Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 291230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Sunday, June 29, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, June 29, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 84.3 F/29.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1405 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19594 ft MSL (14669 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 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................. 12801 ft MSL (7876 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 06/30....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:59:35 / 21:03:17 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 3 min 42 sec (903 min 42 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:31:26 MDT... 71.21 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/29/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15661 ft MSL (10736 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19447 ft MSL (14522 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19654 ft MSL (14729 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.3
K index......................... +18.0
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 -23.3 -9.9 220 4 2 7.4 4.1 41.2 106.2 5.8 M M
24000 -18.5 -1.3 250 5 2 7.0 3.8 39.1 102.5 4.2 M M
22000 -14.3 6.3 285 7 4 6.5 3.5 37.2 99.0 2.7 M M
20000 -10.7 12.7 280 14 7 6.4 3.5 34.7 94.4 0.4 M M
18000 -6.0 21.2 290 15 8 8.4 4.6 33.5 92.3 -0.7 1234 6.3
16000 -0.9 30.4 290 11 6 9.3 5.1 32.8 91.0 -1.5 1021 5.2
14000 4.0 39.2 295 8 4 8.5 4.7 32.0 89.5 -2.4 814 4.1
12000 9.1 48.4 330 4 2 8.6 4.7 31.1 87.9 -3.3 604 3.1
10000 14.2 57.6 010 3 1 7.9 4.4 30.3 86.6 -4.0 390 2.0
9000 16.7 62.1 050 3 2 8.0 4.4 29.8 85.6 -4.6 287 1.5
8000 19.7 67.5 075 4 2 8.3 4.6 29.2 84.6 -5.2 158 0.8
7000 21.8 71.2 090 5 3 6.9 3.8 28.4 83.1 -6.1 65 0.3
6000 23.3 73.9 095 8 4 0.8 0.4 27.0 80.7 -7.5 M M
5000 16.3 61.3 105 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 17.2 62.9 -17.6 173 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/29/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/29/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +182.6 LI... -1.6 | CAPE... +300.1 LI... -1.3
CINH... -141.5 K Index... +23.4 | CINH... -84.6 K Index... +24.4
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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 -24.9 -12.8 280 21 11 8.2 4.5 | -25.0 -13.0 290 17 9 7.8 4.3
24000 -20.3 -4.5 270 19 10 7.1 3.9 | -20.4 -4.7 280 17 9 7.4 4.0
22000 -16.0 3.2 270 17 9 7.1 3.9 | -16.0 3.2 265 18 9 7.4 4.0
20000 -11.9 10.6 275 18 10 6.5 3.6 | -11.3 11.7 260 18 10 7.2 4.0
18000 -7.3 18.9 270 19 10 8.9 4.9 | -6.9 19.6 260 17 9 8.6 4.7
16000 -1.9 28.6 265 16 8 9.6 5.2 | -1.7 28.9 260 16 8 9.3 5.1
14000 3.7 38.7 255 14 7 9.2 5.1 | 3.9 39.0 250 14 7 9.1 5.0
12000 9.0 48.2 250 11 5 8.6 4.7 | 9.1 48.4 250 11 5 8.4 4.6
10000 13.7 56.7 240 6 3 7.0 3.9 | 13.7 56.7 260 6 3 7.0 3.8
9000 16.1 61.0 240 5 2 7.1 3.9 | 16.1 61.0 275 5 2 7.8 4.3
8000 18.0 64.4 250 3 1 6.0 3.3 | 18.4 65.1 295 4 2 7.6 4.2
7000 19.6 67.3 255 1 1 5.3 2.9 | 20.5 68.9 305 5 3 8.1 4.4
6000 20.6 69.1 260 1 1 5.3 2.9 | 22.8 73.0 305 6 3 10.6 5.8
5000 24.2 75.6 270 3 1 40.3 22.1 | 25.7 78.3 305 7 3 14.5 8.0
06/29/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/29/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +233.7 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +75.2 LI... +0.2
CINH... -50.7 K Index... +21.0 | CINH... -58.0 K Index... +16.4
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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 -24.5 -12.1 290 11 6 7.2 3.9 | -24.1 -11.4 275 9 5 7.2 4.0
24000 -20.2 -4.4 285 13 7 7.3 4.0 | -19.7 -3.5 265 10 5 7.7 4.2
22000 -15.8 3.6 275 15 8 7.3 4.0 | -14.5 5.9 265 11 6 7.4 4.1
20000 -11.0 12.2 260 18 9 7.4 4.1 | -10.2 13.6 265 14 7 7.5 4.1
18000 -6.3 20.7 255 18 9 8.4 4.6 | -5.5 22.1 260 17 9 8.3 4.5
16000 -1.1 30.0 260 15 8 9.2 5.0 | -0.5 31.1 260 16 8 8.7 4.8
14000 4.3 39.7 265 14 7 9.5 5.2 | 4.7 40.5 270 14 7 8.9 4.9
12000 9.8 49.6 270 12 6 9.0 5.0 | 9.9 49.8 285 12 6 8.9 4.9
10000 14.5 58.1 285 9 5 6.4 3.5 | 15.0 59.0 315 11 6 7.7 4.2
9000 17.0 62.6 300 8 4 8.1 4.4 | 17.6 63.7 330 11 6 8.2 4.5
8000 19.5 67.1 315 8 4 8.1 4.4 | 20.1 68.2 335 11 6 8.6 4.7
7000 21.9 71.4 320 9 5 9.4 5.1 | 22.7 72.9 335 10 5 9.4 5.2
6000 24.6 76.3 320 9 5 11.2 6.1 | 25.4 77.7 335 10 5 10.5 5.8
5000 30.9 87.6 320 9 5 94.4 51.8 | 30.5 86.9 330 8 4 64.9 35.6
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