Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, October 3, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, October 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 61.4 F/16.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1763 ft/min (9.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 22274 ft MSL (17348 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 81.0 F/27.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ 0900 MDT
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 17534 ft MSL (12608 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 10/04..... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:27:05 / 19:06:18 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 39 min 13 sec (699 min 13 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:16:41 MDT... 44.78 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/03/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 10829 ft MSL (5903 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10013 ft MSL (5087 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14122 ft MSL (9197 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -9.3
K index......................... +27.3
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 -34.9 -30.8 180 28 14 8.3 4.6 29.5 85.1 1.8 M M
24000 -29.9 -21.8 180 25 13 8.4 4.6 28.5 83.3 1.0 M M
22000 -24.5 -12.1 180 27 14 8.1 4.4 27.1 80.8 -0.2 1524 7.7
20000 -19.7 -3.5 185 27 14 8.0 4.4 25.9 78.6 -1.3 1322 6.7
18000 -15.2 4.6 185 27 14 6.8 3.7 24.5 76.1 -2.6 1127 5.7
16000 -11.2 11.8 195 25 13 7.0 3.8 22.6 72.6 -4.5 947 4.8
14000 -7.1 19.2 205 24 12 7.1 3.9 20.8 69.4 -6.4 766 3.9
12000 -3.0 26.6 205 21 11 7.3 4.0 19.1 66.3 -8.2 583 3.0
10000 1.7 35.1 200 15 8 7.9 4.3 18.1 64.5 -9.5 382 1.9
9000 4.0 39.2 195 14 7 7.7 4.2 17.4 63.4 -10.3 285 1.4
8000 6.3 43.3 180 11 6 5.9 3.2 16.1 61.1 -11.8 179 0.9
7000 7.8 46.0 165 8 4 5.6 3.1 14.8 58.6 -13.4 105 0.5
6000 9.5 49.1 145 6 3 6.8 3.7 13.7 56.7 -14.7 23 0.1
5000 11.8 53.2 140 2 1 6.7 3.7 13.2 55.7 -15.5 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/03/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/03/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... -0.5 | CAPE... +46.7 LI... -0.7
CINH... -0.4 K Index... +24.7 | CINH... -36.6 K Index... +25.5
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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 -28.0 -18.4 205 61 31 7.6 4.1 | -28.7 -19.7 205 72 37 7.9 4.3
24000 -23.5 -10.3 205 56 29 7.2 3.9 | -24.0 -11.2 205 66 34 7.2 3.9
22000 -19.3 -2.7 205 53 27 7.2 4.0 | -19.7 -3.5 205 60 31 7.3 4.0
20000 -14.9 5.2 205 48 25 6.4 3.5 | -15.4 4.3 205 52 27 6.5 3.5
18000 -10.9 12.4 205 44 23 7.5 4.1 | -11.5 11.3 205 45 23 6.9 3.8
16000 -6.7 19.9 205 40 21 7.1 3.9 | -7.0 19.4 205 41 21 7.7 4.2
14000 -2.1 28.2 205 37 19 8.4 4.6 | -2.7 27.1 200 39 20 7.9 4.3
12000 2.9 37.2 205 34 17 8.2 4.5 | 2.4 36.3 200 33 17 8.7 4.8
10000 7.7 45.9 205 31 16 7.6 4.1 | 7.5 45.5 195 27 14 7.4 4.1
9000 10.3 50.5 205 31 16 9.2 5.0 | 9.9 49.8 200 27 14 9.0 4.9
8000 12.9 55.2 200 28 14 9.3 5.1 | 12.6 54.7 195 24 12 9.9 5.4
7000 15.4 59.7 195 24 12 8.1 4.4 | 15.3 59.5 195 21 11 9.9 5.4
6000 17.5 63.5 185 19 10 4.4 2.4 | 18.1 64.6 195 18 9 9.4 5.1
5000 18.4 65.1 150 8 4 2.1 1.2 | 22.7 72.9 195 11 5 9.3 5.1
10/03/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/03/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +176.0 LI... -1.6 | CAPE... +246.7 LI... -1.9
CINH... -9.2 K Index... +27.2 | CINH... -40.9 K Index... +26.9
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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 -29.0 -20.2 210 71 36 7.8 4.3 | -29.8 -21.6 205 69 35 7.6 4.2
24000 -24.5 -12.1 205 67 35 6.9 3.8 | -25.3 -13.5 205 65 33 7.2 3.9
22000 -20.3 -4.5 205 65 33 7.0 3.9 | -21.0 -5.8 200 58 30 7.2 4.0
20000 -15.8 3.6 200 58 30 6.7 3.7 | -16.2 2.8 195 49 25 7.4 4.1
18000 -11.8 10.8 200 48 25 7.4 4.0 | -11.6 11.1 190 42 22 8.2 4.5
16000 -7.2 19.0 195 40 20 8.2 4.5 | -6.9 19.6 190 36 19 8.2 4.5
14000 -2.4 27.7 190 35 18 8.7 4.8 | -2.0 28.4 195 32 17 9.2 5.1
12000 2.9 37.2 195 30 15 9.3 5.1 | 3.5 38.3 200 27 14 9.3 5.1
10000 8.4 47.1 200 24 13 8.3 4.6 | 9.0 48.2 205 24 12 7.9 4.3
9000 11.3 52.3 200 23 12 10.0 5.5 | 11.8 53.2 210 21 11 9.4 5.2
8000 14.2 57.6 205 22 11 9.8 5.4 | 14.6 58.3 210 18 9 9.1 5.0
7000 17.0 62.6 210 20 10 9.7 5.3 | 17.1 62.8 215 14 7 8.4 4.6
6000 19.8 67.6 220 17 9 9.5 5.2 | 19.5 67.1 230 9 4 8.6 4.7
5000 23.5 74.3 225 13 7 20.9 11.4 | 22.1 71.8 245 5 2 11.0 6.0
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