Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
660
UXUS97 KSLC 141230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Monday, July 14, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, July 14, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 86.9 F/30.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1582 ft/min (8.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21394 ft MSL (16464 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 98.0 F/37.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1030 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................. 14130 ft MSL (9199 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 07/15...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:09:06 / 20:58:28 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 49 min 22 sec (889 min 22 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:47 MDT... 69.49 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/14/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16306 ft MSL (11376 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19778 ft MSL (14848 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 20421 ft MSL (15490 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.3
K index......................... +20.4
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 -9.4 290 29 15 8.1 4.4 41.4 106.5 3.7 M M
24000 -18.0 -0.4 295 29 15 6.7 3.7 39.5 103.2 2.2 M M
22000 -14.0 6.8 295 31 16 7.4 4.0 37.4 99.4 0.4 M M
20000 -9.5 14.9 290 31 16 7.9 4.3 36.0 96.7 -1.0 1442 7.3
18000 -4.4 24.1 280 28 14 8.8 4.8 35.3 95.6 -1.8 1230 6.2
16000 0.8 33.4 270 23 12 9.0 4.9 34.7 94.4 -2.4 1014 5.2
14000 6.1 43.0 260 19 10 8.3 4.6 34.1 93.4 -3.0 796 4.0
12000 10.9 51.6 255 11 6 7.7 4.2 33.0 91.4 -4.1 592 3.0
10000 15.5 59.9 325 2 1 6.7 3.7 31.8 89.2 -5.4 394 2.0
9000 18.1 64.6 020 3 2 8.0 4.4 31.4 88.5 -5.9 288 1.5
8000 21.3 70.3 050 4 2 8.3 4.5 30.9 87.6 -6.4 154 0.8
7000 23.5 74.3 065 4 2 6.5 3.6 30.1 86.2 -7.1 58 0.3
6000 25.3 77.5 100 5 3 3.9 2.2 29.0 84.2 -8.4 M M
5000 20.2 68.4 115 7 4 2.3 1.3 21.1 69.9 -16.4 98 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/14/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/14/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +1.9 | CAPE... +36.5 LI... +1.8
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +17.9 | CINH... -91.4 K Index... +11.3
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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 -23.9 -11.0 300 16 8 7.3 4.0 | -24.0 -11.2 290 14 7 7.5 4.1
24000 -19.2 -2.6 305 16 8 8.5 4.7 | -19.1 -2.4 290 13 7 8.8 4.8
22000 -14.1 6.6 305 16 8 7.9 4.4 | -13.9 7.0 295 15 8 8.1 4.4
20000 -9.8 14.4 300 17 9 7.4 4.1 | -9.5 14.9 305 19 10 7.5 4.1
18000 -5.3 22.5 285 18 9 7.7 4.2 | -4.2 24.4 300 21 11 7.3 4.0
16000 -0.4 31.3 275 17 9 9.4 5.1 | 0.3 32.5 290 18 9 8.0 4.4
14000 5.2 41.4 265 15 8 9.5 5.2 | 5.2 41.4 270 16 8 9.3 5.1
12000 10.8 51.4 265 11 5 9.0 4.9 | 10.6 51.1 265 15 8 9.4 5.1
10000 15.9 60.6 280 7 3 7.8 4.3 | 15.8 60.4 270 11 5 7.3 4.0
9000 18.4 65.1 295 6 3 8.4 4.6 | 18.5 65.3 275 9 4 8.7 4.8
8000 20.6 69.1 305 5 3 7.1 3.9 | 21.1 70.0 280 7 4 8.7 4.8
7000 22.6 72.7 310 3 2 6.9 3.8 | 23.7 74.7 290 7 3 9.0 4.9
6000 24.3 75.7 260 2 1 7.1 3.9 | 26.4 79.5 290 6 3 10.6 5.8
5000 27.5 81.5 240 1 1 34.1 18.7 | 32.4 90.3 300 6 3 92.5 50.8
07/14/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/14/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +65.6 LI... +1.1 | CAPE... +6.9 LI... +1.1
CINH... -69.2 K Index... +6.4 | CINH... -22.9 K Index... +13.1
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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 -23.7 -10.7 270 17 9 6.7 3.7 | -22.8 -9.0 290 27 14 7.1 3.9
24000 -19.2 -2.6 265 17 9 8.3 4.6 | -18.6 -1.5 285 26 13 7.0 3.8
22000 -14.3 6.3 270 18 9 8.2 4.5 | -14.5 5.9 280 25 13 7.6 4.2
20000 -9.6 14.7 290 19 10 8.1 4.4 | -9.6 14.7 290 23 12 8.2 4.5
18000 -4.1 24.6 300 20 10 8.7 4.8 | -4.0 24.8 305 22 11 8.8 4.8
16000 1.1 34.0 300 19 10 8.5 4.6 | 1.1 34.0 310 21 11 8.8 4.8
14000 6.2 43.2 295 16 8 8.9 4.9 | 6.4 43.5 315 19 10 9.1 5.0
12000 11.4 52.5 290 15 8 8.7 4.8 | 12.0 53.6 315 16 8 9.3 5.1
10000 16.5 61.7 290 14 7 8.3 4.6 | 17.3 63.1 310 14 7 7.2 4.0
9000 19.3 66.7 290 13 7 9.3 5.1 | 20.2 68.4 310 13 7 8.9 4.9
8000 22.0 71.6 295 13 6 9.3 5.1 | 22.9 73.2 310 11 6 9.1 5.0
7000 24.7 76.5 300 11 6 10.2 5.6 | 25.7 78.3 310 9 5 9.1 5.0
6000 27.6 81.7 305 11 5 10.7 5.9 | 28.4 83.1 310 8 4 10.3 5.7
5000 30.6 87.1 310 10 5 13.8 7.6 | 31.3 88.3 315 7 3 11.7 6.4
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