Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 161228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Thursday, October 16, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, October 16, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 52.0 F/11.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 304 ft/min (1.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9369 ft MSL (4444 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 53.0 F/12.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1400 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................. 6220 ft MSL (1295 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 10/17....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:40:49 / 18:45:40 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 11 hr 4 min 51 sec (664 min 51 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:13:14 MDT... 39.95 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 10/16/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 8532 ft MSL (3607 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13381 ft MSL (8456 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10522 ft MSL (5597 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +8.4
K index......................... -1.3
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 -31.5 -24.7 020 51 26 7.8 4.3 33.9 93.0 17.5 M M
24000 -26.8 -16.2 025 45 23 7.4 4.1 32.5 90.6 16.8 M M
22000 -22.8 -9.0 020 37 19 6.8 3.7 30.3 86.5 15.3 M M
20000 -18.0 -0.4 015 30 16 7.3 4.0 28.2 82.7 13.9 M M
18000 -14.0 6.8 005 24 12 5.3 2.9 26.0 78.9 12.4 M M
16000 -10.8 12.6 345 19 10 5.7 3.1 23.1 73.7 10.1 M M
14000 -7.5 18.5 330 17 9 5.6 3.1 20.4 68.8 7.7 M M
12000 -4.8 23.4 320 16 8 3.3 1.8 17.0 62.6 4.7 M M
10000 -2.8 27.0 295 13 7 5.0 2.8 13.0 55.3 0.9 M M
9000 -1.2 29.8 290 10 5 6.4 3.5 11.7 53.1 -0.4 284 1.4
8000 0.9 33.6 275 7 4 7.0 3.9 10.9 51.7 -1.3 193 1.0
7000 3.4 38.1 230 4 2 6.6 3.6 10.0 49.9 -2.4 80 0.4
6000 5.4 41.7 190 5 2 6.5 3.6 9.1 48.4 -3.3 M M
5000 4.1 39.4 145 4 2 -90.4 -49.6 5.0 40.9 -7.5 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
10/16/2025 at 0900 MDT | 10/16/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +23.4 LI... +2.3 | CAPE... +22.3 LI... +2.7
CINH... -1.1 K Index... +20.4 | CINH... -1.1 K Index... +19.3
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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 -39.6 -39.3 360 22 11 8.7 4.8 | -39.0 -38.2 340 16 8 8.7 4.8
24000 -34.4 -29.9 355 20 10 8.7 4.8 | -33.8 -28.8 335 18 9 8.7 4.8
22000 -29.3 -20.7 350 19 10 8.6 4.7 | -28.6 -19.5 330 16 8 8.7 4.8
20000 -23.8 -10.8 345 18 9 7.8 4.3 | -23.0 -9.4 325 15 8 8.2 4.5
18000 -19.2 -2.6 340 17 9 7.9 4.3 | -18.3 -0.9 325 15 8 7.3 4.0
16000 -14.9 5.2 340 16 8 6.9 3.8 | -14.2 6.4 320 14 7 6.5 3.6
14000 -11.0 12.2 340 16 8 5.8 3.2 | -10.5 13.1 315 15 8 6.0 3.3
12000 -8.2 17.2 320 16 8 5.0 2.8 | -7.7 18.1 320 14 7 4.5 2.4
10000 -4.7 23.5 305 15 7 5.8 3.2 | -4.5 23.9 305 11 6 6.0 3.3
9000 -3.0 26.6 295 12 6 6.9 3.8 | -2.6 27.3 285 9 5 7.0 3.8
8000 -1.2 29.8 280 11 5 6.3 3.5 | -0.8 30.6 260 8 4 6.6 3.6
7000 0.7 33.3 265 10 5 6.6 3.6 | 1.4 34.5 245 8 4 7.5 4.1
6000 2.8 37.0 240 8 4 8.0 4.4 | 3.9 39.0 240 7 3 8.5 4.7
5000 6.0 42.8 200 5 2 18.2 10.0 | 7.9 46.2 235 3 2 33.6 18.4
10/16/2025 at 1500 MDT | 10/16/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +60.4 LI... +2.2 | CAPE... +65.1 LI... +1.8
CINH... -0.6 K Index... +19.6 | CINH... -5.2 K Index... +21.2
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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 -38.4 -37.1 330 15 8 8.7 4.8 | -37.5 -35.5 330 23 12 8.3 4.5
24000 -33.2 -27.8 330 15 8 8.6 4.7 | -32.6 -26.7 325 19 10 8.3 4.5
22000 -28.0 -18.4 320 14 7 8.8 4.8 | -27.6 -17.7 320 17 9 8.5 4.7
20000 -22.3 -8.1 310 13 7 8.1 4.4 | -22.7 -8.9 315 17 9 7.7 4.2
18000 -17.8 -0.0 305 13 7 6.8 3.7 | -17.7 0.1 315 17 9 7.0 3.9
16000 -14.2 6.4 305 15 8 6.0 3.3 | -14.1 6.6 320 18 9 5.4 3.0
14000 -10.7 12.7 310 16 8 5.7 3.1 | -10.6 12.9 315 16 8 6.3 3.5
12000 -7.6 18.3 315 14 7 5.6 3.1 | -7.0 19.4 315 13 7 6.2 3.4
10000 -3.9 25.0 290 9 5 6.6 3.6 | -3.4 25.9 295 11 6 6.5 3.6
9000 -1.9 28.6 270 8 4 7.1 3.9 | -1.3 29.7 280 9 5 7.6 4.2
8000 0.1 32.2 260 8 4 7.3 4.0 | 0.7 33.3 275 8 4 6.6 3.6
7000 2.4 36.3 270 7 3 7.8 4.3 | 2.8 37.0 280 5 3 6.5 3.5
6000 4.9 40.8 280 5 3 9.6 5.3 | 5.1 41.2 295 3 1 9.0 4.9
5000 9.3 48.7 290 3 2 45.5 25.0 | 8.5 47.3 005 1 0 17.8 9.8
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