Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
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Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Boise, Idaho
706 AM MDT Friday, October 3, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, October 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 60.8 F/16.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 0 ft/min (0.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7218 ft MSL (4357 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 63.0 F/17.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1500 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 5625 ft MSL (2764 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 10/04..... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:45:25 / 19:21:59 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 36 min 34 sec (696 min 34 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:42 MDT... 41.56 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 9556 ft MSL (6695 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 5888 ft MSL (3027 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 6990 ft MSL (4129 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.7
K index......................... +22.7
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
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40000 -52.1 -61.8 225 39 20 1.4 0.7 70.9 159.6 34.5 M M
38000 -52.6 -62.7 195 65 33 3.5 1.9 61.1 142.0 29.0 M M
36000 -52.1 -61.8 205 55 28 -9.5 -5.2 52.0 125.6 23.7 M M
34000 -50.8 -59.4 185 40 21 8.4 4.6 45.4 113.8 19.7 M M
32000 -45.0 -49.0 185 40 21 9.2 5.1 45.3 113.6 20.1 M M
30000 -39.3 -38.7 190 39 20 9.1 5.0 45.1 113.2 20.5 M M
28000 -34.0 -29.2 195 37 19 8.7 4.8 44.4 111.9 20.4 M M
26000 -29.1 -20.4 195 41 21 8.1 4.4 43.2 109.8 20.0 M M
24000 -24.1 -11.4 195 41 21 8.2 4.5 42.1 107.8 19.5 M M
22000 -19.8 -3.6 180 46 24 6.0 3.3 40.3 104.5 18.4 M M
20000 -16.3 2.7 180 38 19 6.0 3.3 37.5 99.6 16.5 M M
18000 -12.8 9.0 165 10 5 3.8 2.1 33.9 93.0 13.8 M M
16000 -9.8 14.4 165 3 2 6.2 3.4 30.7 87.3 11.2 M M
14000 -6.1 21.0 240 8 4 7.6 4.2 28.3 83.0 9.2 M M
12000 -1.9 28.6 255 29 15 6.0 3.3 26.7 80.1 7.8 M M
10000 -0.3 31.5 280 27 14 2.4 1.3 22.1 71.8 3.7 M M
9000 1.4 34.5 310 15 8 9.3 5.1 20.9 69.6 2.6 M M
8000 3.9 39.0 340 10 5 -2.6 -1.4 20.4 68.7 2.1 M M
7500 3.8 38.8 355 9 5 8.6 4.7 18.8 65.9 0.6 M M
7000 4.1 39.4 005 8 4 -2.5 -1.4 17.7 63.9 -0.6 210 1.1
6500 4.5 40.1 355 6 3 6.3 3.4 16.6 61.8 -1.7 185 0.9
6000 5.2 41.4 335 3 2 5.7 3.1 15.9 60.7 -2.4 147 0.7
5500 6.0 42.8 330 2 1 5.6 3.1 15.3 59.5 -3.1 108 0.5
5000 6.8 44.2 325 1 1 5.8 3.2 14.7 58.4 -3.7 70 0.4
4750 7.3 45.1 330 1 1 6.4 3.5 14.4 57.9 -4.0 49 0.2
4500 7.7 45.9 290 1 0 6.6 3.6 14.1 57.5 -4.3 28 0.1
4250 8.2 46.8 255 1 1 6.5 3.6 13.9 57.0 -4.6 6 0.0
