Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
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SRGBOI
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Boise, Idaho
605 AM MST Tuesday, December 2, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, December 2, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 52.1 F/11.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 0 ft/min (0.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 4010 ft MSL (1149 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 42.0 F/6.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 3410 ft MSL (549 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 12/03.... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:59:50 / 17:09:05 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 9 min 16 sec (549 min 16 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:34:28 MST... 23.89 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 12/02/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 6181 ft MSL (3320 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 12460 ft MSL (9599 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 7429 ft MSL (4568 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +11.9
K index......................... +21.9
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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40000 -53.1 -63.6 300 45 23 -0.9 -0.5 73.6 164.5 43.2 M M
38000 -54.1 -65.4 285 57 29 6.0 3.3 62.8 145.1 37.3 M M
36000 -53.2 -63.8 275 67 35 -3.5 -1.9 55.2 131.4 33.3 M M
34000 -53.9 -65.0 270 80 41 1.4 0.7 44.6 112.3 27.0 M M
32000 -51.2 -60.2 270 78 40 4.6 2.5 40.0 104.0 24.4 M M
30000 -49.1 -56.4 265 72 37 8.8 4.8 34.9 94.8 21.3 M M
28000 -45.4 -49.7 275 68 35 6.6 3.6 32.0 89.5 19.7 M M
26000 -41.8 -43.2 280 65 33 7.8 4.3 29.0 84.2 17.9 M M
24000 -36.2 -33.2 285 63 33 9.7 5.3 28.6 83.6 18.1 M M
22000 -31.6 -24.9 285 61 32 6.4 3.5 27.1 80.8 17.3 M M
20000 -25.8 -14.4 285 59 30 9.5 5.2 27.1 80.8 17.7 M M
18000 -19.6 -3.3 295 54 28 10.4 5.7 26.6 80.3 17.8 M M
16000 -15.8 3.6 295 44 23 6.6 3.6 24.1 75.4 16.1 M M
14000 -12.3 9.9 295 40 20 6.2 3.4 21.6 70.9 14.1 M M
12000 -9.1 15.6 300 34 17 8.9 4.9 19.0 66.2 11.7 M M
10000 -4.4 24.1 300 30 15 6.4 3.5 17.9 64.3 10.9 M M
9000 -2.3 27.9 300 28 14 5.9 3.2 17.1 62.7 10.1 M M
8000 -0.9 30.4 300 25 13 4.3 2.3 15.5 60.0 8.7 M M
7500 -0.6 30.9 295 22 11 2.9 1.6 14.3 57.7 7.6 M M
7000 -0.8 30.6 280 19 10 -8.0 -4.4 12.4 54.2 6.0 M M
6500 -0.8 30.6 290 17 9 4.7 2.6 10.8 51.4 4.6 M M
6000 0.3 32.5 270 19 10 10.4 5.7 10.4 50.7 4.2 M M
5500 0.6 33.1 270 14 7 -2.6 -1.4 9.2 48.6 3.1 M M
5000 1.4 34.5 280 10 5 7.7 4.2 8.5 47.3 2.4 M M
