Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 301227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Wednesday, September 30, 2026
This forecast is for Wednesday, September 30, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 73.3 F/22.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 247 ft/min (1.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 8709 ft MSL (3784 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 73.0 F/23.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1545 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................. 6407 ft MSL (1481 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 10/01..... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:23:46 / 19:11:40 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 47 min 54 sec (707 min 54 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:17:43 MDT... 46.01 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/30/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15140 ft MSL (10215 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18188 ft MSL (13263 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14010 ft MSL (9085 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.7
K index......................... -4.3
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 -22.8 -9.0 335 30 15 6.6 3.6 42.4 108.4 15.6 M M
24000 -18.8 -1.8 330 29 15 6.6 3.6 40.2 104.3 14.0 M M
22000 -14.4 6.1 335 26 13 6.7 3.7 37.7 99.8 12.3 M M
20000 -10.2 13.6 335 24 12 7.1 3.9 35.7 96.3 10.8 M M
18000 -5.8 21.6 330 22 11 7.5 4.1 34.2 93.5 9.7 M M
16000 -1.6 29.1 320 18 9 6.1 3.4 32.2 89.9 8.3 M M
14000 1.9 35.4 310 14 7 5.3 2.9 29.6 85.3 6.1 M M
12000 4.8 40.6 310 14 7 6.2 3.4 26.7 80.1 3.2 M M
10000 8.5 47.3 320 10 5 7.1 3.9 24.7 76.5 1.1 M M
9000 10.6 51.1 330 6 3 7.5 4.1 23.9 75.0 0.3 M M
8000 12.7 54.9 340 4 2 6.5 3.5 23.1 73.6 -0.5 191 1.0
7000 14.8 58.6 010 2 1 5.0 2.7 21.5 70.8 -2.1 92 0.5
6000 15.5 59.9 125 2 1 1.4 0.8 19.3 66.8 -4.3 42 0.2
5000 12.8 55.0 125 5 3 -99.0 -54.3 13.7 56.7 -10.0 95 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/30/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/30/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.2
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +7.6 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +10.3
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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 -23.4 -10.1 005 19 10 8.0 4.4 | -23.3 -9.9 360 18 9 7.2 3.9
24000 -18.9 -2.0 005 19 10 6.4 3.5 | -19.1 -2.4 005 18 9 6.6 3.6
22000 -14.6 5.7 015 17 9 6.3 3.5 | -14.7 5.5 015 17 9 6.6 3.6
20000 -10.3 13.5 020 14 7 7.4 4.0 | -10.4 13.3 005 15 7 7.2 4.0
18000 -5.8 21.6 015 13 7 7.6 4.2 | -6.1 21.0 355 15 8 7.1 3.9
16000 -2.0 28.4 005 18 9 5.8 3.2 | -2.4 27.7 005 18 9 5.9 3.2
14000 1.1 34.0 010 20 10 5.3 2.9 | 1.0 33.8 015 19 10 6.0 3.3
12000 4.4 39.9 025 18 9 6.0 3.3 | 4.7 40.5 030 16 8 6.5 3.6
10000 7.9 46.2 030 13 7 4.6 2.5 | 8.3 46.9 030 11 6 4.8 2.6
9000 9.6 49.3 025 10 5 5.5 3.0 | 9.9 49.8 020 9 5 5.0 2.8
8000 11.1 52.0 020 9 5 4.6 2.5 | 11.4 52.5 005 8 4 4.1 2.2
7000 12.2 54.0 010 8 4 3.4 1.9 | 13.0 55.4 350 7 4 4.9 2.7
6000 13.1 55.6 355 5 3 0.9 0.5 | 14.4 57.9 325 7 4 8.5 4.6
5000 13.9 57.0 285 1 0 4.4 2.4 | 17.6 63.7 310 7 4 27.9 15.3
09/30/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/30/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +10.0 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +10.6
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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 -23.5 -10.3 340 19 10 7.3 4.0 | -24.1 -11.4 335 22 11 7.3 4.0
24000 -19.2 -2.6 355 18 9 7.0 3.8 | -19.7 -3.5 340 21 11 7.5 4.1
22000 -14.5 5.9 010 18 9 7.0 3.9 | -14.7 5.5 345 20 10 7.5 4.1
20000 -10.1 13.8 015 18 9 7.5 4.1 | -10.3 13.5 355 19 10 7.5 4.1
18000 -5.7 21.7 015 19 10 7.2 3.9 | -5.8 21.6 005 19 10 7.6 4.2
16000 -1.9 28.6 015 19 10 6.0 3.3 | -1.8 28.8 010 20 10 6.4 3.5
14000 1.6 34.9 020 18 9 6.1 3.3 | 1.9 35.4 015 18 9 6.4 3.5
12000 5.3 41.5 025 14 7 6.6 3.6 | 5.7 42.3 025 14 7 6.8 3.8
10000 9.0 48.2 015 10 5 4.8 2.6 | 9.5 49.1 010 11 6 5.3 2.9
9000 10.8 51.4 360 9 5 5.2 2.9 | 11.5 52.7 355 12 6 6.3 3.5
8000 12.5 54.5 345 10 5 4.2 2.3 | 13.3 55.9 350 13 6 6.4 3.5
7000 14.1 57.4 335 10 5 5.7 3.1 | 15.0 59.0 340 11 6 6.8 3.8
6000 15.9 60.6 320 9 5 9.9 5.4 | 16.9 62.4 325 7 4 8.1 4.4
5000 19.5 67.1 310 9 4 28.6 15.7 | 19.3 66.7 305 5 3 16.9 9.3
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