Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 161232
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
632 AM MDT Monday, June 16, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, June 16, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 77.1 F/25.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 2067 ft/min (10.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 26068 ft MSL (21140 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0930 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1800 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 23087 ft MSL (18158 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 06/17...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:55:57 / 21:01:23 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 26 sec (905 min 26 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:40 MDT... 71.59 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/16/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13963 ft MSL (9035 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17121 ft MSL (12193 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19849 ft MSL (14921 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -6.4
K index......................... +15.7
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 -29.6 -21.3 275 32 16 6.2 3.4 34.4 94.0 -0.0 2064 10.5
24000 -25.9 -14.6 270 29 15 7.1 3.9 32.0 89.5 -2.1 1893 9.6
22000 -21.7 -7.1 270 33 17 7.2 3.9 30.0 86.0 -3.8 1709 8.7
20000 -16.1 3.0 275 31 16 8.8 4.9 28.9 84.0 -4.9 1475 7.5
18000 -10.9 12.4 280 26 13 9.0 4.9 28.4 83.1 -5.6 1259 6.4
16000 -5.6 21.9 285 21 11 9.2 5.1 27.8 82.0 -6.2 1040 5.3
14000 -0.1 31.8 275 16 8 8.6 4.7 27.4 81.4 -6.8 818 4.2
12000 5.0 41.0 280 11 6 8.6 4.7 26.7 80.1 -7.7 607 3.1
10000 10.1 50.2 280 10 5 7.3 4.0 26.0 78.9 -8.5 393 2.0
9000 12.7 54.9 285 10 5 8.1 4.4 25.7 78.3 -8.9 285 1.4
8000 15.1 59.2 295 10 5 7.3 4.0 25.2 77.4 -9.5 185 0.9
7000 17.4 63.3 310 8 4 5.9 3.2 24.0 75.1 -11.0 79 0.4
6000 18.7 65.7 335 4 2 4.1 2.2 22.4 72.4 -12.7 10 0.1
5000 16.1 61.0 105 2 1 4.2 2.3 17.0 62.5 -18.3 58 0.3
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/16/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/16/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.2 LI... +1.3 | CAPE... +147.7 LI... +1.0
CINH... -26.5 K Index... +6.1 | CINH... -103.7 K Index... +9.4
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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 -27.4 -17.3 250 41 21 6.5 3.6 | -28.4 -19.1 245 43 22 7.2 3.9
24000 -23.4 -10.1 250 38 20 7.4 4.0 | -23.9 -11.0 240 41 21 8.4 4.6
22000 -19.0 -2.2 250 34 17 7.2 4.0 | -18.9 -2.0 240 38 20 8.4 4.6
20000 -12.8 9.0 245 30 16 9.5 5.2 | -12.6 9.3 235 37 19 9.5 5.2
18000 -7.0 19.4 240 29 15 9.7 5.3 | -6.8 19.8 230 35 18 9.5 5.2
16000 -1.2 29.8 245 28 15 9.5 5.2 | -1.3 29.7 235 31 16 9.0 4.9
14000 4.3 39.7 240 25 13 9.4 5.1 | 4.0 39.2 235 26 13 8.9 4.9
12000 9.5 49.1 230 19 10 7.9 4.3 | 9.1 48.4 230 20 10 8.1 4.4
10000 14.0 57.2 220 11 6 5.7 3.1 | 13.5 56.3 230 13 6 6.4 3.5
9000 16.3 61.3 210 9 5 7.0 3.9 | 16.1 61.0 230 10 5 8.1 4.4
8000 18.4 65.1 200 9 4 6.5 3.6 | 18.6 65.5 230 8 4 8.3 4.5
7000 20.1 68.2 195 8 4 4.8 2.6 | 21.1 70.0 235 7 4 8.8 4.8
6000 21.3 70.3 185 7 4 6.2 3.4 | 23.7 74.7 250 6 3 10.6 5.8
5000 23.7 74.7 185 5 2 19.7 10.8 | 29.4 84.9 270 6 3 5.3 2.9
06/16/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/16/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +172.2 LI... +0.4 | CAPE... +85.1 LI... +0.5
CINH... -82.3 K Index... +12.7 | CINH... -48.6 K Index... +10.8
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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 -28.0 -18.4 235 44 23 8.4 4.6 | -27.8 -18.0 230 45 23 8.4 4.6
24000 -23.2 -9.8 230 44 22 7.6 4.2 | -22.9 -9.2 230 43 22 7.8 4.3
22000 -18.7 -1.7 230 41 21 7.4 4.1 | -18.3 -0.9 225 37 19 7.8 4.3
20000 -12.6 9.3 230 37 19 9.2 5.0 | -12.8 9.0 225 31 16 8.3 4.5
18000 -7.1 19.2 225 33 17 9.1 5.0 | -7.4 18.7 225 26 14 9.5 5.2
16000 -1.7 28.9 225 28 15 9.3 5.1 | -1.7 28.9 230 23 12 9.3 5.1
14000 3.8 38.8 225 24 13 9.4 5.1 | 3.7 38.7 235 18 9 9.0 5.0
12000 9.3 48.7 225 20 11 9.1 5.0 | 9.0 48.2 250 13 7 9.2 5.0
10000 14.3 57.7 230 14 7 6.2 3.4 | 14.2 57.6 275 10 5 6.8 3.7
9000 16.8 62.2 245 10 5 7.1 3.9 | 16.9 62.4 290 9 5 8.6 4.7
8000 19.1 66.4 265 8 4 7.8 4.3 | 19.4 66.9 315 8 4 8.7 4.8
7000 21.6 70.9 285 7 4 8.1 4.5 | 22.0 71.6 330 8 4 8.9 4.9
6000 24.0 75.2 310 7 4 10.4 5.7 | 24.6 76.3 340 8 4 10.3 5.6
5000 27.6 81.7 315 7 4 26.7 14.7 | 28.1 82.6 340 7 4 21.1 11.6
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