Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 181234
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
634 AM MDT Wednesday, June 18, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, June 18, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 89.8 F/32.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1461 ft/min (7.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19370 ft MSL (14440 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1300 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................. 7348 ft MSL (2418 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 06/19..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:11 / 21:02:02 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 51 sec (905 min 51 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:29:06 MDT... 71.60 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/18/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16126 ft MSL (11196 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 23324 ft MSL (18394 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 20860 ft MSL (15929 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.0
K index......................... +6.1
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 -21.0 -5.8 255 34 17 8.4 4.6 43.5 110.3 7.6 M M
24000 -16.3 2.7 255 30 16 7.0 3.9 42.1 107.8 6.7 M M
22000 -11.6 11.1 255 24 12 4.8 2.6 40.0 103.9 5.0 M M
20000 -9.7 14.5 240 21 11 3.7 2.0 35.4 95.7 1.0 M M
18000 -5.4 22.3 230 20 10 9.6 5.3 33.8 92.9 -0.4 1306 6.6
16000 0.4 32.7 225 22 11 9.6 5.3 33.8 92.9 -0.5 1072 5.4
14000 6.1 43.0 230 24 12 9.3 5.1 33.7 92.7 -0.5 841 4.3
12000 11.8 53.2 235 25 13 9.4 5.2 33.5 92.3 -0.7 613 3.1
10000 17.2 63.0 225 25 13 6.9 3.8 33.1 91.5 -1.2 393 2.0
9000 19.7 67.5 220 24 12 7.7 4.2 32.7 90.9 -1.6 286 1.5
8000 22.6 72.7 200 23 12 7.0 3.8 31.9 89.5 -2.4 163 0.8
7000 24.2 75.6 185 20 10 5.3 2.9 30.7 87.2 -3.7 85 0.4
6000 24.9 76.8 165 15 8 2.3 1.2 28.5 83.2 -6.0 36 0.2
5000 17.9 64.2 120 9 5 -18.3 -10.0 18.6 65.5 -16.0 217 1.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/18/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/18/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.3 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +4.7
CINH... -1.6 K Index... +9.5 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +8.0
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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 -22.7 -8.9 290 34 17 7.8 4.3 | -22.7 -8.9 285 29 15 7.6 4.2
24000 -18.2 -0.8 290 31 16 6.9 3.8 | -18.2 -0.8 285 26 13 7.2 3.9
22000 -14.1 6.6 295 31 16 6.9 3.8 | -13.9 7.0 285 24 12 7.2 3.9
20000 -9.7 14.5 295 31 16 7.4 4.1 | -9.5 14.9 285 24 12 7.5 4.1
18000 -5.1 22.8 290 30 15 5.6 3.1 | -4.5 23.9 285 24 12 6.4 3.5
16000 -2.1 28.2 290 23 12 5.4 3.0 | -1.1 30.0 285 20 10 5.6 3.1
14000 1.4 34.5 300 16 8 6.4 3.5 | 2.1 35.8 280 11 6 6.2 3.4
12000 5.7 42.3 300 8 4 8.6 4.7 | 6.3 43.3 260 4 2 8.7 4.8
10000 10.8 51.4 270 4 2 8.0 4.4 | 11.5 52.7 235 4 2 8.6 4.7
9000 13.3 55.9 240 3 2 8.8 4.8 | 14.3 57.7 235 4 2 9.5 5.2
8000 15.9 60.6 215 3 1 8.3 4.5 | 17.2 63.0 235 4 2 9.7 5.3
7000 18.2 64.8 190 4 2 8.0 4.4 | 20.0 68.0 240 4 2 9.9 5.4
6000 20.1 68.2 175 4 2 7.6 4.1 | 22.9 73.2 250 4 2 9.9 5.4
5000 24.0 75.2 175 3 2 45.9 25.2 | 25.8 78.4 265 4 2 11.6 6.4
06/18/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/18/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +3.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.2
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +8.4 | CINH... -0.9 K Index... +10.6
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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 -22.4 -8.3 280 25 13 7.1 3.9 | -22.0 -7.6 270 25 13 6.4 3.5
24000 -18.2 -0.8 275 21 11 7.2 3.9 | -18.1 -0.6 265 21 11 7.0 3.8
22000 -13.9 7.0 275 21 11 7.2 4.0 | -13.9 7.0 260 19 10 7.1 3.9
20000 -8.9 16.0 270 22 12 7.6 4.2 | -8.9 16.0 260 21 11 7.6 4.1
18000 -4.3 24.3 270 22 11 7.4 4.1 | -4.3 24.3 265 23 12 7.9 4.3
16000 -0.3 31.5 265 18 9 6.4 3.5 | 0.3 32.5 265 21 11 7.7 4.2
14000 3.4 38.1 245 12 6 7.2 4.0 | 4.7 40.5 245 16 8 7.9 4.4
12000 8.1 46.6 225 9 5 8.7 4.8 | 9.6 49.3 225 13 7 9.0 4.9
10000 13.3 55.9 225 6 3 6.8 3.7 | 14.7 58.5 225 8 4 6.7 3.7
9000 16.0 60.8 240 5 2 8.5 4.7 | 17.4 63.3 240 5 3 8.2 4.5
8000 18.7 65.7 270 4 2 9.3 5.1 | 20.1 68.2 270 3 2 8.6 4.7
7000 21.5 70.7 300 5 2 9.8 5.4 | 22.8 73.0 300 3 2 9.2 5.0
6000 24.3 75.7 315 6 3 10.7 5.9 | 25.5 77.9 330 4 2 9.9 5.4
5000 30.4 86.7 320 7 3 92.2 50.6 | 29.2 84.6 340 5 3 21.4 11.8
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