Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 171228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, October 17, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, October 17, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 58.1 F/14.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 419 ft/min (2.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10446 ft MSL (5521 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 60.0 F/16.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1445 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................. 6263 ft MSL (1338 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 10/18..... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:41:55 / 18:44:10 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 2 min 15 sec (662 min 15 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:13:02 MDT... 39.58 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/17/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 9939 ft MSL (5014 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17574 ft MSL (12649 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12465 ft MSL (7541 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +10.2
K index......................... +2.5
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 -27.8 -18.0 325 68 35 9.0 5.0 37.5 99.6 17.3 M M
24000 -22.4 -8.3 320 64 33 7.9 4.3 37.0 98.6 17.3 M M
22000 -17.7 0.1 325 62 32 8.0 4.4 35.7 96.2 16.6 M M
20000 -13.2 8.2 320 56 29 6.2 3.4 33.3 91.9 15.0 M M
18000 -9.9 14.2 315 51 26 4.6 2.5 30.4 86.7 12.8 M M
16000 -7.7 18.1 310 44 22 3.7 2.0 26.3 79.3 9.3 M M
14000 -5.3 22.5 310 38 19 4.7 2.6 22.6 72.7 6.1 M M
12000 -2.9 26.8 305 32 17 3.7 2.1 18.9 66.0 2.8 M M
10000 -0.4 31.3 295 24 12 7.3 4.0 15.6 60.1 -0.5 391 2.0
9000 2.1 35.8 290 21 11 8.9 4.9 15.2 59.3 -1.0 287 1.5
8000 4.7 40.5 290 17 9 7.8 4.3 14.9 58.8 -1.3 180 0.9
7000 7.5 45.5 285 11 6 7.0 3.8 14.0 57.1 -2.2 61 0.3
6000 9.1 48.4 230 6 3 4.1 2.3 12.6 54.7 -3.5 M M
5000 6.6 43.9 160 4 2 -94.0 -51.6 7.4 45.3 -9.0 28 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/17/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/17/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.4 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.6
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -4.0 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +0.6
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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 -29.2 -20.6 015 48 25 7.5 4.1 | -29.0 -20.2 355 40 20 7.7 4.2
24000 -24.7 -12.5 010 42 22 6.6 3.6 | -24.4 -11.9 355 36 19 7.0 3.9
22000 -21.0 -5.8 010 36 19 6.2 3.4 | -20.3 -4.5 355 32 16 6.9 3.8
20000 -17.3 0.9 010 31 16 5.9 3.3 | -16.5 2.3 355 29 15 6.0 3.3
18000 -13.4 7.9 010 26 14 5.6 3.1 | -12.7 9.1 355 26 13 5.4 3.0
16000 -10.1 13.8 010 23 12 5.5 3.0 | -9.3 15.3 355 23 12 5.8 3.2
14000 -6.8 19.8 360 20 10 4.4 2.4 | -5.7 21.7 350 19 10 5.7 3.1
12000 -4.8 23.4 340 16 8 3.8 2.1 | -2.8 27.0 340 15 8 3.8 2.1
10000 -2.4 27.7 310 12 6 4.5 2.4 | -1.0 30.2 320 10 5 3.2 1.7
9000 -1.0 30.2 300 10 5 7.0 3.8 | -0.0 32.0 295 6 3 5.4 3.0
8000 1.0 33.8 290 7 3 8.2 4.5 | 1.6 34.9 265 5 3 8.1 4.4
7000 3.2 37.8 270 4 2 7.6 4.1 | 3.8 38.8 235 4 2 8.9 4.9
6000 5.4 41.7 230 3 2 7.5 4.1 | 6.3 43.3 225 4 2 10.8 5.9
5000 5.7 42.3 155 3 2 -51.1 -28.0 | 9.1 48.4 225 3 2 11.7 6.4
10/17/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/17/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.9
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +1.5 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +0.2
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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 -28.5 -19.3 350 42 22 8.3 4.5 | -28.4 -19.1 325 49 25 7.7 4.2
24000 -23.7 -10.7 350 41 21 7.4 4.1 | -23.8 -10.8 320 44 23 8.0 4.4
22000 -19.3 -2.7 345 37 19 7.4 4.1 | -19.0 -2.2 320 36 18 8.0 4.4
20000 -15.7 3.7 340 31 16 5.3 2.9 | -14.9 5.2 325 31 16 6.4 3.5
18000 -11.9 10.6 335 24 13 6.6 3.6 | -11.3 11.7 325 28 15 3.9 2.1
16000 -7.9 17.8 340 21 11 6.4 3.5 | -8.0 17.6 320 24 13 6.6 3.6
14000 -4.6 23.7 340 16 8 5.0 2.8 | -4.2 24.4 310 19 10 5.0 2.7
12000 -2.0 28.4 320 13 7 3.1 1.7 | -1.7 28.9 300 17 9 4.0 2.2
10000 -0.3 31.5 290 9 5 4.3 2.3 | 0.6 33.1 285 14 7 4.6 2.5
9000 1.0 33.8 265 8 4 6.2 3.4 | 2.1 35.8 270 12 6 6.4 3.5
8000 2.9 37.2 260 7 4 7.6 4.2 | 4.0 39.2 265 10 5 7.0 3.8
7000 5.2 41.4 270 5 3 9.0 4.9 | 6.1 43.0 275 6 3 6.8 3.7
6000 7.7 45.9 285 5 2 11.0 6.0 | 8.1 46.6 310 3 1 7.8 4.3
5000 12.5 54.5 305 4 2 53.0 29.1 | 11.0 51.8 015 2 1 12.8 7.0
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