Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 251230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Wednesday, June 25, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, June 25, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 79.3 F/26.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1259 ft/min (6.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18099 ft MSL (13168 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 86.0 F/30.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 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................. 10691 ft MSL (5760 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 06/26..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:57:57 / 21:03:17 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 20 sec (905 min 20 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:30:37 MDT... 71.44 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/25/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14233 ft MSL (9302 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 20421 ft MSL (15490 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19244 ft MSL (14313 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.3
K index......................... +13.7
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 -25.8 -14.4 250 28 14 8.3 4.5 38.7 101.7 6.8 M M
24000 -21.0 -5.8 250 24 12 7.5 4.1 37.5 99.5 6.0 M M
22000 -16.0 3.2 250 18 9 7.3 4.0 35.7 96.3 4.7 M M
20000 -12.2 10.0 270 14 7 6.2 3.4 33.2 91.8 2.6 M M
18000 -9.3 15.3 290 18 10 5.5 3.0 30.1 86.1 -0.3 1249 6.3
16000 -4.8 23.4 280 19 10 8.8 4.8 28.7 83.7 -1.6 1053 5.4
14000 0.6 33.1 275 13 7 8.8 4.8 28.2 82.7 -2.1 835 4.2
12000 5.9 42.6 265 8 4 9.2 5.1 27.7 81.9 -2.7 616 3.1
10000 11.2 52.2 240 4 2 7.4 4.1 27.1 80.8 -3.3 398 2.0
9000 13.9 57.0 210 4 2 7.7 4.2 26.9 80.5 -3.5 286 1.5
8000 17.1 62.8 190 6 3 8.4 4.6 26.5 79.6 -3.9 153 0.8
7000 19.2 66.6 180 8 4 7.0 3.9 25.6 78.1 -4.8 62 0.3
6000 20.4 68.7 160 10 5 1.4 0.7 23.9 75.1 -6.6 M M
5000 13.5 56.3 115 8 4 4.9 2.7 14.2 57.6 -16.5 174 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/25/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/25/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +31.6 LI... 0.0 | CAPE... +183.2 LI... -1.3
CINH... -84.5 K Index... +20.6 | CINH... -15.3 K Index... +19.5
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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 -30.0 -22.0 240 14 7 6.5 3.5 | -28.8 -19.8 300 8 4 7.1 3.9
24000 -26.0 -14.8 225 16 8 7.1 3.9 | -24.7 -12.5 275 8 4 6.2 3.4
22000 -21.8 -7.2 215 21 11 7.1 3.9 | -21.0 -5.8 245 12 6 6.2 3.4
20000 -16.8 1.8 215 22 11 7.8 4.3 | -16.3 2.7 235 15 8 7.4 4.1
18000 -12.0 10.4 220 19 10 8.2 4.5 | -11.9 10.6 235 16 8 7.7 4.2
16000 -7.2 19.0 230 15 8 8.6 4.7 | -7.1 19.2 240 14 7 8.4 4.6
14000 -2.1 28.2 245 11 6 8.6 4.7 | -2.0 28.4 240 12 6 9.0 4.9
12000 3.1 37.6 270 5 3 8.7 4.8 | 3.3 37.9 240 7 4 9.1 5.0
10000 8.4 47.1 335 3 2 8.7 4.8 | 8.6 47.5 250 4 2 8.5 4.7
9000 11.1 52.0 350 4 2 8.9 4.9 | 11.4 52.5 270 4 2 9.3 5.1
8000 13.4 56.1 360 4 2 8.0 4.4 | 14.1 57.4 285 4 2 8.9 4.9
7000 15.6 60.1 360 3 2 6.2 3.4 | 16.7 62.1 290 5 3 8.9 4.9
6000 17.4 63.3 020 2 1 5.9 3.2 | 19.4 66.9 295 6 3 10.0 5.5
5000 21.4 70.5 000 0 0 51.9 28.5 | 25.4 77.7 300 6 3 95.3 52.3
06/25/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/25/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +21.6 LI... +0.2 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +1.8
CINH... -15.8 K Index... +18.8 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +13.4
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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 -17.3 310 11 6 6.8 3.7 | -26.2 -15.2 290 17 9 7.6 4.2
24000 -23.4 -10.1 290 8 4 6.4 3.5 | -21.8 -7.2 285 14 7 6.4 3.5
22000 -19.1 -2.4 250 8 4 6.5 3.5 | -17.5 0.5 270 12 6 6.4 3.5
20000 -15.0 5.0 240 9 5 7.0 3.8 | -13.6 7.5 260 11 6 6.6 3.6
18000 -10.7 12.7 235 11 6 7.4 4.1 | -9.5 14.9 245 11 6 7.4 4.1
16000 -6.2 20.8 230 12 6 8.0 4.4 | -4.9 23.2 240 12 6 7.8 4.3
14000 -1.2 29.8 235 11 6 8.7 4.8 | -0.2 31.6 240 13 6 8.6 4.7
12000 4.1 39.4 245 10 5 9.1 5.0 | 4.9 40.8 255 12 6 9.2 5.0
10000 9.6 49.3 260 8 4 8.7 4.8 | 10.3 50.5 270 10 5 8.8 4.8
9000 12.4 54.3 275 8 4 9.3 5.1 | 13.1 55.6 280 9 5 9.3 5.1
8000 15.2 59.4 290 8 4 9.3 5.1 | 15.8 60.4 295 9 4 9.2 5.1
7000 17.9 64.2 305 9 4 10.0 5.5 | 18.6 65.5 310 8 4 9.5 5.2
6000 20.7 69.3 310 9 5 10.8 5.9 | 21.4 70.5 315 8 4 10.3 5.6
5000 26.9 80.4 315 9 5 94.7 51.9 | 26.5 79.7 320 7 4 65.9 36.2
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