Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Tuesday, June 3, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, June 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 64.6 F/18.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 728 ft/min (3.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14282 ft MSL (9354 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 76.0 F/24.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0930 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................. 12298 ft MSL (7370 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 06/04.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:57:39 / 20:54:33 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 56 min 54 sec (896 min 54 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:06 MDT... 70.83 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11787 ft MSL (6859 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16715 ft MSL (11787 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15793 ft MSL (10865 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.6
K index......................... +10.1
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 -29.0 -20.2 270 24 12 6.1 3.3 36.0 96.9 9.1 M M
24000 -24.9 -12.8 275 24 12 7.1 3.9 33.2 91.7 7.0 M M
22000 -20.7 -5.3 270 24 12 7.1 3.9 31.2 88.2 5.5 M M
20000 -15.9 3.4 265 23 12 8.3 4.5 29.9 85.8 4.5 M M
18000 -11.1 12.0 265 22 11 7.7 4.2 28.8 83.8 3.6 M M
16000 -6.9 19.6 265 22 11 6.6 3.6 27.0 80.5 2.0 M M
14000 -3.5 25.7 270 21 11 5.1 2.8 24.4 75.9 -0.4 710 3.6
12000 -0.5 31.1 275 16 8 6.1 3.3 21.4 70.6 -3.3 563 2.9
10000 3.5 38.3 265 5 3 6.7 3.7 19.5 67.2 -5.3 384 2.0
9000 5.7 42.3 245 2 1 8.2 4.5 18.9 65.9 -6.0 287 1.5
8000 8.8 47.8 275 1 1 7.4 4.0 18.3 64.9 -6.7 158 0.8
7000 10.8 51.4 320 1 0 5.7 3.1 17.4 63.2 -7.6 68 0.3
6000 12.2 54.0 000 0 0 3.6 2.0 15.9 60.6 -9.2 M M
5000 9.5 49.1 110 4 2 3.0 1.7 10.2 50.4 -15.0 48 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.2
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -0.3 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -7.7
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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 -27.5 -17.5 295 59 30 7.2 3.9 | -27.8 -18.0 295 52 27 7.7 4.2
24000 -23.2 -9.8 295 55 28 6.5 3.5 | -23.3 -9.9 300 48 25 6.5 3.5
22000 -19.3 -2.7 300 49 25 6.5 3.6 | -19.4 -2.9 295 44 23 6.6 3.6
20000 -15.3 4.5 300 45 23 6.7 3.7 | -15.4 4.3 295 39 20 6.7 3.7
18000 -10.9 12.4 300 40 21 6.3 3.4 | -10.6 12.9 290 35 18 7.8 4.3
16000 -8.0 17.6 295 35 18 4.5 2.5 | -6.7 19.9 290 33 17 5.1 2.8
14000 -5.0 23.0 285 31 16 6.6 3.6 | -4.1 24.6 285 29 15 5.0 2.7
12000 -1.3 29.7 285 26 14 6.2 3.4 | -1.1 30.0 285 24 12 5.7 3.1
10000 2.4 36.3 295 19 10 6.0 3.3 | 2.4 36.3 285 16 8 6.4 3.5
9000 4.4 39.9 295 14 7 6.3 3.4 | 4.7 40.5 285 13 7 7.5 4.1
8000 6.4 43.5 295 10 5 7.0 3.8 | 7.1 44.8 280 11 6 8.4 4.6
7000 8.5 47.3 290 8 4 7.8 4.3 | 9.6 49.3 280 10 5 9.8 5.4
6000 11.0 51.8 290 7 3 9.7 5.3 | 12.3 54.1 280 10 5 11.4 6.2
5000 13.8 56.8 290 6 3 9.7 5.3 | 18.5 65.3 285 8 4 92.0 50.5
06/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.1
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -12.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +0.4
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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 -28.4 -19.1 290 45 23 8.5 4.6 | -29.3 -20.7 280 45 23 8.3 4.6
24000 -23.4 -10.1 295 41 21 7.3 4.0 | -24.3 -11.7 285 43 22 8.7 4.8
22000 -19.0 -2.2 290 39 20 7.4 4.1 | -19.1 -2.4 280 41 21 8.6 4.7
20000 -14.9 5.2 285 38 20 6.5 3.6 | -14.5 5.9 285 40 21 7.3 4.0
18000 -10.5 13.1 285 36 18 6.5 3.6 | -9.9 14.2 285 37 19 6.5 3.5
16000 -6.4 20.5 285 32 16 6.3 3.5 | -6.3 20.7 290 32 17 5.8 3.2
14000 -3.3 26.1 285 27 14 4.0 2.2 | -3.6 25.5 290 28 15 4.2 2.3
12000 -0.7 30.7 285 21 11 6.2 3.4 | -0.5 31.1 290 20 10 7.5 4.1
10000 3.5 38.3 280 16 8 6.7 3.7 | 4.3 39.7 295 15 8 7.4 4.0
9000 6.0 42.8 280 14 7 8.0 4.4 | 6.9 44.4 300 13 7 8.8 4.8
8000 8.5 47.3 285 12 6 8.9 4.9 | 9.6 49.3 305 11 6 9.0 4.9
7000 11.2 52.2 290 10 5 10.5 5.7 | 12.2 54.0 315 8 4 9.6 5.3
6000 14.0 57.2 295 10 5 11.3 6.2 | 15.0 59.0 320 7 4 10.6 5.8
5000 17.0 62.6 300 9 5 14.2 7.8 | 18.6 65.5 325 6 3 23.3 12.8
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