Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 061227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Sunday, September 6, 2026
This forecast is for Sunday, September 6, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 69.2 F/20.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 751 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16811 ft MSL (11884 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 86.0 F/30.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0830 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1500 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 14759 ft MSL (9833 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 09/07....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:00:06 / 19:52:06 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 52 min 1 sec (772 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:06 MDT... 54.95 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/06/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 12805 ft MSL (7878 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10253 ft MSL (5326 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13814 ft MSL (8887 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -4.6
K index......................... +21.3
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 -23.3 -9.9 235 49 25 6.7 3.7 42.1 107.9 9.6 M M
24000 -19.4 -2.9 235 47 24 5.7 3.1 39.8 103.6 7.9 M M
22000 -15.6 3.9 235 44 22 5.7 3.1 36.5 97.8 5.4 M M
20000 -11.9 10.6 235 41 21 6.3 3.4 33.9 93.1 3.3 M M
18000 -8.2 17.2 235 38 20 6.3 3.4 31.6 88.8 1.2 M M
16000 -4.7 23.5 230 35 18 5.8 3.2 29.1 84.4 -1.0 884 4.5
14000 -2.0 28.4 230 27 14 5.7 3.1 26.0 78.8 -4.2 744 3.8
12000 1.4 34.5 240 18 9 7.3 4.0 23.6 74.5 -6.9 584 3.0
10000 5.8 42.4 255 13 7 7.6 4.2 22.3 72.2 -8.5 394 2.0
9000 8.4 47.1 250 13 7 8.2 4.5 22.2 71.9 -8.8 286 1.5
8000 10.9 51.6 240 13 7 7.4 4.1 21.9 71.3 -9.3 180 0.9
7000 13.5 56.3 210 14 7 6.5 3.6 20.9 69.6 -10.4 65 0.3
6000 15.3 59.5 190 14 7 4.7 2.6 19.8 67.6 -11.7 M M
5000 15.9 60.6 185 7 4 2.7 1.5 17.5 63.4 -14.1 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/06/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/06/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.5 | CAPE... +45.9 LI... +0.3
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +6.2 | CINH... -18.4 K Index... +18.8
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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 -24.5 -12.1 225 53 27 6.9 3.8 | -24.0 -11.2 225 57 30 6.7 3.7
24000 -20.4 -4.7 220 48 25 6.9 3.8 | -19.9 -3.8 225 51 26 7.1 3.9
22000 -16.2 2.8 220 43 22 6.9 3.8 | -15.6 3.9 220 45 23 7.1 3.9
20000 -11.4 11.5 215 40 20 7.3 4.0 | -10.9 12.4 215 41 21 7.1 3.9
18000 -6.8 19.8 215 37 19 7.8 4.3 | -6.6 20.1 210 39 20 7.3 4.0
16000 -2.3 27.9 210 34 17 7.3 4.0 | -2.5 27.5 210 38 19 6.6 3.6
14000 1.6 34.9 205 31 16 6.1 3.4 | 1.0 33.8 210 33 17 6.6 3.6
12000 5.3 41.5 205 28 15 7.6 4.2 | 5.2 41.4 205 28 14 7.9 4.4
10000 9.8 49.6 205 26 13 7.2 3.9 | 9.9 49.8 200 25 13 7.7 4.2
9000 12.5 54.5 205 26 13 8.7 4.8 | 12.8 55.0 195 24 12 9.1 5.0
8000 15.0 59.0 200 24 12 8.8 4.8 | 15.6 60.1 195 22 12 10.0 5.5
7000 17.5 63.5 195 23 12 7.6 4.2 | 18.6 65.5 195 21 11 9.6 5.3
6000 19.4 66.9 185 20 10 6.3 3.5 | 21.5 70.7 190 20 10 10.6 5.8
5000 21.1 70.0 170 15 8 8.9 4.9 | 24.4 75.9 190 16 8 12.5 6.8
09/06/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/06/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +279.7 LI... -2.2 | CAPE... +329.7 LI... -3.0
CINH... -1.5 K Index... +30.0 | CINH... -15.9 K Index... +31.1
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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 -23.2 -9.8 230 62 32 5.8 3.2 | -22.4 -8.3 230 59 30 2.8 1.5
24000 -19.7 -3.5 225 51 26 6.1 3.3 | -20.1 -4.2 240 50 26 6.2 3.4
22000 -16.1 3.0 220 43 22 6.0 3.3 | -16.3 2.7 235 35 18 6.2 3.4
20000 -11.7 10.9 215 37 19 6.7 3.7 | -11.8 10.8 215 30 15 7.1 3.9
18000 -7.8 18.0 210 34 17 6.9 3.8 | -7.7 18.1 210 29 15 7.3 4.0
16000 -3.6 25.5 205 32 16 7.9 4.3 | -3.4 25.9 205 27 14 7.9 4.3
14000 1.1 34.0 205 29 15 8.7 4.8 | 1.4 34.5 200 27 14 8.7 4.7
12000 6.4 43.5 200 27 14 9.3 5.1 | 6.6 43.9 195 27 14 9.3 5.1
10000 11.9 53.4 200 26 13 7.8 4.3 | 11.9 53.4 200 28 14 7.7 4.2
9000 15.0 59.0 200 26 13 9.9 5.4 | 14.7 58.5 200 28 15 9.1 5.0
8000 17.9 64.2 205 25 13 10.3 5.7 | 17.3 63.1 200 28 14 9.8 5.4
7000 20.8 69.4 205 24 12 10.1 5.5 | 20.0 68.0 200 26 14 10.1 5.5
6000 23.7 74.7 205 22 11 9.6 5.3 | 22.9 73.2 200 24 13 9.2 5.1
5000 27.7 81.9 210 18 9 25.0 13.7 | 26.7 80.1 200 14 7 12.2 6.7
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