Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 261227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Saturday, September 26, 2026
This forecast is for Saturday, September 26, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 74.8 F/23.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 916 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 15168 ft MSL (10240 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 81.0 F/27.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1200 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................. 10421 ft MSL (5493 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 09/27....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:19:45 / 19:18:23 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 58 min 38 sec (718 min 38 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:19:04 MDT... 47.53 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/26/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13235 ft MSL (8307 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14587 ft MSL (9659 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15005 ft MSL (10077 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.8
K index......................... +17.7
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 -26.6 -15.9 235 39 20 8.0 4.4 38.0 100.4 8.5 M M
24000 -21.9 -7.4 235 38 20 7.6 4.1 36.7 98.1 7.7 M M
22000 -16.8 1.8 235 39 20 7.6 4.1 34.9 94.9 6.4 M M
20000 -12.3 9.9 230 36 19 7.4 4.1 33.2 91.8 5.1 M M
18000 -8.2 17.2 230 32 16 6.3 3.5 31.3 88.3 3.5 M M
16000 -4.9 23.2 225 28 14 6.3 3.4 28.5 83.4 1.0 M M
14000 -1.5 29.3 215 24 12 7.0 3.9 26.1 79.0 -1.5 824 4.2
12000 3.2 37.8 215 22 11 9.2 5.0 25.3 77.5 -2.7 624 3.2
10000 8.6 47.5 215 22 11 7.6 4.2 24.8 76.7 -3.2 403 2.0
9000 11.4 52.5 215 22 11 9.0 4.9 24.8 76.7 -3.2 288 1.5
8000 14.9 58.8 210 21 11 9.0 5.0 24.7 76.4 -3.5 148 0.8
7000 17.1 62.8 205 19 10 7.6 4.1 24.0 75.3 -4.2 50 0.3
6000 18.8 65.8 180 16 8 3.4 1.9 22.7 72.9 -5.5 M M
5000 16.5 61.7 145 8 4 -4.0 -2.2 17.6 63.6 -10.7 9 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/26/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/26/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.1 | CAPE... +0.7 LI... +1.2
CINH... -10.9 K Index... +22.2 | CINH... -1.9 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 -27.2 -17.0 255 37 19 7.9 4.3 | -26.4 -15.5 250 35 18 7.8 4.3
24000 -22.6 -8.7 255 35 18 7.4 4.1 | -21.8 -7.2 245 33 17 7.7 4.2
22000 -18.2 -0.8 255 32 16 7.5 4.1 | -17.2 1.0 250 32 16 7.8 4.3
20000 -14.3 6.3 255 27 14 6.4 3.5 | -13.0 8.6 245 27 14 6.2 3.4
18000 -10.3 13.5 245 23 12 6.4 3.5 | -9.4 15.1 240 23 12 6.1 3.3
16000 -6.2 20.8 230 23 12 7.3 4.0 | -5.9 21.4 225 23 12 6.5 3.6
14000 -1.3 29.7 235 22 11 9.0 4.9 | -1.6 29.1 215 23 12 8.8 4.8
12000 4.1 39.4 240 18 9 8.5 4.7 | 3.7 38.7 220 21 11 8.3 4.5
10000 8.7 47.7 230 11 5 5.7 3.1 | 8.5 47.3 210 17 9 7.4 4.1
9000 10.7 51.3 215 8 4 6.4 3.5 | 11.0 51.8 205 14 7 7.7 4.2
8000 12.5 54.5 200 7 3 6.1 3.3 | 13.3 55.9 195 13 7 7.6 4.1
7000 14.0 57.2 185 7 4 3.9 2.1 | 15.5 59.9 195 11 5 7.2 4.0
6000 14.9 58.8 185 6 3 3.4 1.9 | 17.5 63.5 200 8 4 9.5 5.2
5000 16.0 60.8 180 4 2 9.3 5.1 | 22.8 73.0 225 5 3 75.4 41.4
09/26/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/26/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +14.1 LI... +0.4 | CAPE... +12.0 LI... +0.3
CINH... -15.5 K Index... +22.9 | CINH... -39.0 K Index... +23.8
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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 -26.0 -14.8 245 40 21 7.5 4.1 | -26.1 -15.0 250 36 19 7.2 4.0
24000 -21.6 -6.9 240 35 18 7.1 3.9 | -21.8 -7.2 245 34 17 7.3 4.0
22000 -17.3 0.9 235 31 16 7.1 3.9 | -17.4 0.7 240 33 17 7.4 4.0
20000 -12.8 9.0 235 28 15 6.8 3.7 | -12.8 9.0 235 30 16 6.8 3.7
18000 -8.8 16.2 230 26 13 6.5 3.6 | -9.1 15.6 230 28 14 6.1 3.4
16000 -5.3 22.5 220 25 13 5.8 3.2 | -5.3 22.5 225 26 13 7.2 3.9
14000 -1.3 29.7 210 23 12 8.9 4.9 | -0.6 30.9 215 23 12 9.2 5.0
12000 4.1 39.4 215 21 11 9.4 5.2 | 4.9 40.8 210 20 10 9.6 5.2
10000 9.7 49.5 215 19 10 9.1 5.0 | 10.5 50.9 210 18 9 7.6 4.2
9000 12.5 54.5 215 17 9 9.6 5.3 | 13.4 56.1 210 16 8 8.9 4.9
8000 15.1 59.2 215 15 8 8.7 4.8 | 16.0 60.8 210 13 7 8.8 4.8
7000 17.5 63.5 225 11 6 8.0 4.4 | 18.5 65.3 210 9 5 7.7 4.2
6000 19.7 67.5 240 8 4 9.6 5.3 | 20.6 69.1 210 5 2 8.7 4.8
5000 24.9 76.8 270 6 3 76.3 41.9 | 24.2 75.6 260 2 1 5.3 2.9
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