Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, July 20, 2026
This forecast is for Monday, July 20, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 89.1 F/31.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1452 ft/min (7.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18693 ft MSL (13813 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 101.0 F/38.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 14918 ft MSL (10038 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 07/21...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:13:50 / 20:54:39 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 40 min 49 sec (880 min 49 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:14 MDT... 68.50 degrees
Upper air data from numerical model forecast valid on 07/20/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 17153 ft MSL (12273 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16209 ft MSL (11329 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17266 ft MSL (12385 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.4
K index......................... +26.6
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 -16.2 2.8 190 4 2 6.6 3.6 49.1 120.3 8.5 M M
24000 -12.6 9.3 200 4 2 5.8 3.2 46.4 115.5 6.4 M M
22000 -9.2 15.4 210 4 2 5.9 3.2 43.7 110.6 4.1 M M
20000 -5.4 22.3 205 5 2 5.9 3.3 40.5 104.9 1.3 M M
18000 -1.7 28.9 170 4 2 7.3 4.0 38.3 100.9 -0.7 1183 6.0
16000 2.5 36.5 100 6 3 7.5 4.1 36.6 97.9 -2.4 998 5.1
14000 7.4 45.3 070 5 2 8.7 4.8 35.7 96.3 -3.4 792 4.0
12000 12.4 54.3 035 2 1 8.2 4.5 34.9 94.8 -4.3 584 3.0
10000 16.9 62.4 285 2 1 7.5 4.1 33.6 92.5 -5.7 389 2.0
9000 19.4 66.9 260 3 2 8.9 4.9 33.2 91.7 -6.3 286 1.5
8000 21.6 70.9 240 4 2 8.1 4.4 32.5 90.5 -7.0 190 1.0
7000 23.8 74.8 210 6 3 5.8 3.2 31.9 89.4 -7.8 94 0.5
6000 25.3 77.5 185 9 5 2.3 1.3 30.5 87.0 -9.3 21 0.1
5000 23.2 73.8 130 6 3 -92.0 -50.5 24.8 76.6 -15.2 47 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/20/2026 at 0900 MDT | 07/20/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +105.8 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +206.5 LI... -1.5
CINH... -84.1 K Index... +26.2 | CINH... -39.6 K Index... +27.4
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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 -16.4 2.5 170 8 4 6.3 3.5 | -16.3 2.7 175 9 5 6.4 3.5
24000 -12.9 8.8 180 7 4 5.6 3.1 | -12.9 8.8 175 9 4 5.5 3.0
22000 -9.6 14.7 185 5 3 6.1 3.3 | -9.7 14.5 170 7 4 6.2 3.4
20000 -5.6 21.9 180 3 2 6.3 3.5 | -5.5 22.1 155 5 2 6.5 3.5
18000 -1.6 29.1 140 2 1 7.8 4.3 | -1.2 29.8 130 4 2 7.5 4.1
16000 2.8 37.0 110 3 2 7.6 4.2 | 3.2 37.8 120 4 2 7.7 4.2
14000 7.5 45.5 060 5 2 8.5 4.7 | 7.8 46.0 105 5 2 8.2 4.5
12000 12.5 54.5 035 4 2 8.2 4.5 | 12.7 54.9 100 3 2 8.5 4.7
10000 17.0 62.6 335 1 1 7.0 3.8 | 17.4 63.3 160 2 1 6.8 3.7
9000 19.3 66.7 275 1 1 8.0 4.4 | 20.0 68.0 200 2 1 9.0 4.9
8000 21.5 70.7 245 2 1 7.7 4.2 | 22.7 72.9 225 3 1 9.6 5.3
7000 23.6 74.5 200 3 2 7.3 4.0 | 25.5 77.9 235 3 1 9.9 5.4
6000 25.4 77.7 180 5 3 7.6 4.2 | 28.4 83.1 250 3 2 10.3 5.6
5000 29.6 85.3 170 5 3 50.8 27.9 | 34.4 93.9 270 3 2 91.2 50.0
07/20/2026 at 1500 MDT | 07/20/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +240.9 LI... -1.3 | CAPE... +231.2 LI... -1.4
CINH... -28.3 K Index... +28.9 | CINH... -39.4 K Index... +31.3
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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 -16.3 2.7 175 11 6 6.8 3.7 | -16.6 2.1 185 10 5 6.8 3.7
24000 -12.6 9.3 170 10 5 6.1 3.3 | -12.7 9.1 175 8 4 6.8 3.7
22000 -8.6 16.5 155 8 4 6.5 3.5 | -8.3 17.1 160 7 3 6.1 3.4
20000 -4.9 23.2 135 7 4 6.4 3.5 | -4.7 23.5 140 7 4 6.2 3.4
18000 -0.8 30.6 130 7 3 7.5 4.1 | -0.9 30.4 145 7 4 8.1 4.5
16000 3.7 38.7 135 7 3 8.2 4.5 | 3.7 38.7 140 5 3 8.2 4.5
14000 8.7 47.7 150 7 3 8.7 4.7 | 8.7 47.7 115 3 2 9.0 4.9
12000 13.8 56.8 165 5 2 8.7 4.8 | 14.0 57.2 075 2 1 9.1 5.0
10000 18.9 66.0 205 2 1 7.7 4.2 | 19.2 66.6 045 3 1 8.0 4.4
9000 21.6 70.9 260 2 1 8.8 4.8 | 22.1 71.8 035 3 2 9.1 5.0
8000 24.3 75.7 285 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 24.9 76.8 030 3 2 9.5 5.2
7000 27.2 81.0 305 5 3 9.9 5.4 | 27.5 81.5 040 3 2 9.6 5.2
6000 30.0 86.0 310 7 4 10.5 5.8 | 30.3 86.5 035 4 2 9.7 5.3
5000 32.9 91.2 315 7 4 14.3 7.9 | 33.9 93.0 025 4 2 22.7 12.4
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