Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 051228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, October 5, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, October 5, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 53.1 F/11.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 599 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 12610 ft MSL (7684 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 60.0 F/16.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 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................. 9771 ft MSL (4845 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 10/06....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:29:08 / 19:03:01 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 33 min 52 sec (693 min 52 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:16:05 MDT... 44.03 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/05/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 8849 ft MSL (3923 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10611 ft MSL (5685 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11610 ft MSL (6684 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.5
K index......................... -3.5
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 -34.2 -29.6 265 26 13 7.8 4.3 30.7 87.3 11.9 M M
24000 -29.6 -21.3 265 23 12 7.7 4.2 29.4 84.9 11.1 M M
22000 -25.0 -13.0 270 21 11 7.7 4.2 27.8 82.0 10.0 M M
20000 -19.7 -3.5 270 21 11 8.0 4.4 26.2 79.2 9.0 M M
18000 -15.0 5.0 275 20 10 7.2 3.9 24.9 76.8 8.1 M M
16000 -11.4 11.5 275 16 8 4.4 2.4 22.5 72.4 6.1 M M
14000 -9.3 15.3 300 13 7 3.5 1.9 18.3 65.0 2.4 M M
12000 -6.7 19.9 330 10 5 6.0 3.3 15.0 59.0 -0.8 556 2.8
10000 -2.8 27.0 355 9 4 7.4 4.1 13.1 55.6 -2.8 380 1.9
9000 -0.6 30.9 355 8 4 7.9 4.3 12.5 54.4 -3.5 285 1.4
8000 1.6 34.9 360 7 4 7.4 4.1 11.8 53.3 -4.3 190 1.0
7000 4.4 39.9 005 5 3 7.1 3.9 11.0 51.8 -5.2 70 0.4
6000 6.4 43.5 030 3 2 5.3 2.9 10.1 50.3 -6.2 M M
5000 5.7 42.3 110 3 1 -40.6 -22.3 6.6 43.9 -9.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/05/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/05/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +37.3 LI... +3.9 | CAPE... +84.7 LI... +2.8
CINH... -3.6 K Index... +7.6 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +4.3
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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 -33.7 -28.7 260 33 17 7.8 4.3 | -33.9 -29.0 250 34 18 7.8 4.3
24000 -29.0 -20.2 260 28 14 7.9 4.3 | -29.2 -20.6 250 30 15 7.6 4.2
22000 -24.3 -11.7 260 25 13 7.9 4.3 | -25.0 -13.0 255 28 14 7.0 3.8
20000 -19.8 -3.6 265 22 12 7.0 3.8 | -20.6 -5.1 260 25 13 7.7 4.2
18000 -15.4 4.3 270 20 11 5.6 3.0 | -15.7 3.7 265 20 10 6.3 3.5
16000 -11.9 10.6 275 16 8 5.6 3.1 | -12.0 10.4 260 15 8 6.5 3.6
14000 -8.9 16.0 270 10 5 4.8 2.6 | -9.0 15.8 255 9 5 4.3 2.3
12000 -6.3 20.7 280 5 3 5.0 2.7 | -6.4 20.5 260 5 2 5.7 3.1
10000 -2.9 26.8 285 6 3 6.4 3.5 | -2.8 27.0 260 4 2 6.5 3.6
9000 -0.9 30.4 280 5 3 7.6 4.2 | -0.7 30.7 255 4 2 7.9 4.3
8000 1.2 34.2 270 4 2 7.1 3.9 | 1.5 34.7 250 4 2 7.9 4.3
7000 3.4 38.1 260 3 1 7.0 3.9 | 3.9 39.0 250 4 2 8.9 4.9
6000 5.6 42.1 250 2 1 7.6 4.2 | 6.4 43.5 265 4 2 10.1 5.6
5000 8.2 46.8 200 2 1 2.7 1.5 | 9.2 48.6 270 4 2 10.4 5.7
10/05/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/05/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +90.1 LI... +2.1 | CAPE... +47.6 LI... +2.1
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +4.6 | CINH... -1.6 K Index... +1.8
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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 -34.3 -29.7 250 36 19 8.3 4.6 | -34.6 -30.3 265 28 14 7.9 4.3
24000 -29.3 -20.7 255 32 16 8.0 4.4 | -29.9 -21.8 265 26 13 7.9 4.3
22000 -24.9 -12.8 260 29 15 7.3 4.0 | -24.7 -12.5 265 24 12 7.6 4.2
20000 -20.5 -4.9 260 26 13 7.4 4.1 | -20.3 -4.5 265 22 11 7.3 4.0
18000 -15.6 3.9 255 21 11 6.8 3.7 | -16.0 3.2 260 19 10 6.6 3.6
16000 -12.1 10.2 250 16 8 6.2 3.4 | -12.3 9.9 255 17 9 6.2 3.4
14000 -8.8 16.2 245 12 6 5.1 2.8 | -8.6 16.5 255 14 7 5.5 3.0
12000 -5.8 21.6 235 7 4 5.9 3.2 | -5.6 21.9 245 9 5 6.3 3.4
10000 -2.1 28.2 245 5 2 6.9 3.8 | -1.7 28.9 260 7 4 6.7 3.7
9000 0.1 32.2 265 5 2 8.2 4.5 | 0.4 32.7 285 6 3 7.6 4.1
8000 2.4 36.3 285 5 3 8.0 4.4 | 2.5 36.5 310 6 3 7.8 4.3
7000 4.8 40.6 300 6 3 8.6 4.7 | 4.8 40.6 330 6 3 7.4 4.1
6000 7.1 44.8 310 7 3 11.3 6.2 | 7.1 44.8 335 6 3 9.9 5.4
5000 10.0 50.0 310 7 3 12.5 6.9 | 10.9 51.6 330 5 3 26.4 14.5
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