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 Monday, September 8, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, September 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 77.6 F/25.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1130 ft/min (5.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17490 ft MSL (12562 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 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................. 14341 ft MSL (9413 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 09/09...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:02:17 / 19:48:23 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 46 min 6 sec (766 min 6 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:25:20 MDT... 54.15 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/08/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14181 ft MSL (9253 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14214 ft MSL (9286 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15648 ft MSL (10720 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.6
K index......................... +19.5
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 -26.5 -15.7 230 32 16 7.8 4.3 37.9 100.2 5.3 M M
24000 -21.8 -7.2 230 31 16 8.0 4.4 36.5 97.8 4.3 M M
22000 -17.1 1.2 230 31 16 8.0 4.4 35.3 95.5 3.3 M M
20000 -12.0 10.4 225 27 14 7.5 4.1 33.5 92.3 1.9 M M
18000 -7.6 18.3 220 24 12 6.8 3.7 31.8 89.2 0.5 M M
16000 -3.8 25.2 215 21 11 7.1 3.9 29.6 85.3 -1.6 996 5.1
14000 0.3 32.5 205 19 10 7.3 4.0 28.0 82.3 -3.3 813 4.1
12000 4.8 40.6 200 18 9 9.4 5.1 26.9 80.4 -4.8 621 3.2
10000 10.1 50.2 200 20 10 7.3 4.0 26.5 79.7 -5.4 402 2.0
9000 13.0 55.4 200 21 11 8.9 4.9 26.4 79.6 -5.5 287 1.5
8000 15.7 60.3 195 21 11 8.1 4.4 26.3 79.3 -5.8 177 0.9
7000 18.4 65.1 185 22 11 6.6 3.6 25.4 77.8 -6.7 58 0.3
6000 19.7 67.5 170 18 9 3.0 1.6 23.9 75.0 -8.5 M M
5000 18.5 65.3 145 10 5 -3.6 -1.9 19.8 67.7 -12.6 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/08/2025 at 0900 MDT | 09/08/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +7.6 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... +59.6 LI... -0.0
CINH... -46.7 K Index... +11.0 | CINH... -12.6 K Index... +17.4
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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 -24.8 -12.6 255 37 19 6.6 3.6 | -24.8 -12.6 260 33 17 5.8 3.2
24000 -20.9 -5.6 255 32 16 6.7 3.7 | -21.2 -6.2 260 28 14 6.8 3.7
22000 -16.9 1.6 255 27 14 6.7 3.7 | -17.1 1.2 255 24 12 6.8 3.8
20000 -12.6 9.3 250 21 11 6.4 3.5 | -12.5 9.5 250 22 11 7.0 3.8
18000 -8.9 16.0 245 18 9 6.5 3.6 | -8.8 16.2 245 18 9 6.2 3.4
16000 -4.5 23.9 245 16 8 8.7 4.8 | -4.6 23.7 240 12 6 8.0 4.4
14000 0.7 33.3 235 15 8 8.9 4.9 | 0.3 32.5 230 12 6 8.6 4.7
12000 6.1 43.0 235 15 8 8.9 4.9 | 5.3 41.5 225 13 7 9.1 5.0
10000 11.1 52.0 235 16 8 7.6 4.1 | 10.6 51.1 220 14 7 8.7 4.8
9000 13.5 56.3 225 16 8 7.8 4.3 | 13.4 56.1 220 13 7 9.7 5.3
8000 15.6 60.1 215 15 7 7.4 4.1 | 16.1 61.0 215 12 6 9.2 5.1
7000 17.6 63.7 205 14 7 6.3 3.5 | 19.0 66.2 215 11 5 9.3 5.1
6000 19.1 66.4 190 13 7 3.6 2.0 | 21.8 71.2 215 9 5 10.0 5.5
5000 20.5 68.9 170 9 5 9.2 5.1 | 27.3 81.1 225 7 4 79.1 43.4
09/08/2025 at 1500 MDT | 09/08/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +46.4 LI... -0.2 | CAPE... +26.7 LI... -0.2
CINH... -11.0 K Index... +23.1 | CINH... -18.0 K Index... +25.5
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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 -24.6 -12.3 265 34 17 6.7 3.7 | -25.0 -13.0 260 33 17 6.8 3.7
24000 -20.7 -5.3 260 30 15 6.1 3.3 | -20.9 -5.6 255 31 16 6.8 3.8
22000 -17.1 1.2 255 28 14 6.0 3.3 | -16.9 1.6 255 27 14 6.8 3.7
20000 -12.4 9.7 245 23 12 7.2 3.9 | -12.0 10.4 245 22 11 7.3 4.0
18000 -8.3 17.1 235 19 10 6.9 3.8 | -7.8 18.0 235 19 10 7.1 3.9
16000 -4.1 24.6 220 14 7 8.0 4.4 | -3.5 25.7 215 18 9 8.1 4.5
14000 1.0 33.8 215 13 7 8.9 4.9 | 1.6 34.9 210 16 8 9.3 5.1
12000 6.4 43.5 215 12 6 9.2 5.0 | 7.1 44.8 210 14 7 9.5 5.2
10000 11.9 53.4 220 10 5 8.7 4.8 | 12.6 54.7 220 10 5 7.6 4.2
9000 14.7 58.5 230 9 5 9.6 5.3 | 15.4 59.7 225 7 4 8.6 4.7
8000 17.5 63.5 235 8 4 9.7 5.3 | 18.1 64.6 240 6 3 8.9 4.9
7000 20.5 68.9 255 7 4 9.5 5.2 | 20.7 69.3 280 4 2 9.1 5.0
6000 23.3 73.9 270 7 4 9.7 5.3 | 23.5 74.3 310 4 2 9.5 5.2
5000 29.1 84.4 285 7 3 86.4 47.4 | 27.9 82.2 325 4 2 47.2 25.9
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