835   
UXUS97 KSLC 311227  
SRGSLC  
  
SOARING FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH  
627 AM MDT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025  
  
THIS FORECAST IS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025:  
  
IF THE TRIGGER TEMPERATURE OF 64.2 F/17.9 C IS REACHED...THEN  
   THERMAL SOARING INDEX....................... POOR  
   MAXIMUM RATE OF LIFT........................ 195 FT/MIN (1.0 M/S)  
   MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THERMALS.................. 7748 FT MSL (2823 FT AGL)  
  
FORECAST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE................... 60.0 F/16.0 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................. 6127 FT MSL (1202 FT AGL)  
THERMAL SOARING OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY 11/01..... FAIR  
  
WAVE SOARING INDEX............................. NOT AVAILABLE  
  
REMARKS...   
  
SUNRISE/SUNSET.................... 07:57:47 / 18:24:57 MDT  
TOTAL POSSIBLE SUNSHINE........... 10 HR 27 MIN 10 SEC (627 MIN 10 SEC)  
ALTITUDE OF SUN AT 13:11:22 MDT... 34.79 DEGREES  
  
UPPER AIR DATA FROM RAWINSONDE OBSERVATION TAKEN ON 10/31/2025 AT 0600 MDT  
  
FREEZING LEVEL.................. 13284 FT MSL (8359 FT AGL)  
CONVECTIVE CONDENSATION LEVEL... 22693 FT MSL (17768 FT AGL)  
LIFTED CONDENSATION LEVEL....... 14872 FT MSL (9946 FT AGL)  
LIFTED INDEX.................... +14.2  
K INDEX......................... -0.7  
  
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  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 26000  -24.7 -12.5   325   38   20   7.6   4.1   40.9 105.7    19.9      M    M  
 24000  -20.4  -4.7   325   36   19   6.6   3.6   39.2 102.5    18.9      M    M  
 22000  -16.1   3.0   325   34   17   6.5   3.6   36.6  97.9    17.2      M    M  
 20000  -11.9  10.6   325   32   16   7.2   3.9   34.6  94.3    15.8      M    M  
 18000   -7.7  18.1   330   30   16   6.9   3.8   32.8  91.1    14.5      M    M  
 16000   -3.9  25.0   335   27   14   6.5   3.6   30.7  87.3    12.8      M    M  
 14000   -0.8  30.6   335   24   12   3.1   1.7   27.4  81.4    10.3      M    M  
 12000    1.4  34.5   320   18    9   4.8   2.6   23.2  73.8     6.9      M    M  
 10000    4.4  39.9   305   12    6   5.1   2.8   20.2  68.3     4.2      M    M  
  9000    5.6  42.1   295    9    4   4.1   2.2   18.5  65.2     2.6      M    M  
  8000    7.0  44.6   280    4    2   3.5   1.9   16.1  61.1     0.2      M    M  
  7000    8.2  46.8   205    3    1   4.0   2.2   14.4  58.0    -1.5    137  0.7  
  6000    9.1  48.4   175    6    3   2.3   1.3   12.6  54.6    -3.5     80  0.4  
  5000    6.7  44.1   135    5    3 -81.3 -44.6    7.4  45.3    -8.8    122  0.6  
  
 * * * * * * NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL FORECAST DATA VALID * * * * * *   
  
