Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
391
UXUS97 KSLC 051228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Thursday, June 5, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, June 5, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 69.0 F/20.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1508 ft/min (7.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19193 ft MSL (14265 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 81.0 F/27.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 15766 ft MSL (10838 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 06/06....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:57:01 / 20:55:52 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 58 min 51 sec (898 min 51 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:27 MDT... 71.03 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/05/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 12459 ft MSL (7531 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 12309 ft MSL (7381 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14272 ft MSL (9344 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.8
K index......................... +25.7
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26000 -29.5 -21.1 265 38 19 7.4 4.1 35.5 95.9 6.5 M M
24000 -24.5 -12.1 270 36 19 7.2 3.9 33.6 92.4 5.1 M M
22000 -20.2 -4.4 270 35 18 7.1 3.9 31.7 89.0 3.7 M M
20000 -17.0 1.4 275 30 16 5.1 2.8 28.6 83.5 1.1 M M
18000 -13.7 7.3 275 23 12 6.4 3.5 25.9 78.6 -1.5 1209 6.1
16000 -9.2 15.4 255 20 10 7.8 4.3 24.6 76.2 -2.8 1013 5.1
14000 -4.2 24.4 240 19 10 8.7 4.8 23.7 74.6 -3.8 806 4.1
12000 1.0 33.8 245 12 6 8.6 4.7 23.1 73.6 -4.5 590 3.0
10000 5.9 42.6 235 6 3 6.8 3.7 22.2 71.9 -5.6 384 2.0
9000 8.2 46.8 235 5 2 7.6 4.2 21.6 70.9 -6.2 285 1.4
8000 10.7 51.3 215 5 2 6.8 3.7 20.6 69.2 -7.5 173 0.9
7000 12.3 54.1 185 6 3 4.8 2.6 19.3 66.8 -8.9 96 0.5
6000 13.6 56.5 155 7 4 3.1 1.7 17.8 64.0 -10.6 28 0.1
5000 12.3 54.1 115 6 3 6.2 3.4 13.6 56.4 -14.9 36 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/05/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/05/2025 at 1200 MDT
|
CAPE... +1.7 LI... +2.0 | CAPE... +266.8 LI... -0.3
CINH... -2.7 K Index... +21.8 | CINH... -20.5 K Index... +25.6
|
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26000 -30.1 -22.2 260 33 17 7.5 4.1 | -29.9 -21.8 255 33 17 6.6 3.6
24000 -25.6 -14.1 260 29 15 7.6 4.2 | -25.9 -14.6 255 30 16 7.5 4.1
22000 -20.4 -4.7 265 25 13 7.6 4.2 | -20.8 -5.4 250 28 15 7.6 4.2
20000 -16.4 2.5 265 23 12 6.3 3.5 | -16.5 2.3 250 26 13 6.9 3.8
18000 -13.1 8.4 260 25 13 4.6 2.5 | -12.9 8.8 250 23 12 5.0 2.8
16000 -9.4 15.1 255 23 12 8.0 4.4 | -9.2 15.4 240 20 10 8.3 4.5
14000 -4.6 23.7 240 19 10 9.2 5.0 | -4.3 24.3 235 16 8 8.2 4.5
12000 0.5 32.9 235 14 7 8.3 4.5 | 0.7 33.3 230 12 6 8.6 4.7
10000 5.4 41.7 220 8 4 7.0 3.9 | 5.6 42.1 215 7 4 6.9 3.8
9000 7.9 46.2 210 6 3 8.1 4.4 | 8.3 46.9 210 6 3 8.7 4.8
8000 10.3 50.5 195 5 3 7.8 4.3 | 10.9 51.6 210 5 3 9.2 5.0
7000 12.6 54.7 175 4 2 6.9 3.8 | 13.7 56.7 220 4 2 9.5 5.2
6000 14.5 58.1 170 4 2 7.7 4.2 | 16.4 61.5 230 3 2 10.3 5.6
5000 17.3 63.1 170 3 2 18.9 10.3 | 20.2 68.4 245 3 2 25.9 14.2
06/05/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/05/2025 at 1800 MDT
|
CAPE... +130.8 LI... -0.5 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +1.1
CINH... -5.2 K Index... +23.2 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +17.0
|
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26000 -29.3 -20.7 260 34 18 6.7 3.7 | -29.1 -20.4 255 38 20 7.4 4.1
24000 -25.2 -13.4 255 33 17 7.1 3.9 | -24.7 -12.5 255 35 18 7.0 3.8
22000 -21.0 -5.8 255 31 16 7.0 3.9 | -20.5 -4.9 255 32 17 7.1 3.9
20000 -16.8 1.8 255 29 15 7.1 3.9 | -16.3 2.7 260 30 16 7.0 3.9
18000 -12.1 10.2 250 25 13 6.7 3.7 | -11.5 11.3 265 29 15 7.3 4.0
16000 -8.1 17.4 240 21 11 7.5 4.1 | -7.2 19.0 260 27 14 7.1 3.9
14000 -3.4 25.9 230 17 9 8.7 4.8 | -2.7 27.1 255 22 11 8.4 4.6
12000 1.6 34.9 230 13 7 8.9 4.9 | 2.1 35.8 250 15 8 8.9 4.9
10000 6.7 44.1 240 9 4 7.1 3.9 | 7.3 45.1 260 10 5 7.4 4.1
9000 9.4 48.9 255 6 3 8.7 4.8 | 9.9 49.8 275 8 4 8.8 4.9
8000 12.0 53.6 275 6 3 8.6 4.7 | 12.5 54.5 295 7 4 8.4 4.6
7000 14.6 58.3 295 6 3 8.8 4.8 | 15.1 59.2 315 7 4 9.1 5.0
6000 17.3 63.1 305 6 3 10.1 5.5 | 17.7 63.9 325 7 4 9.8 5.4
5000 22.7 72.9 305 7 3 6.5 3.6 | 22.5 72.5 325 6 3 8.8 4.8
________________________________________________________________________________
This product is issued once per day by approximately 0600 MST/0700 MDT
(1300 UTC). This product is not continuously monitored nor updated after
the initial issuance.
The information contained herein is based on the 1200 UTC rawinsonde observation
at the Salt Lake City, Utah International Airport and/or numerical weather
prediction model data representative of the airport. These data may not be
representative of other areas along the Wasatch Front. Erroneous data such as
these should not be used.
The content and format of this report as well as the issuance times are subject
to change without prior notice.
042025