Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 301232
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
632 AM MDT Monday, June 30, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, June 30, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 88.7 F/31.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1711 ft/min (8.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 22096 ft MSL (17166 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 97.0 F/36.6 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................. 14350 ft MSL (9420 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 07/01...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:00:04 / 21:03:12 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 3 min 8 sec (903 min 8 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:31:38 MDT... 71.13 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/30/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16061 ft MSL (11131 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18670 ft MSL (13740 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19561 ft MSL (14631 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.9
K index......................... +20.7
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 -23.7 -10.7 265 7 4 7.2 3.9 40.5 104.8 3.4 M M
24000 -19.5 -3.1 275 7 4 6.9 3.8 38.5 101.3 1.8 M M
22000 -15.0 5.0 270 12 6 7.9 4.4 36.3 97.3 -0.1 1691 8.6
20000 -10.1 13.8 265 11 6 8.2 4.5 35.2 95.3 -1.2 1486 7.6
18000 -5.2 22.6 250 11 6 8.8 4.8 34.2 93.6 -2.1 1281 6.5
16000 0.2 32.4 245 10 5 9.5 5.2 33.8 92.8 -2.6 1060 5.4
14000 5.6 42.1 230 8 4 9.4 5.1 33.4 92.1 -3.1 837 4.3
12000 11.2 52.2 210 9 4 9.4 5.2 33.2 91.7 -3.4 611 3.1
10000 16.5 61.7 190 9 5 6.7 3.7 32.7 90.8 -4.0 394 2.0
9000 19.1 66.4 185 10 5 6.8 3.7 32.4 90.4 -4.3 285 1.4
8000 21.9 71.4 180 11 6 6.1 3.3 31.5 88.7 -5.3 166 0.8
7000 23.7 74.7 170 11 6 5.4 3.0 30.4 86.7 -6.5 83 0.4
6000 24.9 76.8 155 12 6 2.0 1.1 28.7 83.7 -8.2 17 0.1
5000 18.9 66.0 120 8 4 1.0 0.6 19.9 67.8 -17.2 168 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/30/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/30/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +6.7 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +81.8 LI... -0.5
CINH... -42.8 K Index... +18.6 | CINH... -21.0 K Index... +19.1
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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 -24.0 -11.2 220 3 2 7.5 4.1 | -23.9 -11.0 195 5 3 7.1 3.9
24000 -19.8 -3.6 255 4 2 6.4 3.5 | -19.8 -3.6 225 5 2 6.8 3.7
22000 -15.5 4.1 285 3 2 6.7 3.7 | -15.8 3.6 230 7 3 6.9 3.8
20000 -11.6 11.1 285 8 4 6.9 3.8 | -11.7 10.9 255 6 3 7.2 4.0
18000 -6.8 19.8 285 10 5 9.0 5.0 | -6.4 20.5 270 7 3 9.2 5.0
16000 -1.4 29.5 280 8 4 9.2 5.0 | -1.0 30.2 265 6 3 9.3 5.1
14000 4.0 39.2 265 5 3 9.2 5.0 | 4.5 40.1 250 4 2 9.2 5.0
12000 9.4 48.9 200 5 3 8.7 4.8 | 10.0 50.0 225 3 2 9.3 5.1
10000 14.5 58.1 155 5 3 8.3 4.5 | 15.3 59.5 205 3 1 7.6 4.2
9000 17.2 63.0 145 5 3 8.8 4.8 | 18.1 64.6 200 2 1 9.0 5.0
8000 19.4 66.9 135 5 3 7.6 4.2 | 20.7 69.3 205 2 1 9.0 5.0
7000 21.6 70.9 140 5 3 6.4 3.5 | 23.4 74.1 250 1 1 9.6 5.3
6000 23.3 73.9 135 5 2 5.9 3.2 | 26.1 79.0 280 2 1 10.4 5.7
5000 26.7 80.1 120 3 2 50.1 27.5 | 29.0 84.2 295 3 1 12.0 6.6
06/30/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/30/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +80.6 LI... -0.1 | CAPE... +17.5 LI... +0.5
CINH... -19.1 K Index... +18.7 | CINH... -22.5 K Index... +17.2
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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 -23.7 -10.7 190 12 6 7.4 4.1 | -23.8 -10.8 220 15 8 7.5 4.1
24000 -19.4 -2.9 190 10 5 6.7 3.7 | -19.4 -2.9 215 15 8 7.5 4.1
22000 -15.5 4.1 195 8 4 7.2 3.9 | -14.9 5.2 205 14 7 7.5 4.1
20000 -11.0 12.2 200 8 4 7.7 4.2 | -9.9 14.2 200 12 6 7.7 4.2
18000 -5.6 21.9 215 6 3 8.9 4.9 | -5.0 23.0 200 9 5 8.9 4.9
16000 -0.2 31.6 220 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 0.4 32.7 205 4 2 9.3 5.1
14000 5.3 41.5 230 3 1 9.3 5.1 | 6.0 42.8 235 1 1 9.4 5.2
12000 10.9 51.6 270 2 1 9.3 5.1 | 11.5 52.7 335 2 1 9.2 5.1
10000 16.4 61.5 310 4 2 8.3 4.6 | 16.8 62.2 350 5 3 7.4 4.0
9000 19.3 66.7 320 5 3 9.6 5.3 | 19.8 67.6 350 7 3 8.8 4.8
8000 22.1 71.8 320 6 3 9.5 5.2 | 22.5 72.5 350 7 4 9.1 5.0
7000 24.9 76.8 325 7 4 9.8 5.4 | 25.4 77.7 345 8 4 9.6 5.3
6000 27.7 81.9 325 8 4 10.2 5.6 | 28.1 82.6 345 9 4 10.3 5.7
5000 33.9 93.0 325 9 4 95.4 52.3 | 31.0 87.8 340 8 4 10.7 5.9
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