4750 1.9 35.4 340 5 2 7.2 3.9 8.3 47.0 2.3 M M
4500 2.6 36.7 350 4 2 9.9 5.4 8.2 46.8 2.1 M M
4250 3.2 37.8 360 3 2 0.9 0.5 8.1 46.5 2.0 M M
4000 2.5 36.5 020 3 2 -15.6 -8.6 6.7 44.0 0.6 M M
3750 1.4 34.5 025 2 1 -6.1 -3.3 4.9 40.8 -1.2 46 0.2
3500 1.4 34.5 015 1 1 -1.7 -0.9 4.1 39.4 -2.0 40 0.2
3400 0.8 33.4 000 0 0 -8.3 -4.6 2.9 37.1 -3.3 51 0.3
3300 0.8 33.4 000 0 0 -8.3 -4.6 2.9 37.1 -3.3 51 0.3
3200 0.6 33.1 230 1 0 7.5 4.1 2.0 35.5 -4.2 48 0.2
3100 0.6 33.1 230 1 0 7.5 4.1 2.0 35.5 -4.2 48 0.2
3000 0.6 33.1 230 1 0 7.5 4.1 2.0 35.5 -4.2 48 0.2
2900 1.4 34.5 220 2 1 3.5 1.9 2.0 35.6 -4.2 17 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
12/02/2025 at 0800 MST | 12/02/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.3
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +21.1 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +17.3
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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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40000 -52.7 -62.9 300 44 23 1.3 0.7 | -51.6 -60.9 310 44 23 1.8 1.0
38000 -52.0 -61.6 300 45 23 0.9 0.5 | -50.6 -59.1 310 45 23 1.1 0.6
36000 -51.5 -60.7 300 47 24 0.9 0.5 | -49.9 -57.8 310 43 22 1.1 0.6
34000 -50.9 -59.6 300 49 25 0.9 0.5 | -49.2 -56.6 310 41 21 1.1 0.6
32000 -50.3 -58.5 295 50 26 1.0 0.6 | -49.3 -56.7 310 40 20 -0.3 -0.2
30000 -49.7 -57.5 290 52 27 0.7 0.4 | -49.5 -57.1 305 39 20 -0.4 -0.2
28000 -47.1 -52.8 290 50 26 5.0 2.7 | -47.7 -53.9 305 37 19 3.8 2.1
26000 -43.8 -46.8 295 48 25 8.1 4.5 | -45.1 -49.2 300 35 18 8.2 4.5
24000 -38.5 -37.3 290 47 24 7.8 4.3 | -39.6 -39.3 300 35 18 8.2 4.5
22000 -33.6 -28.5 290 46 24 8.4 4.6 | -34.6 -30.3 300 34 18 8.5 4.7
20000 -28.7 -19.7 290 45 23 8.1 4.4 | -29.5 -21.1 300 33 17 8.5 4.6
18000 -23.9 -11.0 290 43 22 7.8 4.3 | -24.5 -12.1 300 32 17 7.8 4.3
16000 -19.3 -2.7 295 40 21 7.4 4.0 | -20.1 -4.2 300 31 16 6.6 3.6
14000 -15.2 4.6 290 36 18 6.5 3.6 | -16.6 2.1 295 29 15 5.6 3.1
12000 -11.6 11.1 290 31 16 5.4 3.0 | -13.5 7.7 295 25 13 4.7 2.6
10000 -7.7 18.1 295 29 15 7.6 4.2 | -9.9 14.2 300 22 12 6.7 3.7
9000 -5.6 21.9 300 27 14 6.7 3.7 | -7.7 18.1 305 22 11 7.8 4.3
8000 -3.4 25.9 310 25 13 8.7 4.8 | -4.8 23.4 315 22 11 8.8 4.8
7500 -2.2 28.0 315 25 13 5.5 3.0 | -3.6 25.5 315 22 11 4.9 2.7
7000 -1.5 29.3 310 22 11 6.1 3.4 | -2.9 26.8 315 21 11 7.7 4.2
6500 -0.7 30.7 310 20 10 4.2 2.3 | -1.9 28.6 315 20 11 5.3 2.9
6000 -0.1 31.8 310 16 8 4.4 2.4 | -1.3 29.7 310 18 9 4.5 2.5
5500 0.4 32.7 305 14 7 1.6 0.9 | -0.6 30.9 310 17 9 4.1 2.3
5000 0.7 33.3 305 10 5 2.1 1.2 | 0.0 32.0 310 13 7 3.8 2.1
4750 0.9 33.6 305 9 5 2.6 1.4 | 0.3 32.5 310 12 6 3.5 1.9
4500 1.1 34.0 305 8 4 3.9 2.2 | 0.6 33.1 310 10 5 4.1 2.2
