Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 121228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Sunday, October 12, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, October 12, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 62.6 F/17.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 69 ft/min (0.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6625 ft MSL (1698 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 58.0 F/14.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
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................. 5512 ft MSL (585 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 10/13....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:36:30 / 18:51:49 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 15 min 19 sec (675 min 19 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:14:09 MDT... 41.41 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/12/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 10796 ft MSL (5869 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13986 ft MSL (9059 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12162 ft MSL (7235 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.2
K index......................... +15.9
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 -33.8 -28.8 225 60 31 6.8 3.7 30.9 87.6 12.9 M M
24000 -29.8 -21.6 220 52 27 6.7 3.7 28.7 83.7 11.5 M M
22000 -24.7 -12.5 220 45 23 7.7 4.2 26.9 80.4 10.3 M M
20000 -20.2 -4.4 220 40 21 7.2 4.0 25.2 77.4 9.1 M M
18000 -16.0 3.2 215 37 19 6.9 3.8 23.5 74.2 7.8 M M
16000 -12.0 10.4 210 35 18 6.8 3.7 21.4 70.5 6.1 M M
14000 -8.0 17.6 210 35 18 7.4 4.1 19.5 67.2 4.3 M M
12000 -3.3 26.1 210 33 17 8.9 4.9 18.7 65.6 3.3 M M
10000 1.9 35.4 205 28 14 9.0 4.9 18.1 64.6 2.7 M M
9000 4.6 40.3 200 24 13 9.3 5.1 17.8 64.1 2.5 M M
8000 7.0 44.6 195 21 11 8.1 4.4 17.3 63.1 2.0 M M
7000 9.0 48.2 175 16 8 3.9 2.1 15.6 60.0 0.4 M M
6000 9.7 49.5 150 12 6 2.4 1.3 13.2 55.7 -1.8 39 0.2
5000 6.2 43.2 120 8 4 5.3 2.9 6.9 44.3 -8.2 112 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/12/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/12/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +44.8 LI... +6.8 | CAPE... +10.0 LI... +8.3
CINH... -7.7 K Index... -0.6 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -14.3
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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 -34.7 -30.5 265 53 27 7.9 4.3 | -35.3 -31.5 260 41 21 8.2 4.5
24000 -30.0 -22.0 270 51 26 7.9 4.4 | -30.4 -22.7 260 38 20 8.2 4.5
22000 -25.3 -13.5 275 47 24 7.7 4.2 | -25.5 -13.9 265 35 18 8.2 4.5
20000 -20.7 -5.3 280 44 23 6.0 3.3 | -20.0 -4.0 270 30 16 8.0 4.4
18000 -17.3 0.9 280 42 21 4.5 2.4 | -15.5 4.1 280 27 14 6.9 3.8
16000 -14.8 5.4 285 36 18 4.4 2.4 | -11.9 10.6 285 26 13 4.4 2.4
14000 -12.4 9.7 290 29 15 3.6 2.0 | -9.6 14.7 280 23 12 3.5 1.9
12000 -10.3 13.5 290 22 11 4.2 2.3 | -8.1 17.4 275 17 9 2.3 1.3
10000 -6.7 19.9 290 16 8 7.5 4.1 | -5.9 21.4 275 7 4 6.1 3.3
9000 -4.2 24.4 290 13 6 9.6 5.3 | -3.8 25.2 275 5 3 8.6 4.7
8000 -1.7 28.9 290 9 5 8.3 4.6 | -1.2 29.8 270 4 2 9.1 5.0
7000 0.8 33.4 290 6 3 8.2 4.5 | 1.6 34.9 270 3 1 9.6 5.3
6000 3.2 37.8 260 3 2 8.9 4.9 | 4.4 39.9 275 2 1 10.3 5.6
5000 5.6 42.1 220 2 1 8.8 4.8 | 9.3 48.7 285 2 1 56.6 31.0
10/12/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/12/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.2
CINH... -0.4 K Index... -12.3 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -9.3
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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 -35.6 -32.1 250 40 21 8.3 4.5 | -35.7 -32.3 240 41 21 8.4 4.6
24000 -30.6 -23.1 250 36 19 8.3 4.6 | -30.7 -23.3 240 37 19 8.4 4.6
22000 -25.8 -14.4 250 32 17 7.9 4.4 | -26.0 -14.8 240 33 17 7.7 4.3
20000 -20.5 -4.9 250 28 14 7.9 4.3 | -20.8 -5.4 240 28 15 7.7 4.2
18000 -15.8 3.6 250 25 13 7.6 4.2 | -16.3 2.7 240 25 13 7.3 4.0
16000 -11.5 11.3 250 21 11 6.5 3.6 | -11.9 10.6 235 22 12 7.2 3.9
14000 -8.0 17.6 250 18 9 4.7 2.6 | -7.8 18.0 230 20 10 6.5 3.6
12000 -6.0 21.2 245 13 7 3.1 1.7 | -4.3 24.3 215 16 8 5.7 3.1
10000 -4.0 24.8 215 6 3 5.5 3.0 | -1.2 29.8 190 12 6 5.6 3.1
9000 -1.9 28.6 190 4 2 8.4 4.6 | 0.5 32.9 175 10 5 7.3 4.0
8000 0.6 33.1 180 2 1 8.4 4.6 | 2.8 37.0 160 7 4 7.5 4.1
7000 3.2 37.8 185 1 1 9.6 5.3 | 4.8 40.6 155 4 2 7.3 4.0
6000 5.9 42.6 355 1 0 10.1 5.5 | 7.1 44.8 080 1 1 9.4 5.1
5000 9.5 49.1 350 2 1 24.5 13.4 | 10.5 50.9 355 2 1 4.0 2.2
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