Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 151231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Sunday, June 15, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, June 15, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.6 F/29.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 2091 ft/min (10.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 25883 ft MSL (20954 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 99.0 F/37.7 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................. 21682 ft MSL (16753 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 06/16....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:55:53 / 21:01:02 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 9 sec (905 min 9 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:27 MDT... 71.57 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/15/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15768 ft MSL (10839 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 22422 ft MSL (17493 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 23802 ft MSL (18873 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.9
K index......................... +2.7
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 -26.4 -15.5 245 38 19 6.6 3.6 37.5 99.6 0.2 M M
24000 -22.3 -8.1 245 35 18 7.7 4.2 35.5 96.0 -1.5 1926 9.8
22000 -17.1 1.2 240 33 17 8.3 4.6 33.9 93.1 -2.9 1705 8.7
20000 -11.6 11.1 230 31 16 9.3 5.1 33.5 92.4 -3.4 1480 7.5
18000 -6.1 21.0 230 28 15 9.0 5.0 33.2 91.7 -3.7 1256 6.4
16000 -0.7 30.7 240 22 11 9.3 5.1 32.8 91.0 -4.2 1033 5.2
14000 4.9 40.8 245 19 10 9.4 5.1 32.5 90.5 -4.6 807 4.1
12000 10.4 50.7 235 16 8 8.0 4.4 32.1 89.8 -5.1 585 3.0
10000 15.0 59.0 220 12 6 6.2 3.4 30.9 87.6 -6.3 385 2.0
9000 17.4 63.3 210 11 6 6.2 3.4 30.4 86.7 -6.9 284 1.4
8000 20.0 68.0 200 11 6 6.9 3.8 29.2 84.6 -8.2 171 0.9
7000 21.2 70.2 190 12 6 3.0 1.7 27.5 81.5 -9.9 105 0.5
6000 21.7 71.1 170 10 5 0.7 0.4 25.1 77.1 -12.4 60 0.3
5000 16.7 62.1 125 7 3 -6.2 -3.4 17.2 63.0 -20.5 180 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/15/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/15/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.5 LI... +2.4 | CAPE... +55.3 LI... +1.9
CINH... -14.3 K Index... +1.6 | CINH... -43.9 K Index... +3.7
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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 -27.5 -17.5 240 33 17 8.0 4.4 | -27.0 -16.6 240 34 18 7.6 4.2
24000 -22.5 -8.5 240 32 17 9.1 5.0 | -22.2 -8.0 240 33 17 8.8 4.8
22000 -17.0 1.4 240 31 16 9.2 5.0 | -17.0 1.4 235 32 17 8.8 4.8
20000 -11.2 11.8 240 29 15 8.5 4.7 | -11.3 11.7 235 28 14 8.3 4.6
18000 -6.2 20.8 230 26 14 8.2 4.5 | -6.3 20.7 235 25 13 8.5 4.7
16000 -1.3 29.7 220 22 11 8.2 4.5 | -1.3 29.7 230 22 12 8.2 4.5
14000 3.8 38.8 220 18 9 8.9 4.9 | 3.7 38.7 225 18 9 9.0 4.9
12000 9.3 48.7 230 17 9 9.2 5.1 | 9.1 48.4 220 16 8 9.1 5.0
10000 14.5 58.1 230 17 9 7.1 3.9 | 14.4 57.9 220 14 7 7.2 3.9
9000 17.3 63.1 225 17 9 8.0 4.4 | 17.3 63.1 215 14 7 9.0 4.9
8000 19.6 67.3 215 16 8 7.3 4.0 | 20.0 68.0 215 13 7 9.5 5.2
7000 21.6 70.9 200 16 8 6.9 3.8 | 22.8 73.0 215 11 6 9.5 5.2
6000 23.2 73.8 185 14 7 5.5 3.0 | 25.6 78.1 220 10 5 9.6 5.3
5000 26.6 79.9 175 8 4 45.7 25.1 | 31.4 88.5 230 7 4 90.6 49.7
06/15/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/15/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +30.0 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... +15.4 LI... +0.7
CINH... -48.1 K Index... +7.8 | CINH... -39.0 K Index... +5.0
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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 -26.8 -16.2 240 35 18 7.9 4.4 | -26.9 -16.4 240 37 19 8.2 4.5
24000 -21.9 -7.4 240 35 18 8.9 4.9 | -21.9 -7.4 240 36 19 8.7 4.7
22000 -15.9 3.4 235 33 17 8.6 4.7 | -16.1 3.0 235 34 17 8.7 4.8
20000 -10.9 12.4 230 31 16 8.4 4.6 | -10.9 12.4 230 31 16 8.7 4.8
18000 -6.0 21.2 225 27 14 8.3 4.5 | -5.7 21.7 220 27 14 9.2 5.0
16000 -1.0 30.2 215 22 11 8.9 4.9 | -0.1 31.8 220 23 12 9.7 5.3
14000 4.6 40.3 215 19 10 9.5 5.2 | 5.6 42.1 220 20 10 9.5 5.2
12000 10.2 50.4 215 17 9 9.3 5.1 | 11.2 52.2 220 16 8 9.3 5.1
10000 15.6 60.1 220 14 7 6.8 3.7 | 16.6 61.9 225 11 6 7.0 3.9
9000 18.6 65.5 230 12 6 8.9 4.9 | 19.4 66.9 240 8 4 8.7 4.8
8000 21.5 70.7 235 11 5 9.5 5.2 | 22.1 71.8 255 6 3 8.8 4.8
7000 24.3 75.7 255 9 5 9.5 5.2 | 24.8 76.6 270 5 3 9.1 5.0
6000 27.1 80.8 270 8 4 10.0 5.5 | 27.5 81.5 305 5 3 9.6 5.3
5000 33.0 91.4 290 7 4 90.2 49.5 | 32.2 90.0 320 5 3 8.6 4.7
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