4000 8.7 47.7 240 2 1 6.6 3.6 13.7 56.6 -4.8 M M
3750 9.1 48.4 235 2 1 6.6 3.6 13.4 56.2 -5.1 M M
3500 9.6 49.3 240 3 1 6.6 3.6 13.2 55.7 -5.4 M M
3400 10.1 50.2 240 3 2 6.6 3.6 13.0 55.3 -5.7 M M
3300 10.1 50.2 240 3 2 6.6 3.6 13.0 55.3 -5.7 M M
3200 10.5 50.9 240 4 2 6.6 3.6 12.7 54.9 -6.0 M M
3100 10.5 50.9 240 4 2 6.6 3.6 12.7 54.9 -6.0 M M
3000 10.5 50.9 240 4 2 6.6 3.6 12.7 54.9 -6.0 M M
2900 11.0 51.8 240 4 2 6.6 3.6 12.5 54.5 -6.2 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +29.2 LI... +2.6 | CAPE... +69.0 LI... +1.7
CINH... -0.9 K Index... +22.3 | CINH... -6.1 K Index... +25.0
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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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40000 -50.7 -59.3 200 33 17 2.7 1.5 | -50.0 -58.0 195 30 16 2.6 1.4
38000 -50.4 -58.7 195 41 21 -0.8 -0.4 | -49.5 -57.1 200 30 16 -0.2 -0.1
36000 -50.9 -59.6 195 50 26 -0.8 -0.4 | -49.6 -57.3 200 29 15 -0.2 -0.1
34000 -50.0 -58.0 195 53 27 6.3 3.5 | -48.9 -56.0 200 28 14 4.3 2.4
32000 -46.2 -51.2 190 45 23 6.4 3.5 | -46.2 -51.2 185 27 14 4.4 2.4
30000 -41.7 -43.1 180 39 20 9.4 5.2 | -42.9 -45.2 175 27 14 8.4 4.6
28000 -36.1 -33.0 185 34 17 9.5 5.2 | -37.8 -36.0 175 28 14 8.5 4.7
26000 -31.0 -23.8 185 26 13 7.8 4.3 | -32.8 -27.0 185 28 15 8.3 4.5
24000 -26.4 -15.5 185 17 9 7.5 4.1 | -27.2 -17.0 190 28 14 8.4 4.6
22000 -21.7 -7.1 205 18 9 7.1 3.9 | -22.3 -8.1 180 20 10 8.4 4.6
20000 -17.6 0.3 225 17 9 6.7 3.7 | -18.0 -0.4 180 10 5 6.7 3.7
18000 -13.9 7.0 250 16 8 5.6 3.1 | -14.1 6.6 200 2 1 6.0 3.3
16000 -10.0 14.0 275 10 5 6.7 3.7 | -10.2 13.6 060 2 1 6.3 3.4
14000 -6.1 21.0 270 3 2 6.1 3.4 | -6.9 19.6 095 2 1 5.4 3.0
12000 -2.8 27.0 355 3 2 5.3 2.9 | -3.6 25.5 345 3 2 5.5 3.0
10000 -0.6 30.9 350 7 4 4.1 2.2 | -0.4 31.3 350 6 3 6.0 3.3
9000 0.7 33.3 345 9 5 5.0 2.7 | 1.1 34.0 345 9 5 5.6 3.1
8000 2.8 37.0 335 11 6 8.1 4.4 | 3.3 37.9 340 12 6 7.2 3.9
7500 3.7 38.7 335 12 6 4.4 2.4 | 4.0 39.2 340 12 6 4.0 2.2
7000 4.5 40.1 335 12 6 5.9 3.2 | 4.8 40.6 335 13 6 5.1 2.8
6500 5.4 41.7 330 13 6 6.4 3.5 | 5.6 42.1 335 13 7 5.7 3.1
6000 6.3 43.3 330 12 6 6.3 3.5 | 6.3 43.3 330 12 6 5.4 2.9
5500 7.2 45.0 325 12 6 5.6 3.0 | 7.1 44.8 330 12 6 6.4 3.5
5000 7.9 46.2 325 11 6 6.3 3.5 | 8.1 46.6 325 11 5 6.7 3.7
4750 8.4 47.1 325 11 6 7.0 3.9 | 8.5 47.3 325 10 5 6.9 3.8
4500 8.8 47.8 325 10 5 5.2 2.8 | 9.0 48.2 320 9 5 6.6 3.6
4250 9.2 48.6 320 9 4 4.5 2.5 | 9.5 49.1 320 8 4 7.1 3.9
4000 9.4 48.9 320 8 4 3.7 2.0 | 10.0 50.0 315 7 4 7.8 4.3
3750 9.7 49.5 320 7 4 5.8 3.2 | 10.6 51.1 315 7 4 8.5 4.7
3500 10.2 50.4 320 6 3 8.5 4.7 | 11.2 52.2 315 6 3 9.4 5.1
3400 10.2 50.4 320 6 3 8.5 4.7 | 11.2 52.2 315 6 3 9.4 5.1
3300 10.7 51.3 315 5 3 5.4 3.0 | 11.9 53.4 310 6 3 9.1 5.0
3200 10.7 51.3 315 5 3 5.4 3.0 | 11.9 53.4 310 6 3 9.1 5.0
