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UXUS97 KSLC 191227
SRGSLC
SOARING FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
627 AM MDT FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026
THIS FORECAST IS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026:
IF THE TRIGGER TEMPERATURE OF 83.4 F/28.5 C IS REACHED...THEN
THERMAL SOARING INDEX....................... EXCELLENT
MAXIMUM RATE OF LIFT........................ 1700 FT/MIN (8.6 M/S)
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THERMALS.................. 22656 FT MSL (17776 FT AGL)
FORECAST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE................... 97.0 F/36.6 C
TIME OF TRIGGER TEMPERATURE.................... 1030 MDT
TIME OF OVERDEVELOPMENT........................ 2100 MDT
MIDDLE/HIGH CLOUDS DURING SOARING WINDOW....... NONE
SURFACE WINDS DURING SOARING WINDOW............ 20 MPH OR LESS
HEIGHT OF THE -3 THERMAL INDEX................. 15633 FT MSL (10752 FT AGL)
THERMAL SOARING OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY 06/20..... EXCELLENT
WAVE SOARING INDEX............................. NOT AVAILABLE
REMARKS...
SUNRISE/SUNSET.................... 05:56:18 / 21:02:15 MDT
TOTAL POSSIBLE SUNSHINE........... 15 HR 5 MIN 56 SEC (905 MIN 56 SEC)
ALTITUDE OF SUN AT 13:29:16 MDT... 71.60 DEGREES
UPPER AIR DATA FROM NUMERICAL MODEL FORECAST VALID ON 06/19/2026 AT 0600 MDT
FREEZING LEVEL.................. 15815 FT MSL (10935 FT AGL)
CONVECTIVE CONDENSATION LEVEL... 23875 FT MSL (18995 FT AGL)
LIFTED CONDENSATION LEVEL....... 23756 FT MSL (18875 FT AGL)
LIFTED INDEX.................... +0.6
K INDEX......................... +4.0
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 -25.1 -13.2 260 25 13 8.0 4.4 39.0 102.3 2.2 M M
24000 -20.5 -4.9 265 24 12 7.4 4.1 37.6 99.7 1.0 M M
22000 -16.2 2.8 275 21 11 7.5 4.1 36.0 96.8 -0.4 1644 8.4
20000 -11.2 11.8 275 21 11 8.5 4.7 35.0 94.9 -1.3 1437 7.3
18000 -5.3 22.5 275 22 11 8.7 4.8 34.3 93.7 -2.0 1194 6.1
16000 -0.3 31.5 275 22 11 8.1 4.5 33.4 92.0 -2.9 984 5.0
14000 4.5 40.1 275 19 10 8.1 4.4 32.1 89.8 -4.0 782 4.0
12000 9.4 48.9 280 13 7 8.1 4.4 31.1 88.0 -5.0 576 2.9
10000 13.9 57.0 270 6 3 5.6 3.1 29.7 85.5 -6.4 382 1.9
9000 16.2 61.2 260 4 2 7.1 3.9 29.1 84.3 -7.1 283 1.4
8000 18.3 64.9 235 2 1 6.8 3.7 28.3 82.9 -8.0 189 1.0
7000 20.2 68.4 185 2 1 5.8 3.2 27.2 81.0 -9.0 102 0.5
6000 21.7 71.1 165 5 2 3.5 1.9 25.7 78.2 -10.6 30 0.2
5000 15.8 60.4 115 6 3 10.0 5.5 16.3 61.3 -20.3 169 0.9
* * * * * * NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL FORECAST DATA VALID * * * * * *
06/19/2026 AT 0900 MDT | 06/19/2026 AT 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.5 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +3.2
CINH... 0.0 K INDEX... +5.7 | CINH... -0.2 K INDEX... +8.9
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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 -25.3 -13.5 260 27 14 6.9 3.8 | -24.9 -12.8 255 23 12 6.2 3.4
24000 -21.0 -5.8 255 27 14 8.1 4.4 | -20.9 -5.6 250 22 11 8.0 4.4
22000 -16.2 2.8 255 25 13 8.1 4.5 | -16.2 2.8 250 26 13 8.1 4.4
20000 -11.1 12.0 260 22 11 8.7 4.8 | -11.1 12.0 245 25 13 8.6 4.7
18000 -5.4 22.3 265 21 11 8.5 4.7 | -5.3 22.5 245 22 11 8.9 4.9
16000 -0.4 31.3 265 20 10 7.9 4.3 | -0.1 31.8 250 18 10 8.7 4.8
14000 4.4 39.9 265 17 9 8.0 4.4 | 4.7 40.5 255 13 7 7.3 4.0
12000 9.3 48.7 260 13 7 8.2 4.5 | 9.4 48.9 250 8 4 8.2 4.5
10000 14.0 57.2 240 8 4 5.7 3.1 | 14.2 57.6 225 7 3 6.4 3.5
9000 16.4 61.5 220 6 3 7.1 3.9 | 16.9 62.4 215 7 4 8.6 4.7
8000 18.5 65.3 200 5 3 7.3 4.0 | 19.5 67.1 210 7 4 8.9 4.9
7000 20.6 69.1 180 6 3 5.9 3.3 | 22.2 72.0 215 7 3 9.5 5.2
6000 22.1 71.8 175 7 3 5.5 3.0 | 25.0 77.0 215 6 3 10.2 5.6
5000 23.5 74.3 165 6 3 9.7 5.3 | 30.6 87.1 230 5 2 9.4 5.1
06/19/2026 AT 1500 MDT | 06/19/2026 AT 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +2.1 LI... +1.8 | CAPE... +1.6 LI... +0.8
CINH... -9.5 K INDEX... +13.8 | CINH... -2.2 K INDEX... +20.8
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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 -24.1 -11.4 245 25 13 6.0 3.3 | -23.5 -10.3 245 24 12 5.6 3.1
24000 -20.2 -4.4 240 22 11 7.8 4.3 | -19.7 -3.5 230 21 11 8.1 4.5
22000 -15.6 3.9 245 21 11 7.9 4.3 | -15.0 5.0 225 23 12 8.2 4.5
20000 -11.0 12.2 240 20 10 7.9 4.3 | -10.4 13.3 220 25 13 7.7 4.2
18000 -5.4 22.3 235 19 10 8.7 4.8 | -5.4 22.3 215 20 10 8.1 4.4
16000 -0.2 31.6 230 17 9 8.7 4.8 | -0.3 31.5 210 16 8 9.1 5.0
14000 4.9 40.8 220 14 7 8.7 4.7 | 5.3 41.5 210 13 7 9.4 5.2
12000 10.1 50.2 210 11 6 8.9 4.9 | 10.9 51.6 210 10 5 9.5 5.2
10000 15.4 59.7 210 8 4 6.8 3.7 | 16.4 61.5 210 7 4 7.3 4.0
9000 18.2 64.8 225 5 3 8.7 4.8 | 19.2 66.6 220 5 3 8.2 4.5
8000 21.0 69.8 250 4 2 9.0 5.0 | 21.9 71.4 265 2 1 8.5 4.6
7000 23.8 74.8 275 4 2 9.0 4.9 | 24.4 75.9 335 4 2 8.2 4.5
6000 26.6 79.9 310 5 3 10.7 5.8 | 26.9 80.4 340 6 3 8.7 4.8
5000 30.7 87.3 315 6 3 29.4 16.1 | 30.2 86.4 335 6 3 18.5 10.2
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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.
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