Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 221233
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
633 AM MDT Sunday, June 22, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, June 22, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 63.9 F/17.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 580 ft/min (2.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 12354 ft MSL (7429 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 70.0 F/21.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1400 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................. 9175 ft MSL (4250 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 06/23....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:57:01 / 21:02:56 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 5 min 56 sec (905 min 56 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:29:58 MDT... 71.55 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/22/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11785 ft MSL (6860 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 20469 ft MSL (15544 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17640 ft MSL (12715 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +6.4
K index......................... +0.0
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 -29.9 -21.8 225 59 30 7.9 4.3 35.5 95.8 11.2 M M
24000 -24.7 -12.5 225 51 26 6.1 3.3 33.7 92.7 10.1 M M
22000 -21.1 -6.0 225 43 22 6.2 3.4 31.1 88.0 8.1 M M
20000 -16.9 1.6 225 36 19 7.1 3.9 29.0 84.2 6.6 M M
18000 -12.9 8.8 225 29 15 6.2 3.4 26.9 80.5 5.0 M M
16000 -9.1 15.6 225 21 11 6.4 3.5 24.6 76.3 3.0 M M
14000 -5.2 22.6 245 14 7 7.9 4.3 22.6 72.6 1.1 M M
12000 -0.6 30.9 255 9 5 7.2 4.0 21.2 70.2 -0.2 552 2.8
10000 3.3 37.9 015 1 0 6.6 3.6 19.2 66.5 -2.2 375 1.9
9000 5.4 41.7 055 4 2 6.4 3.5 18.2 64.8 -3.1 284 1.4
8000 7.8 46.0 065 7 3 6.3 3.4 17.0 62.5 -4.3 175 0.9
7000 9.5 49.1 070 8 4 4.4 2.4 15.7 60.3 -5.6 94 0.5
6000 10.5 50.9 075 9 5 1.4 0.8 13.8 56.9 -7.6 35 0.2
5000 7.2 45.0 090 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 7.7 45.8 -13.9 104 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/22/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/22/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +59.0 LI... +2.6 | CAPE... +26.9 LI... +4.0
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -2.5 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -0.0
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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 -31.2 -24.2 210 96 49 3.6 2.0 | -34.3 -29.7 230 65 34 6.2 3.4
24000 -29.0 -20.2 215 80 41 3.4 1.9 | -30.7 -23.3 235 61 32 6.5 3.6
22000 -25.7 -14.3 220 65 33 5.1 2.8 | -26.1 -15.0 235 58 30 7.8 4.3
20000 -22.2 -8.0 225 53 27 6.4 3.5 | -21.6 -6.9 235 53 27 7.3 4.0
18000 -18.1 -0.6 235 43 22 7.6 4.2 | -16.9 1.6 240 44 23 6.4 3.5
16000 -13.8 7.2 245 33 17 6.0 3.3 | -13.4 7.9 240 35 18 5.4 3.0
14000 -10.3 13.5 260 24 12 5.2 2.8 | -10.0 14.0 240 24 12 5.6 3.1
12000 -7.8 18.0 265 17 9 4.4 2.4 | -7.2 19.0 250 14 7 5.1 2.8
10000 -4.8 23.4 275 9 5 6.5 3.6 | -3.5 25.7 265 8 4 7.0 3.9
9000 -2.7 27.1 285 7 4 8.0 4.4 | -1.2 29.8 280 6 3 8.7 4.8
8000 -0.6 30.9 285 5 3 7.5 4.1 | 1.4 34.5 285 6 3 9.7 5.3
7000 1.7 35.1 275 4 2 8.5 4.7 | 4.1 39.4 295 6 3 10.6 5.8
6000 4.2 39.6 270 3 2 10.8 5.9 | 7.0 44.6 300 7 4 11.7 6.4
5000 7.1 44.8 275 3 1 11.5 6.3 | 10.0 50.0 305 7 4 15.0 8.2
06/22/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/22/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.8
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +7.5 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +8.0
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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 -33.2 -27.8 235 63 33 7.5 4.1 | -32.1 -25.8 245 56 29 9.2 5.1
24000 -28.8 -19.8 235 64 33 7.3 4.0 | -26.6 -15.9 250 51 26 8.2 4.5
22000 -24.5 -12.1 235 59 30 7.2 3.9 | -21.9 -7.4 250 50 26 7.9 4.3
20000 -20.3 -4.5 235 54 28 6.9 3.8 | -18.1 -0.6 255 47 24 5.5 3.0
18000 -15.9 3.4 235 47 24 6.1 3.4 | -14.8 5.4 255 40 21 4.1 2.3
16000 -12.5 9.5 235 38 20 5.2 2.8 | -11.9 10.6 255 33 17 5.8 3.2
14000 -9.5 14.9 230 28 14 5.5 3.0 | -8.3 17.1 255 25 13 7.2 4.0
12000 -5.9 21.4 235 17 9 7.4 4.0 | -4.0 24.8 250 18 9 7.3 4.0
10000 -1.3 29.7 250 11 6 7.5 4.1 | 0.4 32.7 265 11 6 7.8 4.3
9000 1.3 34.3 260 9 5 8.2 4.5 | 2.9 37.2 285 9 5 8.6 4.7
8000 3.8 38.8 280 8 4 8.5 4.7 | 5.5 41.9 305 8 4 8.6 4.7
7000 6.5 43.7 305 8 4 10.4 5.7 | 8.1 46.6 325 8 4 9.6 5.3
6000 9.3 48.7 315 8 4 11.4 6.2 | 10.8 51.4 335 8 4 11.3 6.2
5000 12.3 54.1 320 8 4 14.6 8.0 | 13.7 56.7 340 8 4 12.3 6.8
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