Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Saturday, May 24, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, May 24, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 69.0 F/20.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 843 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16586 ft MSL (11657 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 78.0 F/26.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 12375 ft MSL (7446 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 05/25....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:02:44 / 20:46:44 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 44 min 0 sec (884 min 0 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:24:44 MDT... 69.46 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 05/24/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 12398 ft MSL (7469 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13757 ft MSL (8828 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14571 ft MSL (9642 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.9
K index......................... +18.1
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 -32.9 -27.2 015 7 4 8.3 4.6 31.1 88.1 4.4 M M
24000 -27.9 -18.2 020 8 4 8.0 4.4 30.2 86.3 3.7 M M
22000 -23.1 -9.6 005 5 2 8.1 4.4 28.9 84.0 2.7 M M
20000 -17.7 0.1 275 3 1 8.2 4.5 27.6 81.6 1.6 M M
18000 -12.8 9.0 230 6 3 8.4 4.6 26.6 79.9 0.7 M M
16000 -8.1 17.4 255 5 3 7.9 4.3 25.4 77.7 -0.4 982 5.0
14000 -3.3 26.1 280 6 3 7.2 4.0 24.3 75.7 -1.4 779 4.0
12000 0.7 33.3 315 4 2 7.8 4.3 22.4 72.4 -3.3 600 3.0
10000 5.5 41.9 345 4 2 8.4 4.6 21.7 71.0 -4.4 396 2.0
9000 8.2 46.8 355 3 2 8.4 4.6 21.5 70.7 -4.7 286 1.5
8000 10.5 50.9 005 1 1 6.4 3.5 21.0 69.7 -5.3 187 0.9
7000 12.7 54.9 155 3 1 5.8 3.2 19.6 67.3 -6.8 84 0.4
6000 14.2 57.6 130 5 2 4.0 2.2 18.2 64.7 -8.4 11 0.1
5000 9.9 49.8 105 6 3 -1.2 -0.7 10.9 51.7 -15.7 111 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
05/24/2025 at 0900 MDT | 05/24/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +32.0 LI... -0.4 | CAPE... +258.5 LI... -1.8
CINH... -260.5 K Index... +18.8 | CINH... -105.0 K Index... +20.1
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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 -30.9 -23.6 235 37 19 6.5 3.6 | -31.2 -24.2 235 30 15 6.9 3.8
24000 -27.0 -16.6 240 32 16 6.7 3.7 | -27.1 -16.8 235 25 13 6.7 3.7
22000 -23.0 -9.4 245 26 13 6.7 3.7 | -23.1 -9.6 235 23 12 6.7 3.7
20000 -18.2 -0.8 245 23 12 7.3 4.0 | -18.8 -1.8 235 21 11 7.7 4.2
18000 -13.5 7.7 240 22 11 8.8 4.8 | -13.3 8.1 230 18 9 8.8 4.8
16000 -8.1 17.4 245 19 10 9.1 5.0 | -8.1 17.4 235 16 8 8.8 4.8
14000 -3.0 26.6 250 13 7 8.1 4.4 | -2.9 26.8 235 11 5 8.7 4.8
12000 1.8 35.2 255 5 3 7.9 4.3 | 2.2 36.0 215 5 3 7.8 4.3
10000 6.5 43.7 010 2 1 7.0 3.8 | 6.8 44.2 000 0 0 6.7 3.7
9000 8.9 48.0 035 3 2 7.7 4.2 | 9.2 48.6 010 2 1 7.1 3.9
8000 11.0 51.8 055 5 3 6.9 3.8 | 11.4 52.5 360 3 2 5.9 3.3
7000 12.7 54.9 055 6 3 5.2 2.9 | 13.4 56.1 340 4 2 6.5 3.6
6000 14.0 57.2 060 5 3 2.2 1.2 | 15.3 59.5 310 6 3 10.7 5.9
5000 16.3 61.3 055 2 1 9.1 5.0 | 19.0 66.2 305 8 4 27.9 15.3
05/24/2025 at 1500 MDT | 05/24/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +386.3 LI... -2.3 | CAPE... +250.1 LI... -1.4
CINH... -58.0 K Index... +19.3 | CINH... -67.4 K Index... +16.6
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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 -31.7 -25.1 240 23 12 7.2 3.9 | -31.6 -24.9 230 16 8 8.0 4.4
24000 -27.5 -17.5 245 20 11 7.1 3.9 | -26.9 -16.4 240 13 7 7.2 3.9
22000 -23.2 -9.8 235 19 10 7.2 3.9 | -22.6 -8.7 250 13 7 7.2 4.0
20000 -18.1 -0.6 235 17 9 7.9 4.3 | -17.5 0.5 250 13 7 7.7 4.2
18000 -13.3 8.1 240 15 8 8.3 4.6 | -12.7 9.1 250 12 6 8.5 4.6
16000 -8.2 17.2 240 14 7 8.6 4.7 | -7.6 18.3 255 12 6 8.5 4.7
14000 -2.8 27.0 235 11 6 9.1 5.0 | -2.5 27.5 255 10 5 9.1 5.0
12000 2.4 36.3 235 8 4 8.5 4.7 | 2.8 37.0 265 7 4 8.8 4.8
10000 7.3 45.1 255 4 2 7.0 3.8 | 7.7 45.9 295 6 3 6.7 3.7
9000 9.8 49.6 295 4 2 8.0 4.4 | 10.3 50.5 325 7 3 8.4 4.6
8000 12.2 54.0 320 6 3 7.3 4.0 | 12.8 55.0 335 7 4 8.2 4.5
7000 14.4 57.9 320 7 3 7.4 4.0 | 15.1 59.2 340 7 4 7.8 4.3
6000 16.5 61.7 315 7 4 11.1 6.1 | 17.4 63.3 335 6 3 9.7 5.3
5000 20.4 68.7 315 8 4 30.8 16.9 | 20.5 68.9 325 6 3 17.6 9.7
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