54.0 325 4 2 9.2 5.0
7000 14.5 58.1 315 4 2 9.4 5.1 | 15.0 59.0 340 5 3 8.9 4.9
6000 17.3 63.1 325 4 2 9.8 5.4 | 17.7 63.9 345 5 3 9.5 5.2
5000 22.9 73.2 330 5 2 82.9 45.5 | 22.4 72.3 345 5 3 55.0 30.2
s product is issued once per day by approximately 0600 MST/0700 MDT
(1300 UTC). This product is not continuously monitored nor updated after
the initial issuance.
The information contained herein is based on the 1200 UTC rawinsonde observation
at the Salt Lake City, Utah International Airport and/or numerical weather
prediction model data representative of the airport. These data may not be
representative of other areas along the Wasatch Front. Erroneous data such as
these should not be used.
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to change without prior notice.
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