Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 061228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, October 6, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, October 6, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 60.1 F/15.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 327 ft/min (1.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9680 ft MSL (4754 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 62.0 F/17.1 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................. 7206 ft MSL (2280 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 10/07...... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:30:11 / 19:01:23 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 31 min 12 sec (691 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:15:47 MDT... 43.65 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/06/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 11785 ft MSL (6859 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18355 ft MSL (13429 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13138 ft MSL (8212 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +8.8
K index......................... -21.2
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 -27.9 -18.2 055 14 7 8.0 4.4 37.3 99.2 16.3 M M
24000 -23.1 -9.6 050 11 6 7.3 4.0 36.1 96.9 15.7 M M
22000 -18.7 -1.7 050 9 4 7.4 4.0 34.3 93.7 14.5 M M
20000 -13.7 7.3 050 7 4 7.4 4.1 32.4 90.3 13.3 M M
18000 -9.4 15.1 055 7 4 7.1 3.9 30.7 87.2 12.1 M M
16000 -6.4 20.5 055 3 2 3.7 2.0 27.5 81.5 9.6 M M
14000 -3.3 26.1 170 1 1 5.6 3.1 24.4 75.8 6.9 M M
12000 -0.3 31.5 175 6 3 4.1 2.2 21.3 70.4 4.3 M M
10000 1.9 35.4 160 8 4 4.9 2.7 17.6 63.8 0.7 M M
9000 3.3 37.9 135 5 2 6.7 3.7 16.3 61.4 -0.8 283 1.4
8000 5.2 41.4 110 3 2 6.0 3.3 15.3 59.5 -1.9 198 1.0
7000 7.3 45.1 080 3 2 5.4 3.0 13.8 56.8 -3.4 97 0.5
6000 8.7 47.7 080 3 1 2.2 1.2 12.3 54.2 -5.0 25 0.1
5000 4.6 40.3 105 5 3 -87.3 -47.9 5.3 41.6 -12.1 119 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/06/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/06/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.7 | CAPE... +11.6 LI... +4.3
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -5.2 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -3.8
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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 -33.5 -28.3 315 14 7 6.2 3.4 | -31.4 -24.5 005 21 11 5.1 2.8
24000 -29.7 -21.5 285 13 7 6.8 3.7 | -28.3 -18.9 340 13 7 5.7 3.1
22000 -25.2 -13.4 275 12 6 7.7 4.2 | -23.9 -11.0 315 10 5 6.6 3.6
20000 -19.9 -3.8 270 12 6 8.0 4.4 | -19.5 -3.1 300 8 4 7.7 4.2
18000 -15.1 4.8 270 12 6 7.8 4.3 | -15.0 5.0 300 7 3 7.5 4.1
16000 -10.7 12.7 280 11 6 6.2 3.4 | -10.7 12.7 310 6 3 5.2 2.9
14000 -8.1 17.4 315 8 4 3.0 1.7 | -8.0 17.6 355 4 2 4.4 2.4
12000 -6.1 21.0 355 7 3 4.6 2.5 | -5.4 22.3 045 4 2 4.8 2.6
10000 -3.0 26.6 010 6 3 7.0 3.8 | -2.3 27.9 045 5 3 6.5 3.6
9000 -0.8 30.6 015 6 3 8.6 4.7 | -0.2 31.6 030 5 2 8.2 4.5
8000 1.5 34.7 015 6 3 8.6 4.7 | 2.0 35.6 010 4 2 8.4 4.6
7000 4.0 39.2 015 5 2 6.1 3.3 | 4.5 40.1 345 5 2 8.5 4.7
6000 6.1 43.0 030 4 2 5.8 3.2 | 7.1 44.8 330 5 3 10.5 5.7
5000 6.8 44.2 080 2 1 -32.4 -17.8 | 12.1 53.8 320 5 3 63.9 35.1
10/06/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/06/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +3.1 LI... +3.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.1
CINH... -0.5 K Index... -5.0 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -7.0
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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 -29.4 -20.9 010 25 13 6.8 3.7 | -29.2 -20.6 010 23 12 8.2 4.5
24000 -25.4 -13.7 010 20 10 5.0 2.8 | -24.5 -12.1 015 24 13 6.4 3.5
22000 -22.6 -8.7 350 13 7 4.7 2.6 | -20.6 -5.1 010 21 11 6.4 3.5
20000 -19.1 -2.4 330 9 5 6.6 3.6 | -17.4 0.7 005 15 8 4.9 2.7
18000 -14.4 6.1 315 7 4 8.0 4.4 | -13.7 7.3 350 8 4 6.4 3.5
16000 -10.2 13.6 320 4 2 6.1 3.4 | -9.5 14.9 350 5 3 7.1 3.9
14000 -7.0 19.4 000 0 0 4.6 2.5 | -5.9 21.4 040 1 0 4.5 2.4
12000 -4.3 24.3 130 2 1 5.2 2.8 | -3.2 26.2 150 5 2 5.8 3.2
10000 -1.1 30.0 070 5 2 6.4 3.5 | 0.3 32.5 085 6 3 6.6 3.6
9000 1.0 33.8 035 5 3 7.6 4.2 | 2.2 36.0 055 7 3 6.9 3.8
8000 3.1 37.6 360 5 3 7.8 4.3 | 4.2 39.6 025 7 4 7.0 3.8
7000 5.4 41.7 340 6 3 9.3 5.1 | 6.1 43.0 360 7 3 7.3 4.0
6000 7.9 46.2 325 8 4 12.6 6.9 | 8.3 46.9 335 6 3 9.9 5.4
5000 10.8 51.4 320 8 4 14.4 7.9 | 10.9 51.6 320 6 3 10.5 5.8
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