Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 171231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Tuesday, June 17, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, June 17, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 77.4 F/25.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 997 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16408 ft MSL (11478 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 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................. 13504 ft MSL (8574 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 06/18.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:03 / 21:01:44 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 41 sec (905 min 41 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:53 MDT... 71.60 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/17/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14646 ft MSL (9716 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19651 ft MSL (14721 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18260 ft MSL (13331 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.8
K index......................... +9.6
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 -21.8 -7.2 295 36 19 7.9 4.4 42.7 108.8 9.2 M M
24000 -17.4 0.7 295 36 18 6.5 3.5 40.9 105.6 8.0 M M
22000 -13.5 7.7 295 36 18 6.4 3.5 38.6 101.5 6.2 M M
20000 -9.8 14.4 290 32 17 6.2 3.4 36.0 96.9 4.1 M M
18000 -6.5 20.3 285 28 15 5.7 3.1 33.3 91.9 1.7 M M
16000 -2.8 27.0 295 22 12 6.3 3.5 31.0 87.7 -0.4 963 4.9
14000 1.2 34.2 300 20 10 6.6 3.6 28.9 84.0 -2.4 786 4.0
12000 5.3 41.5 310 14 7 8.5 4.7 27.3 81.2 -4.2 603 3.1
10000 10.3 50.5 305 6 3 6.7 3.7 26.5 79.7 -5.1 394 2.0
9000 12.9 55.2 280 2 1 7.4 4.1 26.1 79.0 -5.5 287 1.5
8000 16.1 61.0 170 1 0 8.5 4.7 25.6 78.1 -6.1 155 0.8
7000 18.3 64.9 155 3 1 6.8 3.7 24.9 76.8 -6.8 59 0.3
6000 19.9 67.8 145 5 3 2.5 1.4 23.6 74.5 -8.2 M M
5000 14.3 57.7 115 7 4 6.9 3.8 15.1 59.2 -16.8 119 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/17/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/17/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +196.2 LI... -1.8 | CAPE... +57.1 LI... +1.0
CINH... -116.7 K Index... +15.0 | CINH... -13.7 K Index... +10.6
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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 -28.1 -18.6 305 38 20 7.0 3.9 | -25.7 -14.3 315 43 22 6.1 3.4
24000 -23.9 -11.0 305 33 17 6.6 3.6 | -21.9 -7.4 310 37 19 7.0 3.8
22000 -19.9 -3.8 295 30 15 6.7 3.7 | -17.7 0.1 310 31 16 7.0 3.9
20000 -15.7 3.7 275 26 13 6.4 3.5 | -13.1 8.4 305 26 14 6.8 3.7
18000 -11.2 11.8 265 22 11 8.7 4.8 | -9.5 14.9 285 24 12 5.9 3.2
16000 -6.0 21.2 275 16 8 8.9 4.9 | -5.8 21.6 275 21 11 7.1 3.9
14000 -0.8 30.6 300 14 7 8.6 4.7 | -1.3 29.7 285 16 8 8.5 4.7
12000 4.4 39.9 320 14 7 8.9 4.9 | 4.0 39.2 305 14 7 9.1 5.0
10000 9.4 48.9 345 13 7 6.8 3.7 | 9.1 48.4 325 11 6 6.4 3.5
9000 12.1 53.8 355 14 7 7.8 4.3 | 11.9 53.4 330 11 6 8.5 4.6
8000 14.5 58.1 355 14 7 8.0 4.4 | 14.6 58.3 330 11 5 8.6 4.7
7000 16.5 61.7 345 11 6 5.6 3.1 | 17.1 62.8 325 10 5 8.4 4.6
6000 17.7 63.9 325 6 3 5.9 3.3 | 19.5 67.1 315 9 5 10.4 5.7
5000 21.6 70.9 290 5 3 53.7 29.5 | 22.3 72.1 310 9 5 13.7 7.5
06/17/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/17/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.3 LI... +4.0 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +3.9
CINH... -0.6 K Index... +2.4 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +5.7
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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 -24.2 -11.6 310 41 21 7.7 4.2 | -23.4 -10.1 305 40 20 7.9 4.3
24000 -19.9 -3.8 305 36 19 6.2 3.4 | -18.9 -2.0 300 37 19 7.2 3.9
22000 -15.7 3.7 305 32 16 6.3 3.5 | -14.6 5.7 300 35 18 7.3 4.0
20000 -11.4 11.5 305 26 13 7.3 4.0 | -10.9 12.4 300 29 15 6.1 3.3
18000 -7.0 19.4 300 21 11 6.9 3.8 | -6.3 20.7 300 22 12 7.4 4.1
16000 -3.5 25.7 300 18 9 5.4 3.0 | -2.4 27.7 305 20 10 5.4 3.0
14000 -0.3 31.5 305 15 8 6.9 3.8 | 0.6 33.1 310 17 9 6.7 3.7
12000 4.4 39.9 315 13 7 8.7 4.8 | 5.2 41.4 320 14 7 8.9 4.9
10000 9.6 49.3 320 12 6 7.2 3.9 | 10.4 50.7 325 12 6 7.3 4.0
9000 12.5 54.5 320 12 6 8.7 4.7 | 13.3 55.9 330 12 6 8.9 4.9
8000 15.3 59.5 320 12 6 9.7 5.3 | 16.0 60.8 325 11 6 9.6 5.3
7000 18.1 64.6 315 12 6 10.1 5.5 | 18.9 66.0 325 10 5 9.6 5.3
6000 21.0 69.8 315 11 6 11.1 6.1 | 21.7 71.1 325 9 5 10.3 5.6
5000 27.3 81.1 310 10 5 95.3 52.3 | 24.6 76.3 320 8 4 11.2 6.2
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