Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 141227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Monday, September 14, 2026
This forecast is for Monday, September 14, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 73.9 F/23.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 248 ft/min (1.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 8643 ft MSL (3719 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 73.0 F/23.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1800 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................. 6805 ft MSL (1881 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 09/15...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:07:54 / 19:38:42 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 30 min 48 sec (750 min 48 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:23:18 MDT... 52.04 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/14/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13801 ft MSL (8877 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 20690 ft MSL (15766 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16524 ft MSL (11599 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +7.5
K index......................... +19.4
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 -24.9 -12.8 250 55 29 7.4 4.0 40.2 104.3 13.7 M M
24000 -20.6 -5.1 250 49 25 6.8 3.7 38.4 101.1 12.6 M M
22000 -16.0 3.2 250 40 21 6.8 3.7 36.0 96.8 10.9 M M
20000 -12.2 10.0 245 34 17 6.3 3.5 33.5 92.3 9.1 M M
18000 -8.7 16.3 240 27 14 5.6 3.1 30.9 87.6 6.9 M M
16000 -5.2 22.6 240 23 12 7.4 4.1 28.5 83.3 4.7 M M
14000 -0.6 30.9 240 23 12 8.7 4.8 27.4 81.4 3.6 M M
12000 4.6 40.3 225 21 11 8.7 4.8 26.8 80.2 3.0 M M
10000 9.3 48.7 215 16 8 4.8 2.7 25.6 78.2 2.0 M M
9000 11.0 51.8 200 11 6 3.8 2.1 24.3 75.7 0.8 M M
8000 12.5 54.5 175 7 4 4.7 2.6 22.6 72.7 -0.7 207 1.1
7000 14.0 57.2 155 4 2 2.6 1.4 20.4 68.7 -2.8 124 0.6
6000 14.9 58.8 130 3 2 2.2 1.2 18.3 64.9 -4.9 69 0.4
5000 10.9 51.6 110 5 3 -99.0 -54.3 11.5 52.8 -11.8 158 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/14/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/14/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.2 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.4
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +1.5 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -2.9
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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 -25.1 -13.2 255 61 31 6.4 3.5 | -25.0 -13.0 255 58 30 6.9 3.8
24000 -21.3 -6.3 255 53 27 5.5 3.0 | -21.0 -5.8 255 51 26 6.0 3.3
22000 -17.6 0.3 260 43 22 5.3 2.9 | -16.9 1.6 255 41 21 5.8 3.2
20000 -13.3 8.1 260 39 20 7.5 4.1 | -12.6 9.3 255 37 19 7.3 4.0
18000 -8.8 16.2 260 38 20 7.4 4.1 | -8.3 17.1 255 35 18 7.1 3.9
16000 -4.9 23.2 255 43 22 7.3 4.0 | -4.5 23.9 255 35 18 6.2 3.4
14000 -0.8 30.6 255 39 20 6.3 3.5 | -1.0 30.2 255 35 18 6.8 3.7
12000 2.7 36.9 260 30 16 3.1 1.7 | 2.8 37.0 255 27 14 4.2 2.3
10000 3.9 39.0 285 17 9 1.8 1.0 | 4.9 40.8 270 14 7 1.5 0.8
9000 4.6 40.3 300 11 6 4.6 2.5 | 5.7 42.3 280 9 4 4.0 2.2
8000 5.9 42.6 320 8 4 6.1 3.3 | 7.0 44.6 295 6 3 7.0 3.9
7000 7.7 45.9 340 7 4 4.6 2.5 | 9.0 48.2 315 6 3 8.9 4.9
6000 9.6 49.3 340 7 3 8.3 4.6 | 11.6 52.9 315 7 3 12.5 6.9
5000 13.9 57.0 335 5 3 44.8 24.6 | 14.6 58.3 315 7 3 14.8 8.1
09/14/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/14/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.1 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.8
CINH... -0.2 K Index... -4.7 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -7.1
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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 -24.9 -12.8 250 58 30 7.8 4.3 | -25.1 -13.2 255 57 29 8.0 4.4
24000 -20.4 -4.7 250 52 27 6.0 3.3 | -20.5 -4.9 255 52 27 6.2 3.4
22000 -16.3 2.7 250 42 22 5.9 3.2 | -16.3 2.7 255 43 22 6.2 3.4
20000 -12.2 10.0 255 36 18 7.1 3.9 | -12.2 10.0 255 37 19 6.9 3.8
18000 -7.8 18.0 255 32 16 7.3 4.0 | -7.9 17.8 255 32 17 7.4 4.0
16000 -4.1 24.6 255 32 16 6.0 3.3 | -3.8 25.2 255 29 15 6.4 3.5
14000 -0.6 30.9 255 31 16 6.6 3.6 | -0.1 31.8 255 26 13 6.6 3.6
12000 3.3 37.9 250 25 13 5.1 2.8 | 3.7 38.7 255 22 11 7.1 3.9
10000 6.2 43.2 250 14 7 3.0 1.7 | 7.4 45.3 250 14 7 4.3 2.3
9000 7.4 45.3 255 9 4 3.8 2.1 | 8.9 48.0 255 9 5 4.5 2.4
8000 8.9 48.0 275 6 3 7.2 3.9 | 10.5 50.9 275 5 3 5.2 2.8
7000 10.9 51.6 305 5 3 8.8 4.8 | 12.2 54.0 320 5 2 7.0 3.8
6000 13.4 56.1 315 6 3 12.2 6.7 | 14.2 57.6 335 6 3 10.4 5.7
5000 19.4 66.9 320 7 4 80.5 44.2 | 18.7 65.7 335 6 3 42.1 23.1
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