Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 071228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Tuesday, October 7, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, October 7, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 69.4 F/20.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 159 ft/min (0.8 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7687 ft MSL (2764 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 67.0 F/19.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
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................. 6055 ft MSL (1132 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 10/08.... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:31:13 / 18:59:46 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 28 min 33 sec (688 min 33 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:15:29 MDT... 43.27 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/07/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13048 ft MSL (8125 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17552 ft MSL (12629 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13903 ft MSL (8980 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +6.1
K index......................... +1.0
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 -28.4 -19.1 245 35 18 8.3 4.5 36.4 97.5 13.4 M M
24000 -23.4 -10.1 245 31 16 8.1 4.4 35.3 95.6 12.8 M M
22000 -18.0 -0.4 240 27 14 8.2 4.5 34.0 93.2 12.1 M M
20000 -13.6 7.5 240 27 14 7.2 3.9 32.2 90.0 10.8 M M
18000 -9.8 14.4 235 28 14 5.5 3.0 29.9 85.9 9.1 M M
16000 -6.0 21.2 235 29 15 6.6 3.6 27.7 81.8 7.2 M M
14000 -1.9 28.6 235 28 15 6.1 3.3 25.8 78.4 5.6 M M
12000 2.0 35.6 230 27 14 6.7 3.7 23.6 74.5 3.7 M M
10000 6.1 43.0 215 21 11 8.1 4.4 22.1 71.8 2.0 M M
9000 8.4 47.1 210 17 9 6.4 3.5 21.6 70.8 1.4 M M
8000 10.5 50.9 200 14 7 4.7 2.6 20.7 69.3 0.6 M M
7000 12.2 54.0 190 10 5 4.0 2.2 18.7 65.7 -1.4 106 0.5
6000 13.2 55.8 165 7 4 2.6 1.4 16.8 62.3 -3.3 45 0.2
5000 7.6 45.7 115 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 8.5 47.3 -11.8 183 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/07/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/07/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.2
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -16.8 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -14.8
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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 -28.2 -18.8 080 11 6 8.1 4.4 | -28.2 -18.8 115 9 5 8.2 4.5
24000 -23.4 -10.1 070 9 4 7.6 4.2 | -23.4 -10.1 105 7 3 7.6 4.2
22000 -18.8 -1.8 070 9 5 7.6 4.2 | -18.9 -2.0 100 8 4 7.6 4.2
20000 -13.7 7.3 075 10 5 7.6 4.2 | -13.7 7.3 100 9 5 7.8 4.3
18000 -9.1 15.6 075 11 6 7.6 4.2 | -9.0 15.8 100 11 6 7.6 4.1
16000 -5.1 22.8 070 9 5 5.8 3.2 | -5.1 22.8 105 10 5 5.5 3.0
14000 -2.3 27.9 105 4 2 4.2 2.3 | -2.2 28.0 140 8 4 4.3 2.4
12000 0.4 32.7 185 6 3 4.1 2.2 | 0.5 32.9 180 11 6 4.7 2.6
10000 2.5 36.5 180 9 5 4.5 2.5 | 3.5 38.3 180 12 6 5.5 3.0
9000 3.8 38.8 160 7 4 6.0 3.3 | 5.1 41.2 170 10 5 5.3 2.9
8000 5.5 41.9 140 5 3 4.8 2.6 | 6.7 44.1 160 7 3 5.2 2.8
7000 7.1 44.8 130 4 2 4.7 2.6 | 8.2 46.8 155 3 1 7.3 4.0
6000 8.7 47.7 125 3 2 4.7 2.6 | 10.1 50.2 000 0 0 10.2 5.6
5000 9.1 48.4 115 3 2 -5.8 -3.2 | 12.5 54.5 290 2 1 13.9 7.6
10/07/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/07/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.6
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -13.8 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -5.7
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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 -28.5 -19.3 150 7 3 8.5 4.7 | -28.6 -19.5 175 6 3 8.2 4.5
24000 -23.4 -10.1 160 6 3 7.9 4.3 | -23.7 -10.7 200 7 4 8.1 4.5
22000 -18.7 -1.7 160 7 3 7.9 4.3 | -18.8 -1.8 215 10 5 8.1 4.5
20000 -13.5 7.7 155 8 4 7.7 4.2 | -13.4 7.9 210 10 5 8.1 4.4
18000 -8.9 16.0 150 10 5 7.5 4.1 | -8.9 16.0 200 11 5 6.7 3.7
16000 -5.1 22.8 160 11 5 5.2 2.8 | -5.8 21.6 200 14 7 5.1 2.8
14000 -2.2 28.0 180 12 6 5.4 3.0 | -2.3 27.9 200 18 9 7.3 4.0
12000 1.0 33.8 180 15 8 5.8 3.2 | 1.7 35.1 195 19 10 7.0 3.8
10000 4.8 40.6 175 15 8 7.1 3.9 | 5.9 42.6 185 17 9 7.1 3.9
9000 6.8 44.2 170 12 6 5.9 3.2 | 8.1 46.6 180 13 7 6.7 3.7
8000 8.6 47.5 170 6 3 6.1 3.3 | 10.0 50.0 175 8 4 5.8 3.2
7000 10.1 50.2 165 1 0 6.5 3.6 | 11.5 52.7 140 2 1 4.8 2.6
6000 11.8 53.2 330 3 1 10.3 5.7 | 12.4 54.3 005 3 2 5.3 2.9
5000 16.3 61.3 320 5 3 45.2 24.8 | 14.8 58.6 335 4 2 6.6 3.6
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