Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 111227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Friday, September 11, 2026
This forecast is for Friday, September 11, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 81.3 F/27.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1116 ft/min (5.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 16922 ft MSL (11993 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 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................. 10277 ft MSL (5348 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 09/12..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:04:58 / 19:43:46 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 38 min 48 sec (758 min 48 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:24:22 MDT... 53.15 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/11/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14999 ft MSL (10070 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17859 ft MSL (12930 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17708 ft MSL (12779 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.2
K index......................... +16.5
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 -22.2 -8.0 270 48 25 6.4 3.5 42.8 109.0 9.2 M M
24000 -18.5 -1.3 270 42 22 6.1 3.3 40.2 104.4 7.4 M M
22000 -14.4 6.1 265 37 19 6.1 3.3 37.3 99.1 5.1 M M
20000 -10.9 12.4 265 36 19 6.1 3.4 34.6 94.3 2.8 M M
18000 -7.2 19.0 260 36 19 7.1 3.9 32.4 90.3 0.7 M M
16000 -2.6 27.3 250 32 17 8.1 4.5 31.0 87.9 -0.5 1021 5.2
14000 2.5 36.5 245 25 13 8.7 4.8 30.3 86.6 -1.2 808 4.1
12000 7.5 45.5 250 18 9 8.6 4.7 29.5 85.1 -2.1 600 3.0
10000 12.4 54.3 245 11 6 7.6 4.2 28.6 83.5 -3.1 394 2.0
9000 15.0 59.0 245 8 4 7.6 4.2 28.3 83.0 -3.4 286 1.5
8000 17.9 64.2 235 5 3 7.2 4.0 27.6 81.6 -4.2 162 0.8
7000 19.9 67.8 215 5 3 6.4 3.5 26.6 79.9 -5.2 73 0.4
6000 21.2 70.2 180 5 3 2.6 1.4 24.9 76.9 -7.0 7 0.0
5000 17.1 62.8 125 6 3 -1.3 -0.7 18.0 64.3 -14.1 100 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/11/2026 at 0900 MDT | 09/11/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +15.8 LI... -0.4 | CAPE... +14.6 LI... -0.2
CINH... -48.5 K Index... +23.7 | CINH... -14.2 K Index... +20.4
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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 -23.4 -10.1 260 48 25 6.7 3.7 | -23.2 -9.8 270 45 23 6.9 3.8
24000 -19.5 -3.1 260 47 24 6.5 3.6 | -19.1 -2.4 270 44 23 6.4 3.5
22000 -15.2 4.6 255 45 23 6.5 3.6 | -14.8 5.4 265 45 23 6.4 3.5
20000 -11.6 11.1 260 43 22 6.0 3.3 | -11.3 11.7 260 43 22 6.2 3.4
18000 -7.9 17.8 265 40 21 6.7 3.7 | -7.5 18.5 260 39 20 6.5 3.6
16000 -3.6 25.5 270 34 17 7.9 4.3 | -3.6 25.5 260 34 17 6.7 3.7
14000 0.8 33.4 270 27 14 7.3 4.0 | 0.5 32.9 260 27 14 7.9 4.3
12000 5.5 41.9 270 21 11 8.7 4.8 | 5.3 41.5 260 20 11 9.2 5.0
10000 10.7 51.3 270 18 9 6.4 3.5 | 10.5 50.9 260 16 8 6.8 3.7
9000 13.5 56.3 265 15 8 8.0 4.4 | 13.2 55.8 260 14 7 8.0 4.4
8000 16.0 60.8 250 12 6 8.1 4.4 | 15.8 60.4 255 12 6 8.7 4.8
7000 18.1 64.6 235 10 5 5.6 3.1 | 18.5 65.3 255 11 5 9.4 5.2
6000 19.6 67.3 200 9 4 5.9 3.3 | 21.3 70.3 260 10 5 10.2 5.6
5000 20.7 69.3 145 6 3 -15.4 -8.5 | 26.8 80.2 265 7 4 76.5 41.9
09/11/2026 at 1500 MDT | 09/11/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +19.8 LI... +0.9 | CAPE... +0.2 LI... +1.5
CINH... -18.0 K Index... +17.2 | CINH... -2.3 K Index... +18.5
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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 -23.5 -10.3 270 46 24 7.3 4.0 | -23.7 -10.7 270 50 26 7.3 4.0
24000 -19.1 -2.4 270 44 23 7.0 3.9 | -19.3 -2.7 270 48 25 7.7 4.2
22000 -14.4 6.1 270 42 21 6.9 3.8 | -14.1 6.6 265 43 22 7.3 4.0
20000 -10.5 13.1 265 40 21 6.8 3.7 | -10.3 13.5 265 40 20 6.5 3.6
18000 -6.9 19.6 260 38 20 6.3 3.5 | -6.9 19.6 260 37 19 5.7 3.1
16000 -2.9 26.8 255 31 16 6.8 3.7 | -3.2 26.2 255 31 16 7.8 4.3
14000 1.3 34.3 250 24 13 7.8 4.3 | 1.9 35.4 250 25 13 9.1 5.0
12000 6.2 43.2 245 19 10 9.3 5.1 | 7.3 45.1 245 20 10 9.2 5.0
10000 11.5 52.7 245 16 8 7.7 4.2 | 12.7 54.9 255 16 8 7.2 4.0
9000 14.3 57.7 255 14 7 9.3 5.1 | 15.5 59.9 260 14 7 8.9 4.9
8000 17.0 62.6 265 13 7 10.0 5.5 | 18.1 64.6 270 11 5 9.5 5.2
7000 19.9 67.8 270 12 6 9.8 5.4 | 20.7 69.3 275 8 4 9.2 5.0
6000 22.8 73.0 280 10 5 9.5 5.2 | 23.3 73.9 300 5 3 9.9 5.4
5000 26.9 80.4 290 9 5 27.2 14.9 | 26.6 79.9 325 5 2 16.4 9.0
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