Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 131228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, June 13, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, June 13, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 81.4 F/27.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1512 ft/min (7.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20991 ft MSL (16063 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1000 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................. 15258 ft MSL (10329 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 06/14..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:55:51 / 21:00:13 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 4 min 22 sec (904 min 22 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:28:02 MDT... 71.52 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/13/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15308 ft MSL (10380 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19771 ft MSL (14843 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 20233 ft MSL (15304 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.6
K index......................... +7.9
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 -26.1 -15.0 235 33 17 8.3 4.5 38.1 100.5 2.8 M M
24000 -21.3 -6.3 240 32 16 7.6 4.2 36.9 98.4 1.9 M M
22000 -16.2 2.8 245 31 16 7.8 4.3 35.2 95.3 0.5 M M
20000 -11.3 11.7 245 29 15 8.2 4.5 34.0 93.2 -0.5 1400 7.1
18000 -6.5 20.3 235 26 13 7.7 4.2 32.8 91.1 -1.6 1199 6.1
16000 -1.8 28.8 230 22 11 8.9 4.9 31.6 89.0 -2.8 999 5.1
14000 3.5 38.3 240 19 10 9.0 4.9 31.1 88.1 -3.3 779 4.0
12000 8.9 48.0 250 19 10 8.3 4.5 30.6 87.2 -3.9 560 2.8
10000 13.1 55.6 230 14 7 4.1 2.3 29.1 84.3 -5.6 374 1.9
9000 15.1 59.2 220 12 6 6.5 3.6 28.2 82.8 -6.5 283 1.4
8000 17.7 63.9 205 11 6 7.5 4.1 27.1 80.8 -7.7 170 0.9
7000 19.5 67.1 190 14 7 6.1 3.3 26.1 78.9 -8.9 86 0.4
6000 20.2 68.4 175 15 8 -1.3 -0.7 23.9 74.9 -11.2 35 0.2
5000 17.2 63.0 145 8 4 -1.3 -0.7 17.9 64.3 -17.2 95 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/13/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/13/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +80.4 LI... -0.2 | CAPE... +73.9 LI... -0.0
CINH... -24.0 K Index... +14.1 | CINH... -8.9 K Index... +14.9
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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 -24.1 -11.4 250 22 11 6.9 3.8 | -24.0 -11.2 240 25 13 7.3 4.0
24000 -20.0 -4.0 245 25 13 6.6 3.6 | -19.8 -3.6 240 27 14 6.5 3.6
22000 -16.0 3.2 240 27 14 6.7 3.7 | -15.9 3.4 240 27 14 6.5 3.6
20000 -11.7 10.9 230 25 13 6.5 3.5 | -11.4 11.5 230 25 13 6.7 3.7
18000 -7.7 18.1 225 23 12 7.5 4.1 | -7.7 18.1 220 25 13 6.8 3.7
16000 -2.7 27.1 235 20 10 8.7 4.8 | -2.8 27.0 220 22 11 8.9 4.9
14000 2.5 36.5 235 17 9 8.8 4.8 | 2.4 36.3 215 19 10 8.7 4.8
12000 7.4 45.3 225 11 6 7.9 4.3 | 7.6 45.7 210 15 8 8.6 4.7
10000 12.0 53.6 225 5 3 7.1 3.9 | 12.3 54.1 200 12 6 5.9 3.2
9000 14.5 58.1 220 6 3 7.8 4.3 | 14.8 58.6 195 11 6 8.7 4.8
8000 16.7 62.1 210 7 4 6.2 3.4 | 17.5 63.5 195 10 5 9.9 5.4
7000 18.6 65.5 195 9 5 4.8 2.6 | 20.3 68.5 195 10 5 9.8 5.4
6000 20.1 68.2 190 10 5 7.3 4.0 | 23.1 73.6 200 9 4 10.1 5.5
5000 22.8 73.0 190 7 4 20.6 11.3 | 27.3 81.1 205 7 4 28.8 15.8
06/13/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/13/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +69.0 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +14.4 LI... +0.3
CINH... -7.1 K Index... +16.9 | CINH... -8.4 K Index... +12.8
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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 -24.1 -11.4 240 27 14 7.9 4.3 | -24.5 -12.1 240 28 14 8.2 4.5
24000 -19.5 -3.1 245 28 15 7.0 3.8 | -19.8 -3.6 245 29 15 7.2 3.9
22000 -15.4 4.3 240 29 15 7.0 3.8 | -15.6 3.9 240 30 15 7.2 4.0
20000 -11.2 11.8 235 25 13 6.3 3.4 | -11.3 11.7 230 27 14 6.4 3.5
18000 -7.6 18.3 225 21 11 7.1 3.9 | -7.0 19.4 215 24 12 8.6 4.7
16000 -2.6 27.3 210 20 10 9.0 5.0 | -1.5 29.3 210 22 12 9.4 5.2
14000 3.0 37.4 205 19 10 9.4 5.2 | 4.2 39.6 210 20 10 9.6 5.2
12000 8.6 47.5 205 18 9 9.5 5.2 | 9.9 49.8 210 17 9 9.5 5.2
10000 14.3 57.7 210 16 8 8.3 4.6 | 15.4 59.7 210 13 7 8.2 4.5
9000 17.2 63.0 210 15 8 9.5 5.2 | 18.3 64.9 215 11 6 9.4 5.2
8000 20.1 68.2 215 13 7 10.0 5.5 | 21.1 70.0 220 9 5 9.7 5.3
7000 23.1 73.6 220 12 6 9.7 5.3 | 23.9 75.0 230 7 4 9.6 5.3
6000 25.9 78.6 230 10 5 9.4 5.2 | 26.7 80.1 240 6 3 9.7 5.3
5000 31.8 89.2 245 7 3 13.7 7.5 | 31.5 88.7 275 4 2 14.0 7.7
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