3100 10.7 51.3 315 5 3 5.4 3.0 | 11.9 53.4 310 6 3 9.1 5.0
3000 11.1 52.0 315 5 2 7.4 4.1 | 12.6 54.7 305 6 3 9.9 5.4
2900 M M M M M M M | M M M M M M M
10/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +119.8 LI... +0.9 | CAPE... +38.0 LI... +1.5
CINH... -0.7 K Index... +26.2 | CINH... -15.0 K Index... +26.5
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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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40000 -49.1 -56.4 215 22 11 2.6 1.4 | -50.0 -58.0 285 8 4 2.2 1.2
38000 -48.6 -55.5 210 19 10 -0.3 -0.2 | -49.2 -56.6 270 5 3 0.6 0.4
36000 -48.8 -55.8 200 15 8 -0.3 -0.2 | -48.8 -55.8 210 4 2 0.6 0.4
34000 -48.3 -54.9 185 12 6 3.4 1.9 | -48.0 -54.4 170 5 3 3.0 1.7
32000 -46.2 -51.2 180 10 5 3.5 1.9 | -46.1 -51.0 080 5 3 3.1 1.7
30000 -43.3 -45.9 180 10 5 8.2 4.5 | -43.5 -46.3 060 8 4 7.9 4.3
28000 -38.4 -37.1 185 12 6 8.3 4.6 | -38.7 -37.7 055 6 3 8.1 4.4
26000 -33.4 -28.1 185 13 7 8.2 4.5 | -33.7 -28.7 065 2 1 8.6 4.7
24000 -27.9 -18.2 185 15 8 8.1 4.4 | -28.6 -19.5 205 3 2 8.5 4.7
22000 -23.1 -9.6 175 12 6 8.1 4.4 | -23.1 -9.6 160 5 2 8.2 4.5
20000 -18.6 -1.5 155 7 4 7.5 4.1 | -18.5 -1.3 115 2 1 7.6 4.2
18000 -14.3 6.3 100 5 2 6.7 3.7 | -14.2 6.4 020 4 2 6.5 3.6
16000 -10.3 13.5 100 3 1 5.5 3.0 | -10.5 13.1 015 6 3 5.5 3.0
14000 -7.2 19.0 360 2 1 5.5 3.0 | -6.9 19.6 005 7 4 6.0 3.3
12000 -3.9 25.0 340 5 2 5.9 3.2 | -3.8 25.2 340 11 6 5.6 3.1
10000 -0.6 30.9 330 10 5 5.7 3.1 | -0.3 31.5 335 15 8 5.6 3.1
9000 1.1 34.0 330 11 6 5.9 3.2 | 1.2 34.2 340 15 8 6.1 3.3
8000 3.4 38.1 330 12 6 7.8 4.3 | 3.7 38.7 345 15 7 7.5 4.1
7500 4.1 39.4 335 12 6 3.6 1.9 | 4.6 40.3 345 14 7 5.0 2.8
7000 4.8 40.6 335 12 6 5.2 2.9 | 5.4 41.7 345 14 7 5.8 3.2
6500 5.8 42.4 335 12 6 6.9 3.8 | 6.2 43.2 345 14 7 5.9 3.2
6000 6.6 43.9 335 13 6 6.2 3.4 | 7.1 44.8 345 15 8 6.1 3.4
5500 7.3 45.1 330 13 7 5.9 3.3 | 7.9 46.2 345 16 8 5.2 2.9
5000 8.4 47.1 325 13 7 6.9 3.8 | 8.6 47.5 335 15 8 4.8 2.6
4750 8.8 47.8 320 13 7 7.2 3.9 | 8.9 48.0 335 15 8 5.0 2.7
4500 9.4 48.9 315 12 6 8.2 4.5 | 9.3 48.7 330 14 7 6.8 3.7
4250 10.0 50.0 315 11 5 8.6 4.7 | 9.9 49.8 325 13 7 7.6 4.2
4000 10.6 51.1 315 10 5 8.5 4.7 | 10.4 50.7 320 12 6 7.5 4.1
3750 11.2 52.2 310 10 5 9.3 5.1 | 10.9 51.6 315 12 6 8.5 4.6
3500 11.9 53.4 310 9 4 10.0 5.5 | 11.6 52.9 315 10 5 9.0 4.9
3400 11.9 53.4 310 9 4 10.0 5.5 | 11.6 52.9 315 10 5 9.0 4.9
3300 12.6 54.7 310 8 4 8.6 4.7 | 12.1 53.8 315 9 4 6.8 3.7
3200 12.6 54.7 310 8 4 8.6 4.7 | 12.1 53.8 315 9 4 6.8 3.7
3100 12.6 54.7 310 8 4 8.6 4.7 | 12.1 53.8 315 9 4 6.8 3.7
3000 13.2 55.8 305 8 4 9.1 5.0 | 12.6 54.7 310 8 4 6.6 3.6
2900 M M M M M M M | M M M M M M M
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Latitude: 43.56774
Longitude: -116.21089
Elevation: 2867 feet (874 meters)
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