Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, September 1, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, September 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.4 F/29.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1322 ft/min (6.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18500 ft MSL (13574 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 91.0 F/33.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1200 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................. 8858 ft MSL (3931 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 09/02...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:55:26 / 19:59:54 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 4 min 27 sec (784 min 27 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:27:40 MDT... 56.63 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/01/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15404 ft MSL (10478 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19288 ft MSL (14362 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19107 ft MSL (14181 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.6
K index......................... +20.6
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 -23.0 -9.4 310 19 10 8.3 4.5 41.4 106.5 6.8 M M
24000 -18.7 -1.7 315 18 9 5.8 3.2 39.5 103.1 5.4 M M
22000 -15.3 4.5 315 15 8 6.2 3.4 36.7 98.1 3.2 M M
20000 -10.8 12.6 315 15 8 7.2 3.9 34.5 94.1 1.2 M M
18000 -6.5 20.3 310 12 6 8.6 4.7 32.9 91.3 -0.4 1267 6.4
16000 -1.5 29.3 300 10 5 8.5 4.7 32.1 89.8 -1.2 1058 5.4
14000 3.8 38.8 295 11 5 9.3 5.1 31.6 88.9 -1.7 839 4.3
12000 9.3 48.7 290 10 5 9.1 5.0 31.3 88.3 -2.1 615 3.1
10000 14.6 58.3 290 5 2 8.4 4.6 30.7 87.2 -2.7 398 2.0
9000 17.3 63.1 290 2 1 8.8 4.8 30.4 86.8 -2.9 287 1.5
8000 19.9 67.8 310 1 0 8.5 4.7 30.1 86.2 -3.2 179 0.9
7000 22.9 73.2 155 1 0 6.7 3.7 29.4 85.0 -4.0 54 0.3
6000 24.2 75.6 140 4 2 0.0 0.0 27.9 82.2 -5.6 M M
5000 17.7 63.9 115 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 18.5 65.3 -15.1 150 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/01/2025 at 0900 MDT | 09/01/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +2.1 | CAPE... +6.9 LI... +1.4
CINH... -0.5 K Index... +16.2 | CINH... -4.0 K Index... +18.5
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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 10 5 7.6 4.2 | -23.8 -10.8 225 10 5 7.5 4.1
24000 -19.6 -3.3 205 9 5 7.1 3.9 | -19.4 -2.9 200 10 5 7.1 3.9
22000 -15.3 4.5 185 10 5 7.3 4.0 | -15.2 4.6 190 11 6 7.0 3.8
20000 -10.3 13.5 185 10 5 7.5 4.1 | -10.6 12.9 195 10 5 6.8 3.7
18000 -6.3 20.7 205 8 4 5.6 3.0 | -7.2 19.0 225 8 4 7.0 3.8
16000 -2.5 27.5 240 8 4 7.5 4.1 | -2.8 27.0 260 8 4 8.4 4.6
14000 2.3 36.1 235 8 4 8.8 4.8 | 2.4 36.3 270 7 4 9.2 5.1
12000 7.6 45.7 220 8 4 9.3 5.1 | 7.9 46.2 255 6 3 9.0 5.0
10000 13.0 55.4 210 9 5 9.4 5.1 | 13.4 56.1 225 5 3 9.8 5.4
9000 15.5 59.9 200 9 5 8.3 4.6 | 16.0 60.8 215 5 3 8.7 4.8
8000 18.1 64.6 195 9 5 7.6 4.2 | 18.8 65.8 210 5 3 8.7 4.8
7000 20.2 68.4 180 9 4 6.6 3.6 | 21.5 70.7 205 5 3 9.4 5.2
6000 21.9 71.4 165 8 4 5.1 2.8 | 24.2 75.6 210 5 2 10.2 5.6
5000 22.7 72.9 115 4 2 -2.8 -1.5 | 29.6 85.3 220 4 2 75.6 41.5
09/01/2025 at 1500 MDT | 09/01/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +2.2 LI... +0.4 | CAPE... +0.5 LI... +0.6
CINH... -1.8 K Index... +19.3 | CINH... -4.1 K Index... +20.6
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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 -23.3 -9.9 240 14 7 7.5 4.1 | -23.1 -9.6 270 17 9 7.9 4.3
24000 -19.0 -2.2 225 13 6 6.8 3.7 | -18.8 -1.8 260 15 8 6.4 3.5
22000 -14.9 5.2 220 11 6 6.6 3.6 | -15.0 5.0 245 12 6 6.5 3.6
20000 -10.9 12.4 220 10 5 6.2 3.4 | -10.6 12.9 235 9 5 6.8 3.7
18000 -7.1 19.2 225 8 4 7.9 4.3 | -6.2 20.8 210 9 5 7.8 4.3
16000 -2.2 28.0 235 6 3 8.6 4.7 | -1.5 29.3 205 9 5 8.6 4.7
14000 3.1 37.6 240 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 3.8 38.8 215 7 3 9.2 5.0
12000 8.7 47.7 255 4 2 9.4 5.2 | 9.3 48.7 245 5 3 9.1 5.0
10000 14.4 57.9 280 4 2 10.2 5.6 | 14.7 58.5 295 5 2 8.3 4.5
9000 17.1 62.8 285 4 2 8.8 4.9 | 17.6 63.7 320 6 3 10.1 5.5
8000 20.0 68.0 300 5 2 9.0 4.9 | 20.2 68.4 330 7 3 9.1 5.0
7000 22.7 72.9 310 6 3 10.1 5.5 | 22.9 73.2 335 7 4 9.1 5.0
6000 25.5 77.9 315 6 3 10.4 5.7 | 25.6 78.1 335 7 4 10.1 5.5
5000 31.3 88.3 320 7 4 84.5 46.4 | 30.0 86.0 335 7 3 44.9 24.6
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