Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Sunday, June 1, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, June 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 73.2 F/22.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1664 ft/min (8.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21829 ft MSL (16903 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 96.0 F/36.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0845 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................. 18865 ft MSL (13939 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 06/02....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:58:24 / 20:53:08 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 54 min 44 sec (894 min 44 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:25:46 MDT... 70.61 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/01/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14203 ft MSL (9277 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13943 ft MSL (9017 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17204 ft MSL (12277 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -6.4
K index......................... +26.1
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 -25.3 -13.5 255 26 13 7.8 4.3 39.7 103.4 3.1 M M
24000 -20.7 -5.3 265 26 13 7.0 3.8 38.2 100.7 1.9 M M
22000 -16.1 3.0 270 24 12 7.1 3.9 35.9 96.7 0.0 M M
20000 -12.2 10.0 275 19 10 6.6 3.6 33.7 92.6 -2.0 1294 6.6
18000 -8.3 17.1 270 14 7 6.8 3.8 31.6 88.9 -3.9 1118 5.7
16000 -4.3 24.3 265 12 6 7.5 4.1 29.7 85.5 -5.8 938 4.8
14000 0.4 32.7 290 14 7 7.6 4.2 28.5 83.3 -7.1 739 3.8
12000 4.6 40.3 305 13 7 6.5 3.6 26.9 80.4 -9.0 555 2.8
10000 8.3 46.9 325 9 5 7.3 4.0 24.8 76.6 -11.3 385 2.0
9000 10.6 51.1 330 7 4 8.0 4.4 24.1 75.5 -12.0 286 1.5
8000 13.0 55.4 340 5 2 7.8 4.3 23.7 74.7 -12.6 183 0.9
7000 15.4 59.7 070 4 2 5.1 2.8 22.4 72.4 -14.1 76 0.4
6000 16.5 61.7 115 5 3 4.3 2.3 20.8 69.4 -15.9 11 0.1
5000 16.2 61.2 135 3 2 -5.1 -2.8 17.7 63.9 -19.4 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/01/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/01/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.3 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... +102.0 LI... +0.5
CINH... -32.2 K Index... +14.8 | CINH... -43.2 K Index... +17.7
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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 -26.4 -15.5 265 12 6 7.3 4.0 | -26.8 -16.2 250 12 6 7.4 4.1
24000 -22.0 -7.6 265 13 7 7.6 4.2 | -22.3 -8.1 260 12 6 7.7 4.2
22000 -16.8 1.8 250 10 5 7.7 4.2 | -17.1 1.2 255 12 6 7.8 4.3
20000 -12.0 10.4 260 7 4 8.1 4.5 | -12.2 10.0 250 10 5 8.2 4.5
18000 -7.0 19.4 285 5 3 8.3 4.6 | -7.3 18.9 255 8 4 8.4 4.6
16000 -2.2 28.0 320 6 3 8.7 4.8 | -2.3 27.9 270 6 3 9.0 4.9
14000 3.2 37.8 325 7 4 9.4 5.2 | 3.2 37.8 270 6 3 9.4 5.2
12000 8.7 47.7 330 5 3 9.0 4.9 | 8.7 47.7 255 6 3 8.8 4.8
10000 14.1 57.4 315 1 1 6.5 3.5 | 14.0 57.2 230 5 2 6.5 3.6
9000 16.5 61.7 230 2 1 7.0 3.9 | 16.6 61.9 225 5 3 7.2 3.9
8000 18.7 65.7 215 5 3 7.2 3.9 | 18.9 66.0 220 5 3 8.9 4.9
7000 20.6 69.1 200 7 4 6.4 3.5 | 21.5 70.7 220 5 3 9.4 5.2
6000 22.2 72.0 185 9 4 4.8 2.6 | 24.2 75.6 220 5 3 9.7 5.3
5000 23.7 74.7 170 8 4 15.7 8.6 | 29.7 85.5 230 4 2 12.4 6.8
06/01/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/01/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +287.8 LI... -0.4 | CAPE... +279.2 LI... -0.4
CINH... -26.3 K Index... +21.3 | CINH... -37.0 K Index... +21.2
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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 -26.5 -15.7 235 15 8 7.5 4.1 | -26.2 -15.2 240 18 9 7.8 4.3
24000 -21.9 -7.4 240 13 7 7.8 4.3 | -21.5 -6.7 240 16 8 7.8 4.3
22000 -17.3 0.9 240 13 7 7.8 4.3 | -16.2 2.8 240 15 8 7.9 4.3
20000 -12.5 9.5 240 13 6 8.2 4.5 | -11.5 11.3 240 14 7 8.0 4.4
18000 -7.0 19.4 235 11 6 8.6 4.7 | -6.7 19.9 240 13 7 8.6 4.7
16000 -1.9 28.6 235 9 5 9.1 5.0 | -1.4 29.5 235 12 6 9.1 5.0
14000 3.6 38.5 240 8 4 9.6 5.3 | 4.0 39.2 235 10 5 9.2 5.1
12000 9.3 48.7 240 7 4 9.3 5.1 | 9.6 49.3 240 8 4 9.4 5.2
10000 14.8 58.6 245 6 3 7.6 4.2 | 15.0 59.0 260 5 3 7.5 4.1
9000 17.7 63.9 250 6 3 9.5 5.2 | 17.9 64.2 280 5 2 9.2 5.0
8000 20.5 68.9 265 5 3 9.0 4.9 | 20.6 69.1 300 4 2 9.1 5.0
7000 23.1 73.6 280 5 2 8.9 4.9 | 23.3 73.9 315 4 2 8.7 4.8
6000 25.7 78.3 305 5 3 9.9 5.4 | 26.0 78.8 330 4 2 8.6 4.7
5000 31.3 88.3 320 6 3 10.8 5.9 | 29.1 84.4 335 4 2 16.3 8.9
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