Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 131228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, September 13, 2026
This forecast is for Sunday, September 13, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 65.1 F/18.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1022 ft/min (5.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18213 ft MSL (13287 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 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................. 14681 ft MSL (9756 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 09/14....... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:06:55 / 19:40:24 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 33 min 28 sec (753 min 28 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:23:40 MDT... 52.41 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/13/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13830 ft MSL (8904 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18308 ft MSL (13382 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18609 ft MSL (13684 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.7
K index......................... +5.6
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 -23.6 -10.5 250 70 36 6.8 3.7 42.2 108.0 8.8 M M
24000 -19.3 -2.7 250 63 32 5.5 3.0 39.5 103.1 6.8 M M
22000 -16.0 3.2 250 55 29 5.4 3.0 36.4 97.5 4.4 M M
20000 -12.4 9.7 255 50 26 6.1 3.4 33.7 92.6 2.1 M M
18000 -9.1 15.6 255 45 23 5.1 2.8 30.9 87.7 -0.3 1005 5.1
16000 -4.9 23.2 255 42 21 8.6 4.7 29.2 84.6 -2.0 820 4.2
14000 -0.5 31.1 250 36 19 7.3 4.0 27.9 82.2 -3.6 629 3.2
12000 3.5 38.3 250 28 14 4.3 2.4 25.9 78.5 -5.5 449 2.3
10000 5.3 41.5 280 16 8 2.3 1.3 21.2 70.2 -9.7 338 1.7
9000 6.1 43.0 295 10 5 5.6 3.1 19.1 66.4 -11.9 283 1.4
8000 8.0 46.4 315 7 3 4.8 2.6 17.5 63.5 -13.8 188 1.0
7000 9.3 48.7 335 8 4 2.4 1.3 15.8 60.5 -15.6 121 0.6
6000 11.0 51.8 340 8 4 6.3 3.5 14.7 58.4 -17.0 40 0.2
5000 11.8 53.2 330 4 2 -24.2 -13.3 12.7 54.8 -19.3 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/13/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/13/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +269.5 LI... -0.6 | CAPE... +196.7 LI... -0.4
CINH... -40.8 K Index... +15.9 | CINH... -6.3 K Index... +19.7
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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 -22.5 -8.5 240 63 32 7.5 4.1 | -22.3 -8.1 235 64 33 7.9 4.3
24000 -18.1 -0.6 240 57 29 7.4 4.0 | -17.8 -0.0 235 60 31 7.2 3.9
22000 -13.7 7.3 235 52 27 7.5 4.1 | -13.5 7.7 230 56 29 7.3 4.0
20000 -9.7 14.5 225 46 24 6.6 3.6 | -9.6 14.7 225 50 26 6.4 3.5
18000 -5.4 22.3 220 38 20 6.2 3.4 | -5.6 21.9 225 42 22 5.9 3.2
16000 -1.8 28.8 220 31 16 6.3 3.5 | -2.1 28.2 220 35 18 5.9 3.2
14000 2.3 36.1 225 27 14 8.0 4.4 | 1.7 35.1 215 30 16 7.7 4.2
12000 7.1 44.8 230 27 14 8.4 4.6 | 6.3 43.3 215 30 16 8.4 4.6
10000 11.7 53.1 225 31 16 7.1 3.9 | 11.2 52.2 210 28 14 8.2 4.5
9000 14.0 57.2 220 31 16 8.2 4.5 | 14.1 57.4 210 27 14 10.0 5.5
8000 16.2 61.2 215 29 15 8.9 4.9 | 17.0 62.6 210 26 13 10.5 5.8
7000 18.4 65.1 205 26 14 8.0 4.4 | 19.8 67.6 210 24 12 10.1 5.6
6000 20.2 68.4 195 24 12 4.8 2.7 | 22.8 73.0 215 22 11 9.5 5.2
5000 22.2 72.0 175 16 8 16.1 8.8 | 27.0 80.6 215 18 9 27.2 14.9
09/13/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/13/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +66.6 LI... -0.2 | CAPE... +8.8 LI... -0.7
CINH... -16.0 K Index... +26.1 | CINH... -11.4 K Index... +26.7
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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 -22.2 -8.0 235 64 33 8.0 4.4 | -22.3 -8.1 230 65 33 7.8 4.3
24000 -17.6 0.3 230 60 31 7.3 4.0 | -17.8 -0.0 230 62 32 6.8 3.7
22000 -13.2 8.2 230 58 30 7.6 4.2 | -13.8 7.2 225 57 30 6.9 3.8
20000 -10.1 13.8 225 50 26 5.0 2.7 | -10.7 12.7 225 50 26 5.2 2.9
18000 -6.6 20.1 220 41 21 6.3 3.5 | -7.0 19.4 215 42 22 6.9 3.8
16000 -2.6 27.3 215 35 18 7.3 4.0 | -2.5 27.5 215 38 19 8.3 4.5
14000 1.9 35.4 210 31 16 8.8 4.8 | 2.8 37.0 210 35 18 9.6 5.3
12000 7.4 45.3 210 30 15 9.6 5.3 | 8.4 47.1 215 32 17 9.5 5.2
10000 12.9 55.2 215 27 14 7.2 4.4 | 13.8 56.8 215 27 14 6.6 3.6
9000 15.8 60.4 215 24 13 8.4 4.6 | 16.3 61.3 220 22 11 6.8 3.7
8000 18.5 65.3 220 22 11 8.3 4.6 | 18.6 65.5 225 16 8 6.0 3.3
7000 21.3 70.3 225 19 10 8.2 4.5 | 20.7 69.3 240 10 5 5.5 3.0
6000 23.7 74.7 240 15 8 11.6 6.3 | 23.0 73.4 265 7 4 7.2 4.0
5000 27.6 81.7 250 11 6 30.6 16.8 | 25.7 78.3 305 6 3 18.1 9.9
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