Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 151227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Tuesday, September 15, 2026
This forecast is for Tuesday, September 15, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 75.9 F/24.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 844 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14567 ft MSL (9640 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 82.0 F/28.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1230 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
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................. 9251 ft MSL (4325 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 09/16.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:08:53 / 19:37:01 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 28 min 8 sec (748 min 8 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:22:57 MDT... 51.67 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/15/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14067 ft MSL (9140 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 11635 ft MSL (6708 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12495 ft MSL (7568 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -5.5
K index......................... +30.0
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 -24.5 -12.1 225 61 31 6.9 3.8 39.7 103.5 9.4 M M
24000 -20.4 -4.7 225 56 29 6.9 3.8 37.6 99.7 7.9 M M
22000 -16.4 2.5 225 51 26 6.9 3.8 35.6 96.1 6.3 M M
20000 -12.0 10.4 225 45 23 7.5 4.1 33.9 93.0 4.9 M M
18000 -7.8 18.0 225 38 19 6.9 3.8 32.2 90.0 3.4 M M
16000 -4.0 24.8 225 30 15 6.6 3.6 30.0 86.0 1.4 M M
14000 0.0 32.0 225 22 11 7.5 4.1 28.1 82.6 -0.4 796 4.0
12000 4.6 40.3 220 18 9 8.4 4.6 27.0 80.6 -1.7 599 3.0
10000 9.5 49.1 220 19 10 7.1 3.9 26.2 79.2 -2.7 393 2.0
9000 12.1 53.8 215 21 11 7.5 4.1 25.9 78.7 -3.1 286 1.5
8000 14.7 58.5 205 24 12 6.0 3.3 25.1 77.2 -4.2 171 0.9
7000 16.5 61.7 195 24 12 5.6 3.0 24.0 75.3 -5.4 88 0.4
6000 17.5 63.5 180 21 11 1.9 1.1 22.2 72.0 -7.3 27 0.1
5000 17.1 62.8 155 12 6 1.6 0.9 18.8 65.8 -10.7 10 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/15/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/15/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.2 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.2
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +11.9 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +13.1
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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 -26.0 -14.8 245 53 27 7.1 3.9 | -25.7 -14.3 240 53 27 6.7 3.7
24000 -21.6 -6.9 245 47 24 7.8 4.3 | -21.5 -6.7 240 50 26 7.8 4.3
22000 -16.9 1.6 240 44 23 7.8 4.3 | -16.7 1.9 240 46 24 7.9 4.3
20000 -12.3 9.9 240 39 20 6.7 3.7 | -12.0 10.4 235 38 20 6.9 3.8
18000 -8.5 16.7 235 32 16 6.4 3.5 | -8.2 17.2 230 30 15 6.3 3.5
16000 -4.4 24.1 235 26 13 6.8 3.7 | -4.4 24.1 225 24 12 6.4 3.5
14000 -0.1 31.8 230 24 12 8.2 4.5 | -0.0 32.0 220 22 11 8.2 4.5
12000 4.8 40.6 225 22 11 7.8 4.3 | 5.0 41.0 215 22 12 8.6 4.7
10000 9.1 48.4 205 18 9 5.3 2.9 | 9.6 49.3 205 23 12 4.9 2.7
9000 10.9 51.6 190 15 8 4.8 2.7 | 11.7 53.1 200 21 11 5.6 3.1
8000 12.5 54.5 180 12 6 3.8 2.1 | 13.7 56.7 195 18 9 5.9 3.2
7000 13.6 56.5 170 8 4 2.7 1.5 | 15.5 59.9 190 12 6 7.7 4.2
6000 14.5 58.1 160 4 2 3.8 2.1 | 17.7 63.9 200 6 3 10.0 5.5
5000 15.4 59.7 130 2 1 8.1 4.5 | 20.3 68.5 215 4 2 11.9 6.6
09/15/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/15/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.0
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +14.0 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +21.9
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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 -25.3 -13.5 235 55 28 6.9 3.8 | -25.8 -14.4 235 56 29 7.3 4.0
24000 -21.2 -6.2 235 52 27 6.9 3.8 | -21.5 -6.7 230 51 26 7.1 3.9
22000 -16.5 2.3 240 45 23 7.0 3.9 | -16.7 1.9 230 42 22 7.2 3.9
20000 -11.9 10.6 235 39 20 7.7 4.2 | -12.0 10.4 230 38 19 7.8 4.3
18000 -7.4 18.7 230 35 18 6.8 3.7 | -7.8 18.0 230 35 18 6.8 3.7
16000 -3.9 25.0 220 31 16 6.2 3.4 | -3.7 25.3 225 35 18 7.6 4.2
14000 0.2 32.4 215 27 14 8.1 4.5 | 0.8 33.4 220 31 16 8.6 4.7
12000 5.2 41.4 210 24 13 9.2 5.1 | 6.0 42.8 215 24 12 9.2 5.0
10000 10.5 50.9 210 22 11 7.5 4.1 | 11.5 52.7 210 19 10 7.0 3.8
9000 13.3 55.9 210 20 10 8.6 4.7 | 14.3 57.7 210 16 8 8.3 4.5
8000 16.1 61.0 210 17 9 7.9 4.3 | 16.8 62.2 215 12 6 8.1 4.5
7000 18.3 64.9 220 12 6 8.0 4.4 | 19.2 66.6 215 8 4 6.5 3.6
6000 20.4 68.7 240 8 4 10.3 5.6 | 20.9 69.6 235 3 1 8.3 4.6
5000 23.0 73.4 260 7 3 12.2 6.7 | 24.6 76.3 320 2 1 6.2 3.4
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