Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 021227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Friday, October 2, 2026
This forecast is for Friday, October 2, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 81.4 F/27.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 465 ft/min (2.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10800 ft MSL (5874 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 83.0 F/28.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1345 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................. 6549 ft MSL (1623 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 10/03..... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:25:49 / 19:08:21 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 42 min 32 sec (702 min 32 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:17:05 MDT... 45.25 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/02/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14879 ft MSL (9953 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18018 ft MSL (13092 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16379 ft MSL (11453 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.1
K index......................... +22.0
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 -24.6 -12.3 285 27 14 7.5 4.1 39.2 102.6 8.5 M M
24000 -20.0 -4.0 290 26 14 8.0 4.4 37.8 100.0 7.5 M M
22000 -15.2 4.6 295 25 13 7.9 4.3 36.6 97.9 6.7 M M
20000 -10.4 13.3 295 22 11 7.9 4.3 35.2 95.3 5.8 M M
18000 -6.5 20.3 295 21 11 5.4 3.0 33.0 91.4 4.0 M M
16000 -2.9 26.8 285 20 10 8.1 4.4 30.8 87.4 1.7 M M
14000 2.3 36.1 270 15 8 9.1 5.0 30.2 86.3 1.0 M M
12000 7.5 45.5 255 13 7 8.7 4.8 29.6 85.3 0.5 M M
10000 12.6 54.7 250 10 5 8.3 4.5 28.9 84.0 -0.3 390 2.0
9000 15.0 59.0 250 8 4 8.2 4.5 28.4 83.1 -0.8 288 1.5
8000 17.8 64.0 235 6 3 7.1 3.9 27.5 81.5 -1.6 167 0.8
7000 19.8 67.6 210 6 3 6.6 3.6 26.6 79.8 -2.6 77 0.4
6000 21.1 70.0 180 6 3 0.9 0.5 24.9 76.8 -4.3 10 0.1
5000 16.1 61.0 120 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 17.1 62.7 -12.2 130 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/02/2026 at 0900 MDT | 10/02/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.3
CINH... -0.3 K Index... +1.7 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +3.1
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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 -24.5 -12.1 275 29 15 7.9 4.3 | -24.8 -12.6 275 26 14 7.2 4.0
24000 -19.9 -3.8 280 28 14 7.4 4.1 | -20.3 -4.5 280 24 12 7.9 4.3
22000 -15.5 4.1 285 24 13 7.7 4.2 | -15.6 3.9 280 21 11 8.1 4.4
20000 -10.4 13.3 285 23 12 8.7 4.7 | -10.4 13.3 275 21 11 8.7 4.8
18000 -4.6 23.7 280 21 11 8.2 4.5 | -4.7 23.5 275 21 11 8.1 4.5
16000 0.2 32.4 275 19 10 7.7 4.2 | -0.0 32.0 270 20 10 7.5 4.1
14000 3.6 38.5 275 17 9 4.9 2.7 | 3.4 38.1 265 18 9 5.2 2.9
12000 6.7 44.1 270 13 7 7.1 3.9 | 6.9 44.4 260 14 7 7.5 4.1
10000 11.0 51.8 250 8 4 7.0 3.8 | 11.4 52.5 240 11 5 6.8 3.7
9000 13.1 55.6 230 7 4 6.8 3.7 | 13.6 56.5 225 10 5 6.8 3.7
8000 15.1 59.2 215 7 4 5.9 3.2 | 15.6 60.1 215 9 5 7.2 3.9
7000 16.9 62.4 200 8 4 5.8 3.2 | 17.8 64.0 205 9 4 7.8 4.3
6000 18.4 65.1 180 9 5 4.5 2.5 | 20.2 68.4 200 8 4 9.8 5.4
5000 16.8 62.2 135 6 3 -55.5 -30.5 | 23.0 73.4 205 6 3 12.1 6.6
10/02/2026 at 1500 MDT | 10/02/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +3.5 LI... +2.7 | CAPE... +23.1 LI... +2.0
CINH... -48.9 K Index... +6.0 | CINH... -58.8 K Index... +9.5
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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 -25.0 -13.0 275 23 12 7.5 4.1 | -24.7 -12.5 275 23 12 7.6 4.1
24000 -20.4 -4.7 275 21 11 8.0 4.4 | -20.2 -4.4 270 21 11 7.7 4.2
22000 -15.6 3.9 270 21 11 8.2 4.5 | -15.6 3.9 265 22 12 7.9 4.3
20000 -10.5 13.1 270 22 11 8.6 4.7 | -10.7 12.7 265 23 12 8.3 4.5
18000 -4.9 23.2 265 22 12 7.9 4.3 | -5.3 22.5 270 23 12 7.6 4.1
16000 -0.3 31.5 270 22 11 7.6 4.1 | -0.8 30.6 280 21 11 7.6 4.2
14000 3.6 38.5 270 20 10 6.4 3.5 | 3.6 38.5 290 20 10 7.6 4.2
12000 7.5 45.5 260 17 9 7.5 4.1 | 8.1 46.6 285 16 8 7.8 4.3
10000 12.1 53.8 240 12 6 7.6 4.2 | 12.9 55.2 255 13 7 8.1 4.5
9000 14.6 58.3 225 10 5 8.8 4.8 | 15.6 60.1 245 11 5 9.4 5.2
8000 17.1 62.8 220 9 4 8.6 4.7 | 18.1 64.6 235 8 4 8.8 4.9
7000 19.7 67.5 220 6 3 9.4 5.1 | 20.6 69.1 235 5 3 7.9 4.3
6000 22.5 72.5 225 5 3 10.1 5.5 | 22.7 72.9 260 2 1 9.3 5.1
5000 27.6 81.7 250 3 2 65.0 35.7 | 25.9 78.6 325 2 1 19.0 10.4
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