Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 061230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Friday, June 6, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, June 6, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 74.9 F/23.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 932 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 15290 ft MSL (10365 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 81.0 F/27.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 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................. 9934 ft MSL (5009 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 06/07..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:45 / 20:56:30 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 59 min 45 sec (899 min 45 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:38 MDT... 71.11 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/06/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13399 ft MSL (8474 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16682 ft MSL (11757 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16011 ft MSL (11086 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.1
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 -27.0 -16.6 290 26 14 7.7 4.2 37.7 99.9 8.2 M M
24000 -22.5 -8.5 295 24 12 7.2 4.0 36.2 97.2 7.1 M M
22000 -17.6 0.3 300 25 13 7.2 4.0 34.2 93.5 5.6 M M
20000 -12.8 9.0 300 22 11 7.9 4.3 32.7 90.9 4.6 M M
18000 -8.4 16.9 300 20 10 6.8 3.7 31.1 88.0 3.4 M M
16000 -5.0 23.0 290 21 11 5.8 3.2 28.5 83.4 1.0 M M
14000 -1.6 29.1 285 21 11 8.6 4.7 26.2 79.2 -1.5 825 4.2
12000 3.5 38.3 280 16 8 8.6 4.7 25.4 77.7 -2.3 616 3.1
10000 8.7 47.7 285 12 6 8.7 4.8 24.8 76.7 -2.9 399 2.0
9000 11.5 52.7 275 10 5 8.6 4.7 24.6 76.4 -3.2 287 1.5
8000 14.6 58.3 250 7 3 8.1 4.5 24.2 75.5 -3.8 157 0.8
7000 16.7 62.1 220 7 3 6.8 3.7 23.4 74.1 -4.6 65 0.3
6000 18.0 64.4 185 7 3 2.7 1.5 21.9 71.3 -6.2 M M
5000 13.6 56.5 120 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 14.5 58.1 -13.6 97 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/06/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/06/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +135.3 LI... -2.0 | CAPE... +294.2 LI... -0.2
CINH... -52.3 K Index... +22.9 | CINH... -4.8 K Index... +23.9
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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 -28.1 -18.6 295 33 17 7.2 3.9 | -27.9 -18.2 320 25 13 7.9 4.3
24000 -23.9 -11.0 290 31 16 5.9 3.2 | -23.3 -9.9 340 26 13 7.0 3.8
22000 -20.3 -4.5 290 30 15 6.0 3.3 | -19.1 -2.4 345 24 12 7.0 3.9
20000 -17.1 1.2 285 27 14 5.0 2.8 | -14.7 5.5 320 18 9 6.4 3.5
18000 -13.8 7.2 280 22 11 5.4 3.0 | -11.7 10.9 285 18 9 3.9 2.2
16000 -9.3 15.3 275 21 11 8.5 4.6 | -9.0 15.8 280 17 9 6.7 3.7
14000 -4.2 24.4 270 19 10 8.3 4.6 | -4.4 24.1 285 16 8 8.6 4.7
12000 0.6 33.1 275 13 7 8.0 4.4 | 0.7 33.3 290 12 6 8.6 4.7
10000 5.3 41.5 290 5 2 8.2 4.5 | 5.6 42.1 290 7 4 8.2 4.5
9000 7.8 46.0 315 3 1 8.4 4.6 | 8.2 46.8 285 6 3 9.5 5.2
8000 10.1 50.2 315 2 1 7.6 4.2 | 10.9 51.6 280 5 3 10.0 5.5
7000 12.1 53.8 205 1 1 6.6 3.6 | 13.8 56.8 280 5 3 9.6 5.3
6000 14.1 57.4 195 3 1 8.0 4.4 | 16.7 62.1 285 5 3 9.9 5.4
5000 18.6 65.5 195 3 1 55.7 30.6 | 22.5 72.5 290 5 3 88.3 48.5
06/06/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/06/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +69.3 LI... +2.0 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +3.5
CINH... -3.8 K Index... +11.1 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -1.0
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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 -27.8 -18.0 330 21 11 7.6 4.1 | -27.0 -16.6 330 17 9 7.7 4.2
24000 -23.2 -9.8 335 20 10 8.2 4.5 | -22.4 -8.3 325 17 9 7.3 4.0
22000 -18.3 -0.9 340 21 11 8.1 4.5 | -18.0 -0.4 320 16 8 7.3 4.0
20000 -13.4 7.9 330 17 9 6.9 3.8 | -12.8 9.0 320 14 7 7.8 4.3
18000 -9.3 15.3 295 15 8 6.4 3.5 | -8.4 16.9 305 14 7 7.0 3.8
16000 -6.7 19.9 275 16 8 4.8 2.6 | -4.5 23.9 295 16 8 5.7 3.1
14000 -3.1 26.4 275 14 7 7.9 4.3 | -1.3 29.7 285 14 7 6.6 3.6
12000 1.7 35.1 280 12 6 8.8 4.8 | 2.9 37.2 280 12 6 8.6 4.7
10000 6.8 44.2 290 10 5 7.0 3.8 | 7.8 46.0 290 9 5 6.9 3.8
9000 9.5 49.1 295 9 5 8.5 4.7 | 10.5 50.9 300 8 4 8.4 4.6
8000 12.2 54.0 300 9 5 9.4 5.1 | 13.2 55.8 315 7 3 9.0 4.9
7000 15.0 59.0 305 9 5 10.0 5.5 | 15.9 60.6 320 6 3 9.6 5.3
6000 17.9 64.2 315 9 5 10.4 5.7 | 18.6 65.5 325 6 3 10.5 5.8
5000 20.8 69.4 315 9 5 13.7 7.5 | 23.6 74.5 330 5 3 61.2 33.6
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