Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 141230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Saturday, June 14, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, June 14, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.7 F/29.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1494 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20405 ft MSL (15476 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 95.0 F/35.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 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................. 14619 ft MSL (9690 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 06/15....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:55:51 / 21:00:38 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 4 min 47 sec (904 min 47 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:14 MDT... 71.55 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/14/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15764 ft MSL (10835 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21276 ft MSL (16347 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 21264 ft MSL (16335 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.7
K index......................... +2.8
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 -15.5 235 34 18 8.6 4.7 37.4 99.3 1.8 M M
24000 -21.2 -6.2 235 33 17 9.0 4.9 36.7 98.0 1.3 M M
22000 -15.1 4.8 230 30 16 8.5 4.6 36.1 97.0 0.9 M M
20000 -10.3 13.5 225 28 14 8.0 4.4 34.8 94.7 -0.2 1444 7.3
18000 -5.4 22.3 215 25 13 8.3 4.5 33.8 92.9 -1.1 1238 6.3
16000 -0.5 31.1 210 22 11 8.1 4.5 32.8 91.0 -2.2 1033 5.2
14000 4.2 39.6 215 20 10 8.6 4.7 31.7 89.0 -3.3 830 4.2
12000 9.4 48.9 215 19 10 9.2 5.1 31.1 88.0 -4.0 616 3.1
10000 14.8 58.6 220 19 10 6.5 3.6 30.6 87.2 -4.6 397 2.0
9000 17.5 63.5 215 19 10 7.4 4.0 30.5 86.8 -4.8 286 1.5
8000 20.5 68.9 205 19 10 7.4 4.1 29.8 85.7 -5.5 159 0.8
7000 22.5 72.5 195 18 9 5.7 3.1 28.9 84.0 -6.5 70 0.4
6000 23.5 74.3 175 16 8 1.0 0.5 27.1 80.7 -8.4 8 0.0
5000 18.8 65.8 135 9 5 -7.5 -4.1 19.5 67.0 -16.2 119 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/14/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/14/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +41.9 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... +29.6 LI... +1.7
CINH... -32.7 K Index... +8.8 | CINH... -7.8 K Index... +8.3
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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 -26.8 -16.2 255 28 14 8.6 4.7 | -26.5 -15.7 255 29 15 8.4 4.6
24000 -21.8 -7.2 250 28 14 7.9 4.3 | -21.5 -6.7 255 29 15 8.0 4.4
22000 -17.1 1.2 245 27 14 7.9 4.3 | -16.7 1.9 255 29 15 8.1 4.4
20000 -12.3 9.9 245 24 12 7.1 3.9 | -11.6 11.1 250 27 14 7.5 4.1
18000 -7.5 18.5 245 23 12 8.7 4.8 | -7.2 19.0 245 24 12 8.0 4.4
16000 -2.3 27.9 245 22 11 8.7 4.8 | -2.2 28.0 240 22 11 8.7 4.7
14000 3.0 37.4 245 18 9 8.9 4.9 | 3.1 37.6 235 19 10 8.8 4.8
12000 8.2 46.8 245 11 6 8.0 4.4 | 8.4 47.1 225 15 8 8.6 4.7
10000 12.6 54.7 230 5 2 6.4 3.5 | 13.1 55.6 205 12 6 5.7 3.1
9000 14.9 58.8 210 5 3 7.2 4.0 | 15.7 60.3 200 12 6 8.3 4.6
8000 17.1 62.8 200 7 3 6.6 3.6 | 18.3 64.9 200 11 6 9.1 5.0
7000 18.9 66.0 195 8 4 6.3 3.5 | 21.1 70.0 200 10 5 9.3 5.1
6000 20.4 68.7 185 9 4 5.8 3.2 | 23.9 75.0 205 9 5 9.7 5.3
5000 22.5 72.5 180 7 4 10.9 6.0 | 29.8 85.6 215 7 4 91.6 50.3
06/14/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/14/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +164.5 LI... +1.6 | CAPE... +92.6 LI... +1.3
CINH... -68.6 K Index... +14.8 | CINH... -67.3 K Index... +12.6
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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 -26.7 -16.1 255 31 16 8.3 4.6 | -26.4 -15.5 235 32 17 8.1 4.4
24000 -21.7 -7.1 255 30 15 8.8 4.8 | -21.5 -6.7 235 32 17 8.4 4.6
22000 -15.7 3.7 255 28 15 8.6 4.7 | -16.4 2.5 235 32 16 8.4 4.6
20000 -10.6 12.9 255 26 14 8.5 4.6 | -10.7 12.7 235 29 15 8.5 4.7
18000 -6.2 20.8 245 23 12 7.2 3.9 | -5.9 21.4 225 25 13 8.6 4.7
16000 -1.7 28.9 230 19 10 8.3 4.6 | -0.6 30.9 220 21 11 9.2 5.0
14000 3.7 38.7 215 17 9 9.4 5.1 | 5.0 41.0 215 18 9 9.4 5.1
12000 9.3 48.7 215 16 8 9.4 5.2 | 10.6 51.1 215 15 8 9.2 5.1
10000 14.8 58.6 210 13 6 7.1 3.9 | 15.9 60.6 215 10 5 6.9 3.8
9000 17.7 63.9 215 11 5 8.6 4.7 | 18.7 65.7 225 7 4 8.3 4.6
8000 20.6 69.1 220 9 5 9.5 5.2 | 21.3 70.3 245 5 2 8.7 4.8
7000 23.4 74.1 235 6 3 9.7 5.3 | 24.0 75.2 275 4 2 8.4 4.6
6000 26.2 79.2 255 5 3 10.4 5.7 | 26.6 79.9 315 5 2 9.9 5.4
5000 32.0 89.6 290 5 3 87.0 47.7 | 30.0 86.0 325 5 3 20.5 11.3
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