Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
919
UXUS97 KSLC 091228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Thursday, October 9, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, October 9, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 72.5 F/22.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1028 ft/min (5.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 14876 ft MSL (9950 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 82.0 F/28.2 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................. 11717 ft MSL (6791 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 10/10....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:33:19 / 18:56:33 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 23 min 14 sec (683 min 14 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:14:56 MDT... 42.52 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/09/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13665 ft MSL (8739 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 11671 ft MSL (6745 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13009 ft MSL (8082 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -3.5
K index......................... +31.1
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 -24.3 -11.7 220 40 21 7.8 4.3 40.7 105.2 10.1 M M
24000 -19.9 -3.8 215 36 19 6.9 3.8 39.1 102.3 9.0 M M
22000 -15.9 3.4 215 33 17 7.0 3.8 37.0 98.6 7.4 M M
20000 -11.2 11.8 215 29 15 7.2 3.9 34.9 94.8 5.6 M M
18000 -7.4 18.7 215 26 14 6.3 3.5 32.8 91.0 3.7 M M
16000 -3.9 25.0 215 21 11 5.4 3.0 30.2 86.4 1.4 M M
14000 -0.6 30.9 210 17 9 5.9 3.3 27.6 81.8 -1.1 757 3.8
12000 3.5 38.3 210 14 7 8.1 4.4 25.9 78.7 -2.8 574 2.9
10000 8.1 46.6 200 14 7 7.6 4.2 24.7 76.5 -4.1 379 1.9
9000 10.2 50.4 190 15 8 7.7 4.2 24.0 75.2 -4.9 285 1.4
8000 12.4 54.3 180 15 8 6.9 3.8 23.3 73.9 -5.8 191 1.0
7000 14.8 58.6 165 15 8 5.9 3.2 22.1 71.8 -7.0 82 0.4
6000 16.4 61.5 160 12 6 4.4 2.4 20.8 69.5 -8.4 5 0.0
5000 16.0 60.8 140 6 3 -38.1 -20.9 17.6 63.7 -11.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/09/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/09/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +0.8 | CAPE... +30.9 LI... -0.6
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +19.7 | CINH... -59.2 K Index... +22.9
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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 -27.9 -18.2 225 44 23 8.4 4.6 | -27.6 -17.7 225 42 21 8.2 4.5
24000 -23.2 -9.8 225 40 20 6.9 3.8 | -22.8 -9.0 220 37 19 7.4 4.1
22000 -19.0 -2.2 225 33 17 6.9 3.8 | -18.4 -1.1 220 33 17 7.5 4.1
20000 -15.1 4.8 225 29 15 6.7 3.7 | -14.6 5.7 215 28 15 6.3 3.5
18000 -10.5 13.1 220 28 14 7.3 4.0 | -10.5 13.1 215 27 14 7.5 4.1
16000 -6.0 21.2 215 31 16 8.5 4.7 | -5.7 21.7 215 28 15 8.3 4.6
14000 -0.6 30.9 215 30 15 9.0 4.9 | -0.7 30.7 210 28 14 8.6 4.7
12000 4.5 40.1 210 28 15 8.5 4.6 | 4.4 39.9 210 26 13 8.5 4.6
10000 9.5 49.1 205 29 15 8.6 4.7 | 9.5 49.1 205 24 13 8.7 4.7
9000 12.2 54.0 205 29 15 9.2 5.1 | 12.2 54.0 200 25 13 9.1 5.0
8000 14.6 58.3 200 26 13 8.6 4.7 | 14.5 58.1 195 24 12 9.1 5.0
7000 16.9 62.4 190 23 12 6.2 3.4 | 17.0 62.6 190 21 11 8.3 4.6
6000 18.6 65.5 175 19 10 5.0 2.8 | 19.4 66.9 185 17 9 9.5 5.2
5000 14.9 58.8 135 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 | 23.5 74.3 175 10 5 38.1 20.9
10/09/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/09/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +277.5 LI... -1.7 | CAPE... +259.5 LI... -1.8
CINH... -9.5 K Index... +27.4 | CINH... -26.0 K Index... +29.2
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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 -26.8 -16.2 230 45 23 7.6 4.2 | -26.2 -15.2 230 50 26 6.7 3.7
24000 -22.2 -8.0 225 37 19 8.1 4.4 | -22.0 -7.6 230 41 21 7.6 4.2
22000 -17.4 0.7 215 32 16 8.4 4.6 | -17.5 0.5 220 35 18 7.7 4.2
20000 -13.8 7.2 215 30 16 5.7 3.1 | -13.6 7.5 215 32 16 6.6 3.6
18000 -10.1 13.8 210 30 15 7.0 3.8 | -9.2 15.4 205 29 15 7.4 4.0
16000 -5.5 22.1 210 27 14 8.4 4.6 | -5.0 23.0 195 23 12 7.2 4.0
14000 -0.6 30.9 205 25 13 8.7 4.8 | -0.2 31.6 185 21 11 9.0 4.9
12000 4.6 40.3 200 22 11 9.3 5.1 | 5.3 41.5 180 18 9 9.4 5.2
10000 10.0 50.0 200 19 10 8.7 4.8 | 10.9 51.6 185 16 8 9.0 4.9
9000 13.0 55.4 195 18 9 10.2 5.6 | 13.8 56.8 185 14 7 10.0 5.5
8000 15.8 60.4 195 17 9 9.9 5.4 | 16.5 61.7 185 13 7 9.6 5.3
7000 18.7 65.7 195 16 8 9.1 5.0 | 19.3 66.7 190 11 6 8.5 4.7
6000 21.6 70.9 195 14 7 9.7 5.3 | 21.9 71.4 195 8 4 8.3 4.6
5000 26.2 79.2 190 9 5 53.3 29.3 | 24.1 75.4 175 2 1 -9.4 -5.2
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