Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 041228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, October 4, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, October 4, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 52.7 F/11.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 69 ft/min (0.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11186 ft MSL (6259 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 57.0 F/14.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0815 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................. 8234 ft MSL (3307 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 10/05....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:28:06 / 19:04:39 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 36 min 33 sec (696 min 33 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:16:23 MDT... 44.40 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/04/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 8742 ft MSL (3815 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9472 ft MSL (4545 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10272 ft MSL (5345 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.5
K index......................... +8.7
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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26000 -32.5 -26.5 275 34 17 8.6 4.7 32.1 89.8 14.3 M M
24000 -27.3 -17.1 280 29 15 8.2 4.5 31.4 88.5 14.1 M M
22000 -22.6 -8.7 280 24 13 7.9 4.3 29.9 85.8 13.2 M M
20000 -18.4 -1.1 280 22 11 6.3 3.4 27.9 82.2 11.8 M M
18000 -14.9 5.2 275 19 10 4.9 2.7 25.2 77.4 9.8 M M
16000 -11.7 10.9 275 15 8 5.0 2.7 22.2 72.0 7.3 M M
14000 -8.9 16.0 275 13 7 5.2 2.8 19.0 66.2 4.4 M M
12000 -6.0 21.2 280 13 6 4.6 2.5 15.9 60.6 1.5 M M
10000 -2.9 26.8 280 11 6 6.7 3.7 13.2 55.7 -1.3 379 1.9
9000 -0.8 30.6 270 9 5 7.5 4.1 12.4 54.3 -2.1 286 1.5
8000 1.7 35.1 265 6 3 8.7 4.8 11.3 52.4 -3.3 173 0.9
7000 4.1 39.4 250 5 2 8.6 4.7 10.8 51.5 -3.9 72 0.4
6000 6.6 43.9 240 4 2 8.4 4.6 10.5 50.8 -4.3 M M
5000 7.9 46.2 220 3 1 4.8 2.6 9.0 48.1 -6.0 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/04/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/04/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +210.9 LI... 0.0 | CAPE... +116.5 LI... +1.4
CINH... -1.2 K Index... +25.4 | CINH... -1.3 K Index... +23.5
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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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26000 -33.8 -28.8 270 4 2 8.4 4.6 | -33.9 -29.0 325 11 6 8.5 4.7
24000 -28.8 -19.8 240 7 3 8.6 4.7 | -28.8 -19.8 310 12 6 8.6 4.7
22000 -24.1 -11.4 225 10 5 7.8 4.3 | -24.2 -11.6 315 15 8 7.7 4.2
20000 -19.2 -2.6 215 13 7 7.2 3.9 | -19.2 -2.6 310 19 10 7.3 4.0
18000 -15.0 5.0 210 15 8 6.7 3.7 | -15.0 5.0 305 21 11 6.9 3.8
16000 -11.2 11.8 200 17 9 6.6 3.6 | -11.1 12.0 295 21 11 6.1 3.4
14000 -7.4 18.7 200 18 9 6.5 3.5 | -7.7 18.1 280 20 10 5.6 3.1
12000 -3.9 25.0 205 15 8 6.0 3.3 | -4.7 23.5 260 19 10 5.1 2.8
10000 -0.5 31.1 220 9 5 5.6 3.1 | -1.7 28.9 250 18 9 5.3 2.9
9000 1.0 33.8 235 9 5 5.5 3.0 | -0.3 31.5 250 17 9 5.4 3.0
8000 2.6 36.7 245 9 5 5.9 3.2 | 1.0 33.8 250 16 8 6.0 3.3
7000 4.5 40.1 260 9 5 6.6 3.6 | 3.2 37.8 245 12 6 7.2 3.9
6000 6.7 44.1 270 8 4 9.1 5.0 | 5.4 41.7 250 9 4 8.5 4.7
5000 9.9 49.8 270 6 3 2.0 1.1 | 9.0 48.2 245 5 2 5.8 3.2
10/04/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/04/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +106.6 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... +74.6 LI... +2.2
CINH... -2.7 K Index... +23.5 | CINH... -2.5 K Index... +22.1
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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 -33.1 -27.6 310 21 11 8.7 4.8 | -31.2 -24.2 290 26 13 6.2 3.4
24000 -27.9 -18.2 310 21 11 8.7 4.7 | -27.5 -17.5 290 22 11 6.4 3.5
22000 -23.2 -9.8 305 23 12 7.8 4.3 | -23.1 -9.6 290 21 11 7.5 4.1
20000 -18.4 -1.1 300 22 11 6.6 3.6 | -18.3 -0.9 295 21 11 6.8 3.8
18000 -14.8 5.4 300 20 10 5.3 2.9 | -14.4 6.1 295 20 10 6.2 3.4
16000 -11.5 11.3 295 21 11 6.9 3.8 | -10.7 12.7 295 20 10 5.4 3.0
14000 -7.9 17.8 290 23 12 5.5 3.0 | -7.9 17.8 290 21 11 5.0 2.7
12000 -4.7 23.5 280 25 13 5.3 2.9 | -4.8 23.4 290 24 13 5.2 2.9
10000 -1.6 29.1 280 22 12 5.6 3.1 | -1.4 29.5 280 24 12 5.9 3.2
9000 0.1 32.2 280 21 11 6.6 3.6 | 0.2 32.4 280 22 11 6.3 3.5
8000 2.0 35.6 280 19 10 6.7 3.7 | 1.9 35.4 275 19 10 6.6 3.6
7000 4.0 39.2 275 17 9 6.5 3.5 | 4.0 39.2 270 14 7 6.2 3.4
6000 6.2 43.2 275 16 8 8.7 4.8 | 6.0 42.8 260 11 6 8.1 4.5
5000 8.8 47.8 270 11 6 11.3 6.2 | 9.2 48.6 245 5 3 4.1 2.3
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