Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 111228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, October 11, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, October 11, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 47.0 F/8.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1020 ft/min (5.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21946 ft MSL (17019 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 74.0 F/23.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1500 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 20284 ft MSL (15357 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 10/12....... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:35:26 / 18:53:23 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 17 min 57 sec (677 min 57 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:14:24 MDT... 41.78 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/11/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 7552 ft MSL (2625 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9550 ft MSL (4623 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15486 ft MSL (10559 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -3.4
K index......................... -0.0
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 -33.1 -27.6 260 64 33 3.8 2.1 33.6 92.5 8.1 M M
24000 -30.6 -23.1 275 53 27 3.8 2.1 28.5 83.4 4.2 M M
22000 -28.9 -20.0 280 47 24 2.5 1.4 23.3 73.9 -0.0 1419 7.2
20000 -26.4 -15.5 275 43 22 6.6 3.6 19.4 66.9 -3.3 1282 6.5
18000 -22.4 -8.3 275 41 21 6.8 3.8 17.3 63.1 -5.3 1104 5.6
16000 -18.2 -0.8 275 37 19 7.3 4.0 15.4 59.6 -7.1 920 4.7
14000 -13.8 7.2 280 32 17 7.0 3.8 13.8 56.8 -8.7 728 3.7
12000 -10.5 13.1 285 23 12 5.3 2.9 11.1 52.1 -11.5 570 2.9
10000 -6.4 20.5 290 17 9 7.8 4.3 9.4 48.9 -13.6 389 2.0
9000 -4.1 24.6 290 15 8 9.2 5.0 8.9 48.0 -14.3 289 1.5
8000 -0.8 30.6 285 11 6 8.3 4.6 8.5 47.4 -14.9 154 0.8
7000 1.5 34.7 265 8 4 8.3 4.6 8.0 46.4 -15.6 54 0.3
6000 4.0 39.2 250 5 3 7.6 4.2 7.6 45.6 -16.3 M M
5000 5.2 41.4 210 2 1 8.4 4.6 6.1 43.0 -18.2 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/11/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/11/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +234.7 LI... -1.1 | CAPE... +623.4 LI... -2.5
CINH... -63.2 K Index... +18.7 | CINH... -3.1 K Index... +21.5
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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 -26.2 -15.2 215 48 25 6.9 3.8 | -27.5 -17.5 220 51 26 7.4 4.1
24000 -22.0 -7.6 215 41 21 7.3 4.0 | -23.0 -9.4 225 46 24 7.7 4.2
22000 -17.6 0.3 225 38 20 7.3 4.0 | -18.4 -1.1 225 43 22 7.7 4.3
20000 -12.9 8.8 225 35 18 6.9 3.8 | -13.7 7.3 220 40 20 6.7 3.7
18000 -8.8 16.2 230 31 16 6.6 3.6 | -9.8 14.4 220 37 19 6.5 3.5
16000 -5.2 22.6 230 29 15 5.8 3.2 | -5.8 21.6 225 34 18 6.7 3.6
14000 -1.9 28.6 230 27 14 6.4 3.5 | -2.4 27.7 220 33 17 5.6 3.1
12000 1.8 35.2 230 26 13 7.1 3.9 | 1.1 34.0 220 29 15 7.4 4.1
10000 6.1 43.0 220 25 13 7.5 4.1 | 5.6 42.1 215 26 13 8.1 4.4
9000 8.4 47.1 215 24 12 8.4 4.6 | 8.1 46.6 210 24 12 8.6 4.7
8000 10.7 51.3 205 22 11 8.0 4.4 | 10.5 50.9 205 22 12 8.4 4.6
7000 12.7 54.9 195 23 12 5.5 3.0 | 12.9 55.2 195 21 11 8.1 4.4
6000 14.3 57.7 185 20 10 5.2 2.9 | 15.4 59.7 190 19 10 9.4 5.1
5000 15.8 60.4 165 10 5 0.8 0.4 | 18.7 65.7 185 15 8 19.8 10.8
10/11/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/11/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +769.0 LI... -2.9 | CAPE... +374.0 LI... -3.0
CINH... -2.4 K Index... +29.6 | CINH... -16.4 K Index... +30.6
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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 -27.8 -18.0 225 64 33 6.4 3.5 | -28.5 -19.3 225 77 40 7.1 3.9
24000 -23.9 -11.0 220 59 30 7.3 4.0 | -24.3 -11.7 220 71 36 7.0 3.8
22000 -19.4 -2.9 220 55 28 7.6 4.2 | -19.8 -3.6 220 66 34 6.7 3.7
20000 -15.0 5.0 220 51 26 7.3 4.0 | -15.9 3.4 215 62 32 6.5 3.6
18000 -10.7 12.7 220 47 24 5.2 2.8 | -12.3 9.9 210 57 29 5.7 3.1
16000 -7.2 19.0 215 42 21 7.1 3.9 | -8.4 16.9 210 50 26 7.8 4.3
14000 -3.0 26.6 215 37 19 7.3 4.0 | -3.9 25.0 205 45 23 7.4 4.1
12000 1.2 34.2 215 33 17 8.0 4.4 | 0.3 32.5 205 38 20 7.4 4.1
10000 6.2 43.2 210 29 15 8.4 4.6 | 4.2 39.6 210 28 14 6.5 3.6
9000 8.8 47.8 210 27 14 9.4 5.2 | 6.0 42.8 215 22 11 6.4 3.5
8000 11.5 52.7 205 26 14 9.7 5.3 | 7.5 45.5 230 16 8 5.3 2.9
7000 14.3 57.7 205 25 13 9.4 5.2 | 8.7 47.7 260 12 6 4.5 2.5
6000 17.1 62.8 205 21 11 9.2 5.0 | 10.1 50.2 285 12 6 7.8 4.3
5000 20.3 68.5 200 16 8 13.2 7.2 | 13.2 55.8 290 9 5 -1.2 -0.6
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