Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Thursday, October 1, 2026
This forecast is for Thursday, October 1, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 78.3 F/25.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 302 ft/min (1.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9302 ft MSL (4376 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 79.0 F/26.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1745 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................. 6817 ft MSL (1891 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 10/02....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:24:47 / 19:10:00 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 45 min 13 sec (705 min 13 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:17:24 MDT... 45.63 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/01/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15983 ft MSL (11057 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19168 ft MSL (14242 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15730 ft MSL (10804 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.1
K index......................... -1.7
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 -23.4 -10.1 270 27 14 8.1 4.5 41.1 106.1 11.9 M M
24000 -18.8 -1.8 275 26 13 7.1 3.9 39.7 103.4 11.0 M M
22000 -14.6 5.7 275 24 12 7.1 3.9 37.8 100.0 9.6 M M
20000 -9.4 15.1 280 20 10 7.8 4.3 36.1 97.0 8.4 M M
18000 -4.6 23.7 280 17 9 8.0 4.4 35.0 95.0 7.6 M M
16000 0.0 32.0 280 16 8 7.7 4.2 33.7 92.6 6.6 M M
14000 4.1 39.4 275 15 8 6.5 3.6 31.7 89.1 4.9 M M
12000 7.8 46.0 275 12 6 6.5 3.6 29.6 85.4 2.9 M M
10000 11.6 52.9 260 7 4 6.0 3.3 27.5 81.5 0.9 M M
9000 13.4 56.1 235 5 3 6.9 3.8 26.5 79.7 -0.2 283 1.4
8000 15.2 59.4 210 6 3 6.4 3.5 25.4 77.7 -1.4 201 1.0
7000 17.3 63.1 190 7 3 5.8 3.2 24.1 75.3 -2.9 101 0.5
6000 18.7 65.7 170 7 4 1.2 0.7 22.5 72.6 -4.4 28 0.1
5000 13.3 55.9 120 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 14.2 57.6 -12.8 162 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/01/2026 at 0900 MDT | 10/01/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.5
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -2.6 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -3.8
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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 -23.4 -10.1 335 25 13 7.2 3.9 | -23.5 -10.3 325 24 13 7.4 4.1
24000 -19.1 -2.4 340 23 12 7.0 3.8 | -19.2 -2.6 335 21 11 7.0 3.8
22000 -14.5 5.9 350 21 11 7.3 4.0 | -14.5 5.9 350 18 9 7.6 4.2
20000 -9.9 14.2 350 20 10 7.7 4.2 | -9.5 14.9 360 15 8 8.2 4.5
18000 -5.1 22.8 350 18 9 7.6 4.2 | -4.6 23.7 010 13 7 7.9 4.3
16000 -1.0 30.2 340 14 7 6.4 3.5 | -0.3 31.5 350 10 5 6.5 3.6
14000 3.0 37.4 330 11 6 6.0 3.3 | 3.3 37.9 330 9 5 6.0 3.3
12000 5.5 41.9 320 12 6 3.9 2.1 | 6.2 43.2 320 9 4 3.4 1.9
10000 8.3 46.9 315 11 6 6.2 3.4 | 8.6 47.5 310 8 4 6.2 3.4
9000 10.3 50.5 315 8 4 6.9 3.8 | 10.4 50.7 305 6 3 6.9 3.8
8000 12.3 54.1 320 5 3 6.9 3.8 | 12.4 54.3 300 4 2 7.1 3.9
7000 14.2 57.6 320 3 2 6.3 3.5 | 14.5 58.1 285 2 1 8.6 4.7
6000 15.4 59.7 290 1 0 3.9 2.1 | 16.7 62.1 275 3 1 10.2 5.6
5000 16.3 61.3 160 2 1 6.4 3.5 | 21.5 70.7 285 3 2 62.7 34.4
10/01/2026 at 1500 MDT | 10/01/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -3.2 | CINH... -0.1 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 -23.5 -10.3 315 24 12 7.3 4.0 | -23.6 -10.5 310 24 13 7.3 4.0
24000 -19.2 -2.6 320 20 10 7.3 4.0 | -19.2 -2.6 305 21 11 7.4 4.1
22000 -14.3 6.3 330 16 8 7.7 4.2 | -14.2 6.4 310 19 10 7.8 4.3
20000 -9.5 14.9 325 13 7 8.0 4.4 | -9.4 15.1 305 17 9 8.0 4.4
18000 -4.6 23.7 320 10 5 8.2 4.5 | -4.5 23.9 300 16 8 8.1 4.5
16000 0.1 32.2 320 9 5 7.2 3.9 | 0.2 32.4 300 13 7 7.5 4.1
14000 3.8 38.8 315 8 4 5.4 3.0 | 4.3 39.7 300 9 5 6.1 3.4
12000 6.9 44.4 305 6 3 4.8 2.6 | 7.8 46.0 290 5 3 5.9 3.2
10000 9.7 49.5 280 5 2 5.4 3.0 | 11.1 52.0 265 5 3 6.0 3.3
9000 11.4 52.5 275 4 2 7.2 4.0 | 12.8 55.0 260 5 3 6.4 3.5
8000 13.5 56.3 280 5 2 8.2 4.5 | 14.5 58.1 270 4 2 6.8 3.7
7000 15.9 60.6 290 5 2 9.1 5.0 | 16.5 61.7 300 4 2 7.2 4.0
6000 18.4 65.1 300 5 3 11.2 6.2 | 18.6 65.5 330 4 2 9.8 5.4
5000 21.2 70.2 305 5 3 13.2 7.3 | 22.2 72.0 340 4 2 24.1 13.2
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