           10/31/2025 AT 0900 MDT          |       10/31/2025 AT 1200 MDT          
                                           |  
CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +4.1        | CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +4.6  
CINH...     0.0    K INDEX...  +4.0        | CINH...    -0.1    K INDEX...  -3.7  
                                           |  
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  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 26000 -33.0 -27.4  335  45 23   6.7   3.6 | -30.4 -22.7  345  57 29   7.1   3.9  
 24000 -29.0 -20.2  325  42 21   7.1   3.9 | -26.2 -15.2  345  51 26   7.2   3.9  
 22000 -24.7 -12.5  325  41 21   7.2   4.0 | -21.9  -7.4  340  44 23   7.2   3.9  
 20000 -19.5  -3.1  320  41 21   8.1   4.4 | -18.0  -0.4  330  37 19   5.3   2.9  
 18000 -14.5   5.9  315  38 19   8.9   4.9 | -14.5   5.9  325  33 17   6.7   3.7  
 16000  -9.6  14.7  315  28 14   7.7   4.2 |  -9.7  14.5  325  29 15   8.0   4.4  
 14000  -5.0  23.0  315  19 10   7.6   4.2 |  -5.0  23.0  320  22 11   7.3   4.0  
 12000  -0.9  30.4  315  15  8   5.9   3.2 |  -0.8  30.6  315  17  9   5.8   3.2  
 10000   2.2  36.0  310  13  7   4.7   2.6 |   2.2  36.0  315  12  6   4.2   2.3  
  9000   3.4  38.1  305  10  5   5.0   2.8 |   3.4  38.1  315   9  5   5.2   2.8  
  8000   4.7  40.5  305   6  3   4.8   2.6 |   4.6  40.3  310   6  3   5.7   3.1  
  7000   6.1  43.0  310   4  2   4.2   2.3 |   6.1  43.0  315   4  2   6.5   3.5  
  6000   7.2  45.0  325   2  1   4.1   2.2 |   7.6  45.7  320   2  1   8.6   4.7  
  5000   8.0  46.4  015   1  0   2.4   1.3 |   9.9  49.8  310   3  1  14.1   7.7  
  
           10/31/2025 AT 1500 MDT          |       10/31/2025 AT 1800 MDT          
                                           |  
CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +7.3        | CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +8.4  
CINH...    -0.0    K INDEX...  -6.9        | CINH...    -0.1    K INDEX... -12.0  
                                           |  
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  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 26000 -28.8 -19.8  335  56 29   7.4   4.0 | -27.3 -17.1  335  56 29   7.7   4.2  
 24000 -24.4 -11.9  335  54 28   7.1   3.9 | -22.8  -9.0  330  52 27   6.0   3.3  
 22000 -19.5  -3.1  335  46 24   7.1   3.9 | -18.6  -1.5  330  45 23   6.2   3.4  
 20000 -15.5   4.1  335  39 20   6.7   3.7 | -14.7   5.5  330  39 20   6.5   3.5  
 18000 -12.3   9.9  330  33 17   3.8   2.1 | -11.2  11.8  330  33 17   5.3   2.9  
 16000  -9.2  15.4  330  29 15   6.1   3.4 |  -8.4  16.9  325  28 15   5.3   2.9  
 14000  -5.0  23.0  330  23 12   7.8   4.3 |  -4.9  23.2  325  24 12   6.9   3.8  
 12000  -0.5  31.1  325  18  9   6.3   3.4 |  -0.5  31.1  325  19 10   6.9   3.8  
 10000   2.8  37.0  310  12  6   4.7   2.6 |   3.2  37.8  320  14  7   4.8   2.6  
  9000   4.1  39.4  305   9  5   4.4   2.4 |   4.6  40.3  320  11  6   5.0   2.7  
  8000   5.3  41.5  300   7  4   5.2   2.9 |   5.8  42.4  315   8  4   5.3   2.9  
  7000   6.8  44.2  305   5  3   7.9   4.3 |   7.1  44.8  320   6  3   5.3   2.9  
  6000   8.7  47.7  310   5  3  11.2   6.2 |   8.6  47.5  335   5  2   6.9   3.8  
  5000  11.3  52.3  315   5  3  14.3   7.8 |  10.4  50.7  335   3  2 -14.7  -8.1  
________________________________________________________________________________  
  
THIS PRODUCT IS ISSUED ONCE PER DAY BY APPROXIMATELY 0600 MST/0700 MDT   
(1300 UTC). THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED NOR UPDATED AFTER  
THE INITIAL ISSUANCE.   
  
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS BASED ON THE 1200 UTC RAWINSONDE OBSERVATION  
AT THE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND/OR NUMERICAL WEATHER   
PREDICTION MODEL DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIRPORT. THESE DATA MAY NOT BE  
REPRESENTATIVE OF OTHER AREAS ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. ERRONEOUS DATA SUCH AS  
THESE SHOULD NOT BE USED.  
  
THE CONTENT AND FORMAT OF THIS REPORT AS WELL AS THE ISSUANCE TIMES ARE SUBJECT  
TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.  
  
042025  
 
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