926
UXUS97 KSLC 201227
SRGSLC
SOARING FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
627 AM MDT SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026
THIS FORECAST IS FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026:
IF THE TRIGGER TEMPERATURE OF 82.0 F/27.8 C IS REACHED...THEN
THERMAL SOARING INDEX....................... EXCELLENT
MAXIMUM RATE OF LIFT........................ 1383 FT/MIN (7.0 M/S)
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THERMALS.................. 19273 FT MSL (14393 FT AGL)
FORECAST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE................... 90.0 F/32.7 C
TIME OF TRIGGER TEMPERATURE.................... 1030 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................. 12144 FT MSL (7264 FT AGL)
THERMAL SOARING OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY 06/21....... EXCELLENT
WAVE SOARING INDEX............................. NOT AVAILABLE
REMARKS...
SUNRISE/SUNSET.................... 05:56:29 / 21:02:30 MDT
TOTAL POSSIBLE SUNSHINE........... 15 HR 6 MIN 0 SEC (906 MIN 0 SEC)
ALTITUDE OF SUN AT 13:29:29 MDT... 71.59 DEGREES
UPPER AIR DATA FROM NUMERICAL MODEL FORECAST VALID ON 06/20/2026 AT 0600 MDT
FREEZING LEVEL.................. 14867 FT MSL (9987 FT AGL)
CONVECTIVE CONDENSATION LEVEL... 19982 FT MSL (15102 FT AGL)
LIFTED CONDENSATION LEVEL....... 19899 FT MSL (15019 FT AGL)
LIFTED INDEX.................... +0.2
K INDEX......................... +13.4
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 -25.6 -14.1 230 47 24 6.5 3.6 38.9 102.1 5.3 M M
24000 -21.6 -6.9 225 40 21 7.4 4.1 36.7 98.1 3.7 M M
22000 -16.6 2.1 215 36 19 7.5 4.1 34.9 94.8 2.2 M M
20000 -12.4 9.7 210 33 17 7.1 3.9 32.9 91.3 0.5 M M
18000 -8.2 17.2 205 28 15 7.7 4.2 31.3 88.3 -1.1 1259 6.4
16000 -3.0 26.6 215 21 11 9.0 4.9 30.6 87.1 -1.8 1044 5.3
14000 2.3 36.1 230 16 8 8.6 4.7 30.0 86.0 -2.4 826 4.2
12000 7.6 45.7 240 14 7 9.0 5.0 29.5 85.1 -3.0 608 3.1
10000 12.8 55.0 230 16 8 7.5 4.1 28.9 83.9 -3.7 392 2.0
9000 15.3 59.5 225 17 9 8.6 4.7 28.4 83.2 -4.2 287 1.5
8000 17.6 63.7 215 18 9 8.0 4.4 27.8 82.0 -4.9 189 1.0
7000 19.6 67.3 205 20 10 6.7 3.7 26.8 80.3 -5.8 99 0.5
6000 21.2 70.2 190 20 10 1.1 0.6 25.4 77.8 -7.3 24 0.1
5000 19.5 67.1 150 9 5 5.3 2.9 20.1 68.2 -12.7 36 0.2
* * * * * * NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL FORECAST DATA VALID * * * * * *
06/20/2026 AT 0900 MDT | 06/20/2026 AT 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +4.2 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +296.4 LI... -1.3
CINH... -10.5 K INDEX... +20.4 | CINH... -28.0 K INDEX... +24.6
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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 -26.8 -16.2 240 44 23 7.4 4.1 | -27.7 -17.9 255 38 19 7.8 4.3
24000 -22.4 -8.3 240 37 19 6.9 3.8 | -23.0 -9.4 255 35 18 7.6 4.2
22000 -17.8 -0.0 240 30 15 6.9 3.8 | -17.9 -0.2 250 31 16 7.7 4.2
20000 -13.4 7.9 235 27 14 7.5 4.1 | -13.5 7.7 245 28 14 7.5 4.1
18000 -9.1 15.6 230 24 12 7.4 4.0 | -9.1 15.6 245 26 13 7.5 4.1
16000 -4.2 24.4 225 20 10 9.5 5.2 | -4.7 23.5 235 23 12 8.2 4.5
14000 1.4 34.5 230 20 10 9.0 4.9 | 0.2 32.4 235 21 11 8.6 4.7
12000 6.4 43.5 240 21 11 8.3 4.5 | 5.3 41.5 240 19 10 8.9 4.9
10000 11.1 52.0 245 22 11 6.3 3.4 | 10.3 50.5 245 17 9 7.1 3.9
9000 13.5 56.3 240 21 11 7.3 4.0 | 13.0 55.4 250 15 8 8.4 4.6
8000 15.8 60.4 230 18 9 7.3 4.0 | 15.6 60.1 260 14 7 9.3 5.1
7000 18.0 64.4 220 15 8 5.7 3.1 | 18.4 65.1 265 13 7 9.4 5.2
6000 20.0 68.0 200 14 7 7.2 4.0 | 21.1 70.0 275 13 7 11.2 6.1
5000 23.2 73.8 195 12 6 19.9 10.9 | 25.4 77.7 280 12 6 33.3 18.3
06/20/2026 AT 1500 MDT | 06/20/2026 AT 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +384.1 LI... -1.5 | CAPE... +426.3 LI... -2.4
CINH... -14.4 K INDEX... +29.0 | CINH... -9.5 K INDEX... +30.3
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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 -27.1 -16.8 255 43 22 7.1 3.9 | -26.8 -16.2 265 44 22 7.6 4.1
24000 -22.8 -9.0 255 39 20 7.4 4.1 | -22.3 -8.1 260 40 21 7.1 3.9
22000 -18.4 -1.1 255 34 18 7.4 4.1 | -17.6 0.3 255 39 20 7.2 3.9
20000 -13.6 7.5 250 31 16 8.3 4.5 | -13.3 8.1 250 38 20 7.5 4.1
18000 -8.3 17.1 245 29 15 7.8 4.3 | -8.9 16.0 250 35 18 7.7 4.2
16000 -3.9 25.0 240 28 14 7.8 4.3 | -4.1 24.6 250 29 15 8.5 4.6
14000 0.6 33.1 240 24 12 8.3 4.6 | 0.9 33.6 255 23 12 9.0 4.9
12000 5.7 42.3 245 19 10 9.3 5.1 | 6.4 43.5 255 19 10 9.5 5.2
10000 11.1 52.0 255 17 9 7.0 3.9 | 12.0 53.6 260 15 8 8.1 4.4
9000 13.9 57.0 265 15 8 8.8 4.8 | 14.9 58.8 265 13 7 9.7 5.3
8000 16.6 61.9 275 12 6 9.4 5.1 | 17.7 63.9 265 10 5 9.5 5.2
7000 19.4 66.9 285 11 6 9.8 5.4 | 20.5 68.9 265 8 4 9.6 5.3
6000 22.2 72.0 300 10 5 10.4 5.7 | 23.3 73.9 265 5 3 9.5 5.2
5000 28.4 83.1 310 8 4 6.1 3.3 | 28.2 82.8 280 4 2 11.5 6.3
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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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