Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 131228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, October 13, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, October 13, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 61.4 F/16.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 618 ft/min (3.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14662 ft MSL (9735 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 70.0 F/21.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1500 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 11405 ft MSL (6478 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 10/14...... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:37:34 / 18:50:15 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 12 min 41 sec (672 min 41 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:13:55 MDT... 41.04 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/13/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 10775 ft MSL (5848 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 11511 ft MSL (6584 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12808 ft MSL (7881 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.8
K index......................... +6.5
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 -31.5 -24.7 210 73 38 7.7 4.2 33.6 92.4 9.8 M M
24000 -26.8 -16.2 205 67 35 7.6 4.2 32.2 89.9 8.9 M M
22000 -22.1 -7.8 205 63 32 7.1 3.9 29.9 85.8 7.2 M M
20000 -18.1 -0.6 200 56 29 6.5 3.6 27.7 81.9 5.5 M M
18000 -14.2 6.4 200 49 25 6.2 3.4 25.5 77.9 3.7 M M
16000 -10.6 12.9 205 45 23 6.1 3.3 22.9 73.2 1.5 M M
14000 -7.0 19.4 200 36 19 6.7 3.7 20.5 68.9 -0.7 764 3.9
12000 -2.9 26.8 190 30 16 7.4 4.1 18.8 65.9 -2.5 582 3.0
10000 1.6 34.9 190 28 15 8.1 4.5 17.7 63.8 -3.9 388 2.0
9000 4.0 39.2 185 25 13 8.3 4.6 17.3 63.1 -4.5 286 1.5
8000 6.9 44.4 180 20 10 7.0 3.9 16.5 61.8 -5.3 163 0.8
7000 9.0 48.2 170 17 9 8.0 4.4 15.8 60.4 -6.1 69 0.4
6000 10.9 51.6 160 13 7 6.6 3.6 14.9 58.7 -7.2 M M
5000 10.3 50.5 140 7 4 2.4 1.3 11.4 52.6 -10.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/13/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/13/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +15.9 LI... +1.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +11.1 | CINH... -5.7 K Index... +1.5
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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 -33.5 -28.3 220 57 30 7.3 4.0 | -32.4 -26.3 215 68 35 7.6 4.2
24000 -29.1 -20.4 220 51 26 7.4 4.1 | -27.9 -18.2 215 58 30 7.6 4.2
22000 -25.0 -13.0 215 44 23 6.7 3.7 | -23.9 -11.0 215 53 27 6.4 3.5
20000 -20.3 -4.5 215 40 21 7.2 3.9 | -19.4 -2.9 210 48 25 6.8 3.7
18000 -16.1 3.0 215 39 20 6.7 3.7 | -15.4 4.3 210 42 22 6.4 3.5
16000 -12.1 10.2 210 35 18 6.9 3.8 | -11.5 11.3 210 37 19 6.6 3.6
14000 -7.9 17.8 205 35 18 7.4 4.1 | -7.4 18.7 210 34 17 7.2 4.0
12000 -3.6 25.5 200 33 17 7.9 4.3 | -3.2 26.2 200 27 14 7.5 4.1
10000 1.2 34.2 200 30 15 8.6 4.7 | 1.6 34.9 195 25 13 8.6 4.7
9000 3.8 38.8 195 29 15 9.3 5.1 | 4.1 39.4 190 25 13 8.8 4.8
8000 6.5 43.7 195 27 14 8.2 4.5 | 6.7 44.1 185 24 12 8.6 4.7
7000 8.8 47.8 185 24 12 5.5 3.0 | 9.1 48.4 180 21 11 8.9 4.9
6000 10.1 50.2 165 18 9 2.0 1.1 | 11.7 53.1 180 17 9 9.6 5.3
5000 9.1 48.4 135 8 4 4.2 2.3 | 16.3 61.3 175 11 6 8.4 4.6
10/13/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/13/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +6.4 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... +27.0 LI... -0.3
CINH... -1.1 K Index... +10.4 | CINH... -12.3 K Index... +22.5
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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 -31.4 -24.5 215 72 37 7.1 3.9 | -30.7 -23.3 210 73 38 5.7 3.1
24000 -27.1 -16.8 215 61 31 7.1 3.9 | -27.2 -17.0 210 62 32 5.8 3.2
22000 -22.2 -8.0 210 57 29 7.2 3.9 | -22.1 -7.8 205 58 30 7.8 4.3
20000 -18.4 -1.1 210 54 28 5.8 3.2 | -18.2 -0.8 205 52 27 5.8 3.2
18000 -14.8 5.4 210 50 26 6.6 3.6 | -14.4 6.1 205 44 23 7.4 4.1
16000 -11.3 11.7 205 42 22 6.3 3.5 | -10.3 13.5 200 37 19 6.8 3.7
14000 -7.3 18.9 200 33 17 7.6 4.2 | -6.4 20.5 200 30 16 6.7 3.7
12000 -2.4 27.7 190 25 13 8.6 4.7 | -2.0 28.4 190 24 12 8.3 4.6
10000 2.9 37.2 185 21 11 9.0 4.9 | 3.2 37.8 180 21 11 9.1 5.0
9000 5.6 42.1 185 19 10 9.6 5.2 | 6.0 42.8 175 20 10 9.6 5.3
8000 8.4 47.1 185 18 9 9.7 5.3 | 8.9 48.0 170 19 10 9.5 5.2
7000 11.4 52.5 185 17 9 9.4 5.2 | 11.7 53.1 170 17 9 8.7 4.8
6000 14.2 57.6 185 14 7 9.5 5.2 | 14.4 57.9 170 13 7 8.4 4.6
5000 17.7 63.9 180 12 6 18.7 10.2 | 17.0 62.6 155 7 4 20.4 11.2
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