Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 081227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Wednesday, October 8, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, October 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 75.2 F/24.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 245 ft/min (1.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 8709 ft MSL (3784 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 75.0 F/24.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1545 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................. 5737 ft MSL (812 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 10/09..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:32:16 / 18:58:09 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 25 min 53 sec (685 min 53 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:15:12 MDT... 42.90 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/08/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 13714 ft MSL (8789 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17851 ft MSL (12926 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16080 ft MSL (11155 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +3.5
K index......................... +22.2
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 -27.0 -16.6 225 46 23 8.1 4.4 37.0 98.5 10.3 M M
24000 -22.4 -8.3 230 41 21 6.7 3.7 35.4 95.7 9.3 M M
22000 -18.4 -1.1 230 36 18 6.6 3.6 33.2 91.8 7.7 M M
20000 -14.4 6.1 230 33 17 6.8 3.7 31.0 87.9 6.0 M M
18000 -10.4 13.3 225 34 18 6.9 3.8 29.1 84.3 4.3 M M
16000 -6.2 20.8 220 36 19 8.3 4.6 27.4 81.4 2.7 M M
14000 -0.9 30.4 215 33 17 9.1 5.0 26.9 80.4 2.2 M M
12000 4.5 40.1 215 30 15 8.5 4.7 26.4 79.6 1.8 M M
10000 9.3 48.7 205 30 15 8.0 4.4 25.4 77.7 0.7 M M
9000 11.6 52.9 205 28 14 8.2 4.5 24.9 76.8 0.2 M M
8000 14.9 58.8 200 22 12 8.7 4.8 24.4 75.9 -0.2 153 0.8
7000 17.3 63.1 190 19 10 7.6 4.2 23.8 74.8 -0.7 50 0.3
6000 18.6 65.5 170 16 8 0.6 0.3 22.1 71.8 -2.3 M M
5000 13.0 55.4 135 9 4 -99.0 -54.3 13.7 56.7 -10.9 120 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/08/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/08/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.3
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -2.0 | CINH... -0.3 K Index... -7.8
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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 -27.6 -17.7 245 43 22 7.7 4.2 | -27.0 -16.6 240 45 23 8.0 4.4
24000 -23.0 -9.4 245 40 21 7.7 4.2 | -22.4 -8.3 235 43 22 7.4 4.0
22000 -17.8 -0.0 240 37 19 7.7 4.2 | -18.0 -0.4 230 39 20 7.3 4.0
20000 -13.4 7.9 240 35 18 7.2 4.0 | -13.8 7.2 230 36 19 6.9 3.8
18000 -9.4 15.1 235 34 17 6.4 3.5 | -9.0 15.8 230 34 17 7.3 4.0
16000 -5.6 21.9 235 32 16 6.4 3.5 | -5.0 23.0 230 31 16 6.4 3.5
14000 -1.8 28.8 225 28 14 6.5 3.5 | -1.2 29.8 220 28 14 6.3 3.5
12000 2.1 35.8 220 26 13 7.3 4.0 | 2.6 36.7 215 27 14 6.7 3.7
10000 6.6 43.9 210 24 12 7.0 3.9 | 6.8 44.2 210 25 13 7.5 4.1
9000 8.9 48.0 205 21 11 5.7 3.2 | 9.2 48.6 205 23 12 7.3 4.0
8000 10.7 51.3 200 18 9 4.5 2.5 | 11.4 52.5 200 21 11 6.6 3.6
7000 12.0 53.6 190 14 7 4.1 2.3 | 13.2 55.8 195 16 8 6.7 3.7
6000 13.2 55.8 180 10 5 5.3 2.9 | 15.1 59.2 190 12 6 9.5 5.2
5000 13.8 56.8 150 5 3 2.1 1.2 | 17.5 63.5 195 8 4 11.2 6.1
10/08/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/08/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.8
CINH... -0.2 K Index... -7.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -9.8
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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 -26.3 -15.3 240 46 24 8.0 4.4 | -26.5 -15.7 240 48 24 7.9 4.3
24000 -21.7 -7.1 235 43 22 6.9 3.8 | -21.9 -7.4 240 45 23 6.3 3.5
22000 -17.6 0.3 230 40 21 6.9 3.8 | -17.6 0.3 235 41 21 6.4 3.5
20000 -13.7 7.3 230 37 19 6.5 3.6 | -13.7 7.3 230 38 20 6.4 3.5
18000 -9.2 15.4 225 34 18 6.9 3.8 | -9.7 14.5 225 36 18 7.0 3.8
16000 -4.9 23.2 225 33 17 7.4 4.1 | -5.1 22.8 220 33 17 8.3 4.5
14000 -0.8 30.6 220 32 16 6.6 3.6 | -0.3 31.5 215 32 16 7.5 4.1
12000 3.1 37.6 210 28 14 7.2 3.9 | 4.2 39.6 215 31 16 7.6 4.2
10000 7.5 45.5 200 22 11 7.1 3.9 | 8.7 47.7 205 24 12 7.7 4.2
9000 10.1 50.2 200 19 10 8.6 4.7 | 11.3 52.3 200 20 10 8.5 4.7
8000 12.8 55.0 200 17 9 9.1 5.0 | 13.9 57.0 195 17 9 8.1 4.5
7000 15.4 59.7 200 13 7 9.0 4.9 | 16.2 61.2 200 12 6 7.7 4.2
6000 17.9 64.2 200 10 5 9.7 5.3 | 18.3 64.9 205 7 4 7.4 4.1
5000 22.4 72.3 220 5 3 56.0 30.7 | 20.0 68.0 265 1 1 -5.3 -2.9
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