Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 071228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, June 7, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, June 7, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 78.8 F/26.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1067 ft/min (5.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16803 ft MSL (11878 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1100 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................. 14621 ft MSL (9697 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 06/08....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:32 / 20:57:07 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 0 min 35 sec (900 min 35 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:49 MDT... 71.19 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/07/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14143 ft MSL (9218 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17937 ft MSL (13012 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17611 ft MSL (12686 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.6
K index......................... +23.4
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 -25.6 -14.1 315 16 8 7.8 4.3 39.0 102.2 6.2 M M
24000 -20.3 -4.5 325 16 8 8.0 4.4 37.5 99.5 5.1 M M
22000 -15.6 3.9 335 16 8 7.9 4.3 36.3 97.3 4.1 M M
20000 -11.1 12.0 335 14 7 7.4 4.1 34.6 94.2 2.8 M M
18000 -6.9 19.6 325 12 6 6.6 3.6 32.7 90.9 1.2 M M
16000 -3.3 26.1 300 18 9 5.9 3.2 30.3 86.5 -1.1 1003 5.1
14000 0.3 32.5 300 20 10 8.9 4.9 28.2 82.8 -3.4 836 4.2
12000 5.7 42.3 300 16 8 9.2 5.0 27.9 82.2 -3.8 614 3.1
10000 11.1 52.0 285 10 5 8.2 4.5 27.4 81.3 -4.4 393 2.0
9000 13.6 56.5 285 6 3 8.1 4.4 27.0 80.5 -4.8 287 1.5
8000 16.7 62.1 300 3 1 8.1 4.4 26.3 79.4 -5.5 159 0.8
7000 18.7 65.7 000 0 0 6.9 3.8 25.4 77.7 -6.4 69 0.4
6000 20.1 68.2 140 3 2 2.9 1.6 23.9 74.9 -8.0 M M
5000 14.6 58.3 115 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 15.5 60.0 -16.5 132 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/07/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/07/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.5 | CAPE... +2.3 LI... +1.7
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +19.9 | CINH... -1.5 K Index... +18.6
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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 -27.2 -17.0 305 23 12 7.7 4.2 | -26.7 -16.1 355 19 10 8.1 4.5
24000 -22.5 -8.5 305 22 11 7.8 4.3 | -22.0 -7.6 350 16 8 7.6 4.2
22000 -17.3 0.9 295 20 10 7.8 4.3 | -16.9 1.6 330 13 7 7.7 4.2
20000 -13.0 8.6 295 21 11 7.2 3.9 | -12.4 9.7 315 13 7 7.7 4.2
18000 -8.6 16.5 295 22 11 6.9 3.8 | -8.2 17.2 300 15 8 6.7 3.7
16000 -5.2 22.6 295 20 10 5.2 2.9 | -4.5 23.9 290 17 9 5.7 3.1
14000 -1.5 29.3 285 18 9 8.8 4.8 | -1.1 30.0 275 16 8 7.5 4.1
12000 3.9 39.0 275 16 8 9.1 5.0 | 3.9 39.0 270 14 7 9.2 5.0
10000 9.2 48.6 270 13 7 7.7 4.2 | 9.1 48.4 270 11 6 7.8 4.3
9000 11.7 53.1 265 11 6 7.9 4.3 | 11.8 53.2 275 10 5 8.5 4.7
8000 14.0 57.2 250 8 4 7.2 4.0 | 14.4 57.9 280 8 4 9.1 5.0
7000 16.1 61.0 230 7 4 7.4 4.1 | 17.1 62.8 285 7 4 9.7 5.3
6000 17.9 64.2 205 7 4 7.7 4.2 | 19.8 67.6 290 7 4 11.0 6.0
5000 21.7 71.1 190 6 3 46.0 25.3 | 22.7 72.9 295 7 3 13.0 7.1
06/07/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/07/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.2 LI... +2.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.0
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +15.0 | CINH... -0.3 K Index... +12.5
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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 -25.7 -14.3 025 20 10 7.4 4.1 | -24.6 -12.3 025 15 8 8.0 4.4
24000 -21.3 -6.3 015 14 7 7.6 4.2 | -20.0 -4.0 015 11 6 7.1 3.9
22000 -16.8 1.8 355 9 4 7.6 4.2 | -15.8 3.6 360 5 2 7.1 3.9
20000 -12.2 10.0 320 10 5 7.8 4.3 | -11.6 11.1 310 7 4 7.2 4.0
18000 -7.4 18.7 300 13 6 6.9 3.8 | -6.8 19.8 300 12 6 7.3 4.0
16000 -3.4 25.9 295 15 7 7.0 3.9 | -2.5 27.5 305 12 6 7.4 4.1
14000 0.5 32.9 280 15 8 6.9 3.8 | 1.7 35.1 300 12 6 7.1 3.9
12000 5.0 41.0 270 14 7 8.7 4.8 | 6.1 43.0 300 13 7 8.3 4.6
10000 10.2 50.4 275 12 6 8.4 4.6 | 11.1 52.0 300 12 6 7.9 4.3
9000 12.9 55.2 285 11 6 8.8 4.8 | 13.8 56.8 300 11 5 9.2 5.1
8000 15.5 59.9 295 9 5 8.9 4.9 | 16.4 61.5 310 9 5 8.8 4.8
7000 18.2 64.8 305 8 4 9.9 5.4 | 19.1 66.4 320 8 4 9.6 5.3
6000 21.0 69.8 315 8 4 11.2 6.2 | 21.8 71.2 325 7 3 10.2 5.6
5000 26.9 80.4 320 8 4 86.9 47.7 | 24.6 76.3 330 6 3 10.4 5.7
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