Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 131230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Sunday, July 13, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, July 13, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 87.8 F/31.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1419 ft/min (7.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19871 ft MSL (14946 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 98.0 F/37.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1100 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................. 17492 ft MSL (12567 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 07/14....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:08:20 / 20:59:01 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 50 min 41 sec (890 min 41 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:41 MDT... 69.64 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/13/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15814 ft MSL (10889 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21204 ft MSL (16279 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 21094 ft MSL (16168 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.3
K index......................... +19.6
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 -23.5 -10.3 285 19 10 7.6 4.2 40.8 105.5 3.3 M M
24000 -18.1 -0.6 290 18 9 8.2 4.5 39.3 102.7 2.1 M M
22000 -13.2 8.2 290 17 9 7.9 4.3 38.2 100.8 1.3 M M
20000 -8.6 16.5 285 16 8 7.7 4.2 36.8 98.2 0.0 M M
18000 -5.3 22.5 290 21 11 7.0 3.8 34.1 93.3 -2.5 1270 6.5
16000 -0.6 30.9 285 20 10 9.4 5.2 33.1 91.5 -3.7 1069 5.4
14000 5.0 41.0 290 14 7 9.4 5.2 32.9 91.2 -4.1 843 4.3
12000 10.5 50.9 295 9 5 8.9 4.9 32.6 90.6 -4.6 619 3.1
10000 15.8 60.4 320 7 4 9.2 5.0 32.1 89.7 -5.1 400 2.0
9000 18.5 65.3 325 6 3 8.7 4.8 31.8 89.2 -5.4 289 1.5
8000 21.5 70.7 325 5 3 7.1 3.9 31.1 87.9 -6.1 163 0.8
7000 23.4 74.1 310 3 1 5.1 2.8 30.0 86.0 -7.2 77 0.4
6000 24.6 76.3 185 2 1 1.5 0.8 28.1 82.6 -9.0 11 0.1
5000 19.2 66.6 120 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 19.8 67.6 -17.5 143 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/13/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/13/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +17.6 LI... +5.2 | CAPE... +1.1 LI... +4.7
CINH... -8.1 K Index... +3.2 | CINH... -11.6 K Index... +5.2
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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 -21.5 -6.7 340 7 3 8.2 4.5 | -21.4 -6.5 325 3 2 8.2 4.5
24000 -16.7 1.9 325 7 4 7.7 4.2 | -16.7 1.9 310 4 2 7.8 4.3
22000 -11.5 11.3 315 7 3 8.0 4.4 | -12.0 10.4 285 4 2 8.0 4.4
20000 -6.8 19.8 305 4 2 8.0 4.4 | -7.2 19.0 255 4 2 8.1 4.4
18000 -2.3 27.9 275 2 1 6.9 3.8 | -2.1 28.2 235 4 2 7.0 3.8
16000 1.7 35.1 310 2 1 6.5 3.6 | 1.9 35.4 245 3 2 6.4 3.5
14000 5.3 41.5 335 7 4 6.5 3.6 | 5.5 41.9 290 4 2 6.5 3.5
12000 9.8 49.6 330 12 6 8.6 4.7 | 10.0 50.0 305 8 4 8.5 4.7
10000 14.6 58.3 325 9 4 8.3 4.5 | 14.9 58.8 300 8 4 7.8 4.3
9000 17.0 62.6 325 7 3 8.6 4.7 | 17.7 63.9 300 8 4 9.0 4.9
8000 19.3 66.7 325 4 2 7.5 4.1 | 20.2 68.4 300 7 4 8.8 4.8
7000 21.3 70.3 330 2 1 6.7 3.7 | 22.8 73.0 300 6 3 9.3 5.1
6000 22.6 72.7 175 1 0 5.9 3.2 | 25.3 77.5 300 6 3 10.8 5.9
5000 26.0 78.8 195 2 1 37.9 20.8 | 28.2 82.8 305 5 3 14.3 7.8
07/13/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/13/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.5 LI... +4.8 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +4.8
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +1.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -5.1
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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 -21.4 -6.5 260 4 2 8.3 4.6 | -21.5 -6.7 230 7 4 8.3 4.6
24000 -16.5 2.3 260 5 2 7.9 4.4 | -16.6 2.1 235 7 4 8.1 4.4
22000 -11.8 10.8 240 6 3 8.2 4.5 | -11.8 10.8 235 9 4 8.4 4.6
20000 -6.9 19.6 230 7 3 8.2 4.5 | -6.7 19.9 235 9 5 8.5 4.6
18000 -1.5 29.3 230 7 4 7.5 4.1 | -1.3 29.7 240 9 4 7.7 4.2
16000 2.9 37.2 230 6 3 7.1 3.9 | 3.3 37.9 245 8 4 7.8 4.3
14000 6.6 43.9 235 7 3 6.1 3.3 | 7.6 45.7 245 9 4 7.2 3.9
12000 10.8 51.4 260 7 3 8.4 4.6 | 11.9 53.4 255 8 4 7.8 4.3
10000 15.8 60.4 285 8 4 7.4 4.1 | 16.7 62.1 280 7 4 7.8 4.3
9000 18.6 65.5 295 9 4 9.0 4.9 | 19.5 67.1 295 7 4 9.2 5.0
8000 21.3 70.3 300 9 5 9.2 5.0 | 22.2 72.0 305 7 4 9.2 5.0
7000 24.0 75.2 305 9 5 9.9 5.4 | 24.9 76.8 315 7 4 9.7 5.3
6000 26.8 80.2 310 9 5 11.4 6.3 | 27.6 81.7 325 7 4 10.5 5.7
5000 29.8 85.6 315 9 4 14.7 8.1 | 32.8 91.0 330 7 3 64.5 35.4
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