Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 141228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Tuesday, October 14, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, October 14, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 56.9 F/13.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 872 ft/min (4.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17478 ft MSL (12552 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 71.0 F/22.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1500 MDT
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................. 14896 ft MSL (9970 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 10/15.... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:38:39 / 18:48:43 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 10 min 4 sec (670 min 4 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:13:41 MDT... 40.67 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/14/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 9654 ft MSL (4728 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9817 ft MSL (4891 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12832 ft MSL (7905 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.6
K index......................... +24.0
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 -31.0 -23.8 195 103 53 5.1 2.8 34.8 94.7 10.3 M M
24000 -27.5 -17.5 195 86 44 5.5 3.0 31.1 87.9 7.6 M M
22000 -24.0 -11.2 195 73 38 5.9 3.2 28.1 82.6 5.3 M M
20000 -20.6 -5.1 195 56 29 5.6 3.1 25.2 77.4 3.0 M M
18000 -17.2 1.0 195 38 20 6.0 3.3 22.5 72.5 0.6 M M
16000 -13.9 7.0 190 32 16 6.7 3.7 19.8 67.6 -2.0 955 4.9
14000 -9.6 14.7 180 30 15 8.0 4.4 18.2 64.8 -3.6 767 3.9
12000 -4.6 23.7 170 25 13 7.8 4.3 17.3 63.1 -4.6 560 2.8
10000 -0.9 30.4 170 16 8 7.0 3.8 15.3 59.5 -6.8 388 2.0
9000 1.5 34.7 170 10 5 9.0 5.0 14.8 58.6 -7.4 288 1.5
8000 4.6 40.3 180 6 3 9.2 5.0 14.3 57.8 -8.0 156 0.8
7000 7.2 45.0 185 4 2 9.5 5.2 14.0 57.1 -8.5 51 0.3
6000 9.5 49.1 185 2 1 8.3 4.5 13.5 56.3 -9.1 M M
5000 10.4 50.7 120 1 0 6.9 3.8 11.7 53.0 -11.2 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/14/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/14/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +48.8 LI... +0.8 | CAPE... +57.9 LI... +0.6
CINH... -57.2 K Index... +6.0 | CINH... -5.5 K Index... +3.4
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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 -31.5 -24.7 210 77 40 7.1 3.9 | -31.0 -23.8 205 79 41 6.8 3.8
24000 -27.2 -17.0 210 66 34 7.2 3.9 | -26.9 -16.4 205 70 36 7.0 3.8
22000 -22.8 -9.0 205 60 31 7.4 4.1 | -22.1 -7.8 200 64 33 7.2 4.0
20000 -18.3 -0.9 205 56 29 6.1 3.3 | -18.2 -0.8 200 59 31 6.1 3.4
18000 -14.8 5.4 205 53 27 5.7 3.1 | -14.5 5.9 200 55 28 6.1 3.4
16000 -11.3 11.7 205 47 24 6.4 3.5 | -10.7 12.7 200 49 25 5.6 3.0
14000 -7.4 18.7 205 39 20 6.7 3.7 | -6.9 19.6 195 41 21 6.7 3.7
12000 -3.6 25.5 200 32 17 7.1 3.9 | -2.8 27.0 190 30 16 7.6 4.2
10000 1.1 34.0 190 24 12 8.3 4.6 | 1.9 35.4 175 21 11 7.7 4.2
9000 3.7 38.7 190 21 11 9.5 5.2 | 4.2 39.6 170 18 9 9.0 4.9
8000 6.3 43.3 185 20 10 9.3 5.1 | 6.7 44.1 170 16 8 9.2 5.1
7000 8.9 48.0 185 18 9 8.7 4.8 | 9.4 48.9 170 13 7 9.6 5.3
6000 11.2 52.2 175 15 8 5.6 3.1 | 12.2 54.0 170 12 6 9.7 5.3
5000 11.8 53.2 155 9 5 -7.3 -4.0 | 16.6 61.9 170 7 4 8.4 4.6
10/14/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/14/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +2.9 LI... +2.0 | CAPE... +119.4 LI... -0.4
CINH... -2.6 K Index... +13.3 | CINH... -20.2 K Index... +24.6
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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 -30.4 -22.7 205 86 44 6.7 3.7 | -30.5 -22.9 205 90 47 6.0 3.3
24000 -26.4 -15.5 205 76 39 6.8 3.7 | -26.9 -16.4 205 79 41 6.2 3.4
22000 -21.9 -7.4 205 66 34 6.8 3.7 | -22.7 -8.9 205 67 35 6.4 3.5
20000 -17.9 -0.2 200 60 31 6.5 3.6 | -18.8 -1.8 200 56 29 6.4 3.5
18000 -14.2 6.4 200 54 28 5.6 3.1 | -15.0 5.0 190 46 24 6.8 3.7
16000 -10.7 12.7 195 46 24 6.2 3.4 | -10.9 12.4 185 39 20 6.8 3.8
14000 -6.8 19.8 185 36 19 7.7 4.2 | -6.8 19.8 185 31 16 7.4 4.1
12000 -2.1 28.2 180 29 15 8.3 4.5 | -2.1 28.2 180 24 12 8.6 4.7
10000 3.1 37.6 180 22 11 8.2 4.5 | 3.3 37.9 180 17 9 8.5 4.6
9000 5.7 42.3 180 19 10 9.8 5.4 | 6.0 42.8 185 14 7 9.7 5.3
8000 8.6 47.5 180 17 9 9.9 5.5 | 8.8 47.8 190 10 5 9.4 5.1
7000 11.4 52.5 185 15 8 9.6 5.3 | 11.5 52.7 195 6 3 9.0 4.9
6000 14.3 57.7 185 13 7 9.6 5.3 | 14.1 57.4 240 2 1 8.3 4.6
5000 17.7 63.9 190 9 5 18.9 10.4 | 16.5 61.7 355 2 1 5.7 3.1
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