Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
680
UXUS97 KSLC 231228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, June 23, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, June 23, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 74.7 F/23.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 576 ft/min (2.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11960 ft MSL (7032 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 78.0 F/26.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1400 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 2100 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 7727 ft MSL (2799 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 06/24...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:57:18 / 21:03:05 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 48 sec (905 min 48 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:30:11 MDT... 71.52 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/23/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13682 ft MSL (8754 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17746 ft MSL (12818 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17161 ft MSL (12233 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.8
K index......................... +19.3
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 -29.1 -20.4 205 61 31 6.5 3.6 35.3 95.6 7.7 M M
24000 -25.2 -13.4 205 51 26 7.0 3.9 33.1 91.6 6.0 M M
22000 -20.5 -4.9 200 40 20 7.0 3.8 30.8 87.5 4.3 M M
20000 -16.2 2.8 195 33 17 7.3 4.0 29.0 84.2 2.8 M M
18000 -11.6 11.1 190 29 15 8.5 4.7 27.8 82.1 1.6 M M
16000 -6.4 20.5 185 23 12 9.1 5.0 27.3 81.1 1.0 M M
14000 -0.9 30.4 180 17 9 9.0 4.9 26.9 80.4 0.7 M M
12000 4.3 39.7 175 11 6 8.0 4.4 26.2 79.2 0.0 M M
10000 9.1 48.4 160 6 3 6.1 3.4 25.1 77.2 -1.0 383 1.9
9000 11.4 52.5 135 7 3 7.0 3.8 24.4 76.0 -1.6 284 1.4
8000 13.4 56.1 115 8 4 5.6 3.1 23.5 74.4 -2.5 194 1.0
7000 15.4 59.7 090 9 5 4.5 2.4 21.8 71.3 -4.2 98 0.5
6000 16.5 61.7 085 9 5 2.1 1.2 20.0 68.0 -6.1 36 0.2
5000 12.3 54.1 100 6 3 -9.9 -5.4 13.0 55.3 -13.3 132 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/23/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/23/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.4
CINH... -0.3 K Index... +8.3 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +9.4
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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 -30.3 -22.5 220 59 31 8.2 4.5 | -30.1 -22.2 220 57 30 7.8 4.3
24000 -25.5 -13.9 225 51 26 6.5 3.6 | -25.5 -13.9 220 50 26 7.5 4.1
22000 -21.5 -6.7 230 43 22 6.7 3.7 | -21.0 -5.8 225 41 21 7.6 4.2
20000 -17.8 -0.0 230 37 19 6.1 3.3 | -17.3 0.9 225 34 17 5.8 3.2
18000 -13.8 7.2 220 33 17 5.7 3.1 | -13.3 8.1 225 29 15 6.0 3.3
16000 -9.4 15.1 220 26 13 8.1 4.4 | -8.8 16.2 220 25 13 7.7 4.2
14000 -4.9 23.2 225 16 8 7.6 4.2 | -4.3 24.3 220 18 9 8.2 4.5
12000 -0.5 31.1 245 9 5 6.6 3.6 | 0.4 32.7 220 11 5 7.4 4.1
10000 3.4 38.1 235 3 2 6.6 3.6 | 4.6 40.3 195 4 2 6.8 3.7
9000 5.4 41.7 190 1 1 6.6 3.6 | 6.8 44.2 195 2 1 6.9 3.8
8000 7.2 45.0 095 1 0 5.6 3.1 | 8.9 48.0 340 1 1 6.2 3.4
7000 8.9 48.0 035 2 1 5.9 3.3 | 10.9 51.6 340 4 2 9.0 4.9
6000 10.6 51.1 030 2 1 8.3 4.5 | 13.4 56.1 330 5 3 11.6 6.3
5000 14.7 58.5 355 1 1 41.0 22.5 | 16.3 61.3 325 5 3 12.7 7.0
06/23/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/23/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.1
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +6.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +6.5
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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 -29.2 -20.6 220 60 31 6.1 3.4 | -28.8 -19.8 220 59 30 5.7 3.1
24000 -25.3 -13.5 215 50 26 8.5 4.7 | -25.2 -13.4 220 49 25 8.5 4.7
22000 -20.3 -4.5 220 44 23 8.4 4.6 | -20.2 -4.4 215 45 23 8.4 4.6
20000 -16.4 2.5 220 37 19 6.0 3.3 | -15.1 4.8 210 41 21 7.3 4.0
18000 -12.5 9.5 215 28 14 5.8 3.2 | -10.8 12.6 210 36 19 7.3 4.0
16000 -7.9 17.8 210 20 10 8.2 4.5 | -6.2 20.8 205 28 14 7.4 4.0
14000 -3.1 26.4 210 15 8 8.0 4.4 | -1.8 28.8 205 18 9 7.8 4.3
12000 1.7 35.1 200 10 5 8.3 4.6 | 2.9 37.2 200 10 5 8.3 4.6
10000 6.5 43.7 205 5 3 6.7 3.7 | 7.7 45.9 220 3 2 6.7 3.7
9000 8.8 47.8 230 2 1 6.7 3.7 | 10.2 50.4 310 2 1 6.7 3.7
8000 11.0 51.8 310 3 2 6.7 3.7 | 12.4 54.3 335 5 3 6.3 3.4
7000 13.2 55.8 330 6 3 9.4 5.2 | 14.4 57.9 345 8 4 7.4 4.1
6000 15.8 60.4 325 8 4 11.6 6.4 | 16.7 62.1 340 8 4 10.9 6.0
5000 18.7 65.7 320 8 4 15.1 8.3 | 21.6 70.9 330 8 4 57.2 31.4
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