4250 1.4 34.5 310 5 3 4.4 2.4 | 0.9 33.6 305 8 4 4.7 2.6
4000 1.7 35.1 315 4 2 2.6 1.4 | 1.3 34.3 305 7 4 4.5 2.5
3750 1.9 35.4 325 3 2 4.6 2.5 | 1.7 35.1 305 6 3 6.4 3.5
3500 2.3 36.1 335 2 1 3.7 2.0 | 2.2 36.0 305 5 3 7.9 4.3
3400 2.3 36.1 335 2 1 3.7 2.0 | 2.2 36.0 305 5 3 7.9 4.3
3300 2.2 36.0 350 1 1 -7.2 -3.9 | 2.7 36.9 300 4 2 4.5 2.5
3200 2.2 36.0 350 1 1 -7.2 -3.9 | 2.7 36.9 300 4 2 4.5 2.5
3100 2.2 36.0 350 1 1 -7.2 -3.9 | 2.7 36.9 300 4 2 4.5 2.5
3000 1.6 34.9 015 1 0 -3.6 -2.0 | 3.0 37.4 295 3 2 7.1 3.9
2900 M M M M M M M | M M M M M M M
12/02/2025 at 1400 MST | 12/02/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.2 | CAPE... +0.3 LI... +2.5
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +21.0 | CINH... -2.4 K Index... +19.4
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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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40000 -51.0 -59.8 320 44 23 0.8 0.4 | -50.6 -59.1 340 44 23 1.7 0.9
38000 -50.5 -58.9 325 47 24 1.2 0.7 | -49.5 -57.1 340 49 25 0.9 0.5
36000 -49.7 -57.5 320 44 23 1.2 0.6 | -48.9 -56.0 340 49 25 1.0 0.5
34000 -49.0 -56.2 320 42 22 1.1 0.6 | -48.3 -54.9 340 49 25 1.0 0.5
32000 -48.9 -56.0 320 40 21 -0.2 -0.1 | -48.2 -54.8 340 44 23 -0.0 -0.0
30000 -49.1 -56.4 325 38 20 -0.1 -0.0 | -48.2 -54.8 340 36 19 0.1 0.0
28000 -47.7 -53.9 315 36 18 3.2 1.8 | -46.9 -52.4 340 32 17 2.9 1.6
26000 -45.6 -50.1 310 34 17 7.1 3.9 | -45.2 -49.4 345 30 16 5.1 2.8
24000 -40.0 -40.0 310 34 18 8.3 4.6 | -41.3 -42.3 340 34 17 6.5 3.6
22000 -35.1 -31.2 305 34 18 8.2 4.5 | -36.6 -33.9 335 35 18 7.3 4.0
20000 -30.3 -22.5 305 33 17 7.8 4.3 | -32.2 -26.0 340 34 17 7.9 4.3
18000 -25.6 -14.1 310 30 16 6.8 3.7 | -27.5 -17.5 350 33 17 7.6 4.2
16000 -22.1 -7.8 315 26 14 5.4 3.0 | -22.9 -9.2 360 31 16 7.9 4.3
14000 -18.9 -2.0 325 24 13 6.6 3.6 | -19.0 -2.2 360 26 13 5.5 3.0
12000 -14.8 5.4 325 25 13 8.2 4.5 | -15.1 4.8 345 22 11 7.8 4.3
10000 -10.3 13.5 330 25 13 7.8 4.3 | -10.8 12.6 340 25 13 7.3 4.0
9000 -8.1 17.4 330 24 12 7.6 4.2 | -8.6 16.5 340 26 13 7.2 4.0
8000 -5.4 22.3 330 22 11 8.1 4.4 | -5.9 21.4 345 25 13 8.7 4.8
7500 -4.3 24.3 330 22 11 4.9 2.7 | -4.6 23.7 345 25 13 5.6 3.0
7000 -3.7 25.3 330 22 11 5.2 2.8 | -3.9 25.0 345 24 12 7.2 4.0
6500 -3.0 26.6 330 21 11 5.1 2.8 | -2.8 27.0 340 23 12 7.0 3.8
6000 -2.2 28.0 325 21 11 5.7 3.1 | -2.0 28.4 340 20 10 5.5 3.0
5500 -1.5 29.3 325 20 10 4.7 2.6 | -1.3 29.7 340 18 9 4.8 2.6
5000 -0.8 30.6 320 16 8 4.7 2.6 | -0.6 30.9 330 15 8 5.2 2.9
4750 -0.4 31.3 320 15 8 5.3 2.9 | -0.2 31.6 325 15 8 6.2 3.4
4500 0.1 32.2 320 14 7 8.0 4.4 | 0.3 32.5 325 14 7 6.8 3.7
4250 0.8 33.4 320 13 7 9.2 5.1 | 0.8 