Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 261231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Thursday, June 26, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, June 26, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 83.5 F/28.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1633 ft/min (8.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21703 ft MSL (16774 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 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................. 17854 ft MSL (12925 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 06/27....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:58:19 / 21:03:20 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 1 sec (905 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:30:50 MDT... 71.39 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/26/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15263 ft MSL (10334 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21548 ft MSL (16619 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 21852 ft MSL (16924 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.5
K index......................... +11.8
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 -24.6 -12.3 265 22 11 7.7 4.2 39.9 103.8 4.3 M M
24000 -20.4 -4.7 265 21 11 5.9 3.2 38.0 100.4 2.8 M M
22000 -16.5 2.3 260 20 10 6.0 3.3 34.9 94.8 0.2 M M
20000 -12.7 9.1 240 19 10 6.6 3.6 32.5 90.5 -1.9 1479 7.5
18000 -7.9 17.8 235 18 9 9.4 5.2 31.5 88.7 -3.0 1276 6.5
16000 -2.1 28.2 240 18 9 9.6 5.3 31.4 88.5 -3.1 1044 5.3
14000 3.6 38.5 245 17 9 9.7 5.3 31.3 88.4 -3.3 813 4.1
12000 9.2 48.6 240 16 8 8.8 4.8 31.1 87.9 -3.6 586 3.0
10000 14.0 57.2 230 15 7 5.8 3.2 29.9 85.9 -4.8 384 2.0
9000 16.3 61.3 225 14 7 6.9 3.8 29.3 84.7 -5.4 285 1.4
8000 19.1 66.4 210 15 8 7.7 4.2 28.5 83.2 -6.3 162 0.8
7000 20.8 69.4 195 16 8 5.1 2.8 27.2 80.9 -7.6 82 0.4
6000 21.6 70.9 180 13 7 0.1 0.0 25.0 77.0 -9.8 29 0.1
5000 17.3 63.1 135 8 4 -13.9 -7.6 17.9 64.2 -17.1 128 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/26/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/26/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +2.3 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +1.3
CINH... -1.2 K Index... +13.8 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +14.6
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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 -26.9 -16.4 250 28 14 8.0 4.4 | -26.9 -16.4 245 30 16 7.4 4.1
24000 -22.1 -7.8 250 25 13 7.7 4.2 | -22.5 -8.5 245 26 14 7.5 4.1
22000 -17.5 0.5 255 21 11 7.8 4.3 | -18.0 -0.4 240 22 11 7.6 4.2
20000 -13.2 8.2 265 18 9 6.1 3.4 | -13.5 7.7 250 17 9 6.6 3.6
18000 -10.0 14.0 275 17 9 6.6 3.6 | -9.5 14.9 260 15 8 7.7 4.2
16000 -5.1 22.8 265 13 7 8.8 4.8 | -4.5 23.9 245 13 7 8.6 4.7
14000 0.4 32.7 255 9 5 9.5 5.2 | 0.9 33.6 225 12 6 9.4 5.1
12000 6.0 42.8 235 7 3 9.0 4.9 | 6.6 43.9 215 11 6 9.4 5.1
10000 11.3 52.3 215 7 3 7.5 4.1 | 12.1 53.8 210 10 5 7.0 3.9
9000 13.9 57.0 205 7 3 8.7 4.8 | 15.0 59.0 205 10 5 8.9 4.9
8000 16.5 61.7 195 7 4 8.2 4.5 | 17.8 64.0 205 9 5 9.8 5.4
7000 18.8 65.8 185 7 4 7.6 4.2 | 20.7 69.3 200 9 5 9.7 5.3
6000 20.5 68.9 175 8 4 7.1 3.9 | 23.6 74.5 200 8 4 10.0 5.5
5000 24.2 75.6 160 6 3 45.3 24.8 | 29.6 85.3 205 6 3 90.7 49.7
06/26/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/26/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +17.8 LI... -0.0 | CAPE... +3.2 LI... +0.2
CINH... -1.6 K Index... +18.1 | CINH... -13.6 K Index... +15.8
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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 -26.3 -15.3 245 31 16 7.6 4.2 | -26.2 -15.2 255 28 15 7.4 4.1
24000 -22.0 -7.6 240 28 14 6.3 3.5 | -21.8 -7.2 250 27 14 6.9 3.8
22000 -17.8 -0.0 235 23 12 6.7 3.7 | -17.2 1.0 240 25 13 7.1 3.9
20000 -13.5 7.7 230 19 10 7.5 4.1 | -12.9 8.8 230 22 11 7.6 4.2
18000 -8.7 16.3 225 16 8 8.6 4.7 | -8.0 17.6 225 19 10 9.0 4.9
16000 -3.4 25.9 225 14 7 9.4 5.2 | -2.5 27.5 220 16 8 9.4 5.2
14000 2.3 36.1 220 14 7 9.5 5.2 | 3.3 37.9 225 14 7 9.5 5.2
12000 8.0 46.4 220 12 6 9.6 5.2 | 9.0 48.2 225 12 6 9.5 5.2
10000 13.6 56.5 220 10 5 7.9 4.3 | 14.6 58.3 230 9 4 7.6 4.2
9000 16.7 62.1 225 9 5 9.7 5.3 | 17.5 63.5 240 7 4 9.5 5.2
8000 19.7 67.5 225 8 4 10.3 5.7 | 20.3 68.5 250 6 3 10.0 5.5
7000 22.6 72.7 230 7 4 10.3 5.7 | 23.2 73.8 260 5 3 9.8 5.4
6000 25.5 77.9 235 6 3 9.5 5.2 | 26.0 78.8 285 5 2 9.4 5.2
5000 29.9 85.8 240 5 2 29.4 16.1 | 29.7 85.5 305 5 3 20.7 11.4
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