Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 101228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, October 10, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, October 10, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 69.5 F/20.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 214 ft/min (1.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 12564 ft MSL (7638 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 75.0 F/24.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1230 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................. 8874 ft MSL (3948 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 10/11..... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:34:22 / 18:54:58 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 20 min 35 sec (680 min 35 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:14:40 MDT... 42.15 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/10/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13140 ft MSL (8214 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10556 ft MSL (5630 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11355 ft MSL (6429 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.8
K index......................... +17.6
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 -25.3 -13.5 215 54 28 6.4 3.5 40.1 104.1 12.7 M M
24000 -21.4 -6.5 225 47 24 6.7 3.7 37.7 99.8 11.1 M M
22000 -16.9 1.6 225 37 19 6.7 3.7 35.2 95.3 9.3 M M
20000 -13.1 8.4 225 34 17 6.2 3.4 32.7 90.9 7.4 M M
18000 -9.2 15.4 225 32 16 7.0 3.8 30.6 87.0 5.7 M M
16000 -5.2 22.6 225 29 15 7.0 3.9 28.5 83.4 3.9 M M
14000 -1.5 29.3 225 27 14 6.0 3.3 26.4 79.5 1.9 M M
12000 1.9 35.4 220 24 12 6.8 3.7 24.0 75.2 -0.6 572 2.9
10000 6.2 43.2 215 23 12 7.9 4.3 22.8 73.0 -2.1 382 1.9
9000 8.5 47.3 210 23 12 8.0 4.4 22.3 72.1 -2.8 285 1.4
8000 11.1 52.0 195 26 13 5.6 3.1 21.3 70.4 -3.9 170 0.9
7000 12.5 54.5 185 27 14 2.7 1.5 19.8 67.7 -5.5 99 0.5
6000 13.4 56.1 175 24 12 4.0 2.2 17.9 64.3 -7.5 42 0.2
5000 14.4 57.9 170 14 7 -0.4 -0.2 16.1 61.0 -9.5 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/10/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/10/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +12.8 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +427.8 LI... -2.2
CINH... -111.9 K Index... +29.8 | CINH... -22.5 K Index... +27.9
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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 -24.0 -11.2 220 42 22 7.8 4.3 | -24.2 -11.6 220 46 24 7.5 4.1
24000 -19.6 -3.3 220 38 20 6.8 3.7 | -19.9 -3.8 220 42 22 6.4 3.5
22000 -15.6 3.9 220 34 18 6.9 3.8 | -16.1 3.0 220 37 19 6.5 3.5
20000 -11.7 10.9 215 29 15 6.0 3.3 | -12.0 10.4 215 32 17 6.3 3.5
18000 -8.4 16.9 220 24 12 6.2 3.4 | -8.8 16.2 210 29 15 5.9 3.2
16000 -4.6 23.7 225 21 11 6.6 3.6 | -4.8 23.4 215 25 13 6.9 3.8
14000 -0.6 30.9 225 18 9 6.9 3.8 | -0.7 30.7 215 22 11 6.9 3.8
12000 3.5 38.3 220 16 8 7.0 3.8 | 3.2 37.8 215 19 10 7.0 3.9
10000 7.3 45.1 205 16 8 6.5 3.6 | 7.2 45.0 205 15 8 6.5 3.6
9000 9.2 48.6 190 16 8 6.7 3.7 | 9.4 48.9 200 14 7 7.7 4.2
8000 11.0 51.8 180 15 8 6.5 3.6 | 11.5 52.7 190 14 7 7.4 4.0
7000 12.7 54.9 165 14 7 4.5 2.5 | 13.5 56.3 185 14 7 6.7 3.7
6000 14.1 57.4 155 14 7 4.2 2.3 | 15.4 59.7 180 13 7 9.8 5.4
5000 14.9 58.8 135 5 3 -25.0 -13.7 | 19.2 66.6 175 8 4 27.3 15.0
10/10/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/10/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +618.2 LI... -2.6 | CAPE... +602.4 LI... -2.6
CINH... -3.0 K Index... +26.3 | CINH... -12.0 K Index... +30.0
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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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26000 -24.0 -11.2 225 51 26 8.1 4.5 | -24.1 -11.4 225 49 25 7.0 3.8
24000 -19.4 -2.9 225 48 25 6.3 3.5 | -19.9 -3.8 230 45 23 7.2 4.0
22000 -15.7 3.7 225 41 21 6.3 3.5 | -15.6 3.9 225 41 21 7.4 4.0
20000 -11.4 11.5 220 34 18 6.4 3.5 | -11.7 10.9 225 35 18 6.4 3.5
18000 -7.9 17.8 215 29 15 5.8 3.2 | -7.9 17.8 220 30 16 5.5 3.0
16000 -4.5 23.9 215 27 14 6.8 3.7 | -4.5 23.9 215 27 14 7.1 3.9
14000 -0.3 31.5 220 24 12 7.3 4.0 | -0.6 30.9 210 24 12 7.1 3.9
12000 3.7 38.7 215 21 11 7.0 3.8 | 3.5 38.3 205 23 12 7.5 4.1
10000 7.7 45.9 200 18 9 6.7 3.7 | 8.0 46.4 195 21 11 7.6 4.2
9000 10.1 50.2 190 17 9 7.9 4.3 | 10.6 51.1 195 21 11 9.1 5.0
8000 12.5 54.5 185 15 8 8.5 4.7 | 13.1 55.6 190 20 10 9.8 5.4
7000 15.1 59.2 180 15 8 9.2 5.0 | 15.7 60.3 185 19 10 9.3 5.1
6000 17.7 63.9 180 14 7 10.3 5.7 | 18.3 64.9 185 17 9 9.4 5.1
5000 22.5 72.5 180 10 5 50.8 27.9 | 21.0 69.8 180 8 4 8.7 4.8
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