Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 291228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, August 29, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, August 29, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 75.9 F/24.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1023 ft/min (5.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16058 ft MSL (11131 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 82.0 F/28.2 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................. 9523 ft MSL (4597 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 08/30..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:52:30 / 20:04:43 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 12 min 12 sec (792 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:36 MDT... 57.65 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/29/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13587 ft MSL (8660 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14195 ft MSL (9268 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14932 ft MSL (10006 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.5
K index......................... +24.3
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 -26.3 -15.3 300 19 10 8.3 4.5 38.3 100.9 8.3 M M
24000 -21.6 -6.9 305 17 9 7.2 3.9 37.0 98.5 7.4 M M
22000 -17.3 0.9 310 16 8 7.2 4.0 35.1 95.2 6.0 M M
20000 -12.6 9.3 315 14 7 7.3 4.0 33.1 91.5 4.3 M M
18000 -9.3 15.3 310 10 5 5.9 3.2 30.4 86.6 1.9 M M
16000 -5.4 22.3 315 7 3 6.6 3.6 28.2 82.8 -0.1 1016 5.2
14000 -1.1 30.0 005 6 3 8.7 4.8 26.7 80.0 -1.7 829 4.2
12000 4.2 39.6 010 9 4 8.8 4.8 26.1 79.0 -2.3 612 3.1
10000 9.5 49.1 360 9 5 8.4 4.6 25.7 78.2 -2.8 393 2.0
9000 12.0 53.6 360 9 4 8.7 4.8 25.3 77.6 -3.2 286 1.5
8000 14.5 58.1 360 7 3 8.5 4.7 24.9 76.9 -3.7 184 0.9
7000 17.1 62.8 020 3 2 6.6 3.6 24.0 75.3 -4.7 68 0.3
6000 18.4 65.1 125 3 1 3.2 1.7 22.5 72.6 -6.4 M M
5000 17.1 62.8 125 4 2 -60.8 -33.3 18.3 65.0 -10.7 11 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/29/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/29/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +75.1 LI... -0.7 | CAPE... +393.1 LI... -1.8
CINH... -47.7 K Index... +25.7 | CINH... -19.7 K Index... +26.1
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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 -24.0 -11.2 230 28 15 6.7 3.7 | -24.4 -11.9 225 29 15 7.4 4.1
24000 -20.1 -4.2 230 21 11 6.5 3.5 | -20.2 -4.4 230 22 11 6.2 3.4
22000 -15.7 3.7 250 14 7 6.3 3.5 | -16.1 3.0 255 11 6 6.4 3.5
20000 -12.2 10.0 260 9 5 6.1 3.3 | -12.4 9.7 270 5 3 6.4 3.5
18000 -8.5 16.7 280 6 3 6.5 3.6 | -8.7 16.3 305 3 2 6.3 3.5
16000 -4.7 23.5 300 5 2 6.7 3.7 | -5.1 22.8 330 3 2 5.9 3.3
14000 -0.7 30.7 340 4 2 7.6 4.1 | -0.9 30.4 360 4 2 7.9 4.4
12000 3.8 38.8 010 6 3 8.2 4.5 | 4.0 39.2 010 5 3 8.6 4.7
10000 8.7 47.7 020 7 4 9.0 5.0 | 9.1 48.4 015 4 2 9.2 5.1
9000 11.2 52.2 025 6 3 8.6 4.7 | 11.6 52.9 360 4 2 9.0 4.9
8000 13.8 56.8 025 6 3 7.5 4.1 | 14.3 57.7 355 3 2 7.8 4.3
7000 16.1 61.0 035 4 2 7.0 3.9 | 16.8 62.2 335 4 2 9.7 5.3
6000 18.0 64.4 045 3 2 5.3 2.9 | 19.3 66.7 315 4 2 11.3 6.2
5000 20.3 68.5 065 1 1 15.7 8.6 | 22.0 71.6 310 4 2 14.2 7.8
08/29/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/29/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +312.1 LI... -1.3 | CAPE... +210.6 LI... -1.0
CINH... -14.4 K Index... +25.2 | CINH... -34.2 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 -25.3 -13.5 235 26 13 7.5 4.1 | -26.0 -14.8 250 23 12 7.3 4.0
24000 -21.0 -5.8 240 20 11 7.1 3.9 | -21.7 -7.1 250 18 9 7.4 4.1
22000 -16.2 2.8 250 12 6 7.1 3.9 | -17.3 0.9 255 12 6 7.5 4.1
20000 -12.1 10.2 245 7 3 7.0 3.8 | -12.4 9.7 260 9 5 7.4 4.0
18000 -8.3 17.1 245 3 2 6.4 3.5 | -8.3 17.1 265 7 4 6.9 3.8
16000 -4.5 23.9 280 2 1 6.5 3.6 | -4.1 24.6 270 6 3 7.4 4.1
14000 -0.2 31.6 315 3 1 7.6 4.2 | 0.3 32.5 280 6 3 7.7 4.2
12000 4.5 40.1 320 4 2 8.4 4.6 | 5.0 41.0 300 6 3 8.1 4.4
10000 9.5 49.1 320 6 3 8.4 4.6 | 10.8 51.4 315 7 4 8.3 4.6
9000 12.1 53.8 315 7 4 8.8 4.8 | 12.5 54.5 315 8 4 9.1 5.0
8000 14.8 58.6 315 8 4 8.0 4.4 | 15.1 59.2 320 8 4 9.0 4.9
7000 17.3 63.1 315 9 4 9.2 5.1 | 17.6 63.7 315 8 4 9.2 5.0
6000 20.0 68.0 310 9 5 10.3 5.6 | 20.2 68.4 315 7 4 10.1 5.5
5000 25.6 78.1 310 8 4 82.8 45.5 | 24.8 76.6 315 7 3 46.6 25.5
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