Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 171231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Thursday, July 17, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, July 17, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 84.7 F/29.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1793 ft/min (9.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21726 ft MSL (16798 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 98.0 F/37.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 17862 ft MSL (12934 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 07/18....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:11:31 / 20:56:36 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 45 min 6 sec (885 min 6 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:04 MDT... 68.99 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/17/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15637 ft MSL (10709 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15409 ft MSL (10481 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17364 ft MSL (12436 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -6.1
K index......................... +29.0
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 -23.1 -9.6 240 21 11 6.7 3.7 41.5 106.8 3.7 M M
24000 -18.5 -1.3 240 15 8 7.0 3.9 39.1 102.5 1.8 M M
22000 -14.4 6.1 225 10 5 7.2 4.0 37.3 99.1 0.2 M M
20000 -10.1 13.8 235 9 5 7.4 4.0 35.5 95.9 -1.5 1422 7.2
18000 -5.7 21.7 230 9 5 7.8 4.3 33.9 93.1 -2.9 1232 6.3
16000 -1.0 30.2 230 10 5 8.7 4.8 32.9 91.3 -4.1 1030 5.2
14000 4.5 40.1 225 9 5 9.4 5.1 32.6 90.7 -4.5 807 4.1
12000 9.7 49.5 210 8 4 8.5 4.7 32.0 89.7 -5.2 591 3.0
10000 14.5 58.1 200 9 5 5.8 3.2 31.0 87.9 -6.4 388 2.0
9000 17.0 62.6 195 11 6 7.0 3.9 30.6 87.1 -6.9 285 1.4
8000 19.7 67.5 185 15 8 6.9 3.8 29.7 85.5 -8.0 167 0.8
7000 21.1 70.0 175 17 9 3.9 2.1 28.3 82.9 -9.6 96 0.5
6000 22.1 71.8 165 15 7 2.1 1.1 26.4 79.6 -11.6 36 0.2
5000 21.5 70.7 135 7 4 2.6 1.4 22.9 73.3 -15.2 23 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/17/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/17/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.2 LI... -0.3 | CAPE... +191.5 LI... -1.4
CINH... -44.0 K Index... +22.6 | CINH... -31.9 K Index... +23.3
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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 -23.6 -10.5 235 8 4 7.2 4.0 | -23.7 -10.7 225 8 4 7.0 3.9
24000 -19.3 -2.7 240 10 5 6.8 3.7 | -19.6 -3.3 235 11 6 6.5 3.6
22000 -15.3 4.5 245 11 6 6.8 3.7 | -15.8 3.6 240 14 7 6.7 3.6
20000 -10.8 12.6 265 13 6 7.0 3.9 | -10.9 12.4 250 12 6 7.4 4.1
18000 -6.1 21.0 270 13 7 8.8 4.8 | -6.1 21.0 260 11 6 9.1 5.0
16000 -0.8 30.6 260 13 7 9.4 5.2 | -0.6 30.9 265 11 6 9.4 5.2
14000 4.6 40.3 250 13 7 9.1 5.0 | 4.9 40.8 265 10 5 9.0 4.9
12000 9.9 49.8 245 12 6 8.6 4.7 | 10.1 50.2 245 9 5 8.5 4.7
10000 14.8 58.6 235 10 5 6.1 3.3 | 15.0 59.0 225 8 4 6.7 3.7
9000 17.2 63.0 220 10 5 7.3 4.0 | 17.8 64.0 215 9 5 8.9 4.9
8000 19.5 67.1 205 10 5 7.1 3.9 | 20.6 69.1 210 9 5 9.4 5.2
7000 21.5 70.7 190 12 6 7.0 3.8 | 23.4 74.1 210 9 5 10.0 5.5
6000 23.4 74.1 180 13 7 7.3 4.0 | 26.3 79.3 210 8 4 10.5 5.8
5000 27.6 81.7 175 9 5 49.6 27.2 | 30.5 86.9 210 7 4 29.0 15.9
07/17/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/17/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +199.9 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +132.1 LI... -0.1
CINH... -18.3 K Index... +24.9 | CINH... -34.5 K Index... +22.0
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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 -23.7 -10.7 210 10 5 6.8 3.8 | -23.5 -10.3 230 15 8 6.1 3.4
24000 -19.6 -3.3 220 10 5 7.2 4.0 | -19.5 -3.1 230 11 6 7.9 4.3
22000 -14.7 5.5 235 12 6 7.5 4.1 | -14.9 5.2 230 12 6 7.9 4.3
20000 -10.2 13.6 235 12 6 7.7 4.2 | -9.5 14.9 235 12 6 8.2 4.5
18000 -5.5 22.1 240 11 6 8.6 4.7 | -4.6 23.7 240 12 6 8.6 4.7
16000 -0.2 31.6 250 11 6 9.3 5.1 | 0.6 33.1 255 12 6 8.9 4.9
14000 5.3 41.5 250 10 5 9.4 5.2 | 5.9 42.6 260 11 6 9.2 5.1
12000 11.0 51.8 255 10 5 9.2 5.0 | 11.5 52.7 270 9 5 9.5 5.2
10000 16.4 61.5 260 9 4 7.6 4.2 | 17.0 62.6 285 7 4 7.9 4.3
9000 19.3 66.7 270 8 4 9.0 5.0 | 20.0 68.0 295 7 3 9.7 5.3
8000 22.1 71.8 285 8 4 9.6 5.3 | 22.8 73.0 305 6 3 9.5 5.2
7000 25.0 77.0 290 8 4 9.8 5.4 | 25.5 77.9 310 6 3 9.8 5.4
6000 27.8 82.0 300 9 5 10.4 5.7 | 28.4 83.1 320 6 3 9.6 5.3
5000 32.1 89.8 310 9 5 31.3 17.2 | 32.1 89.8 325 6 3 20.5 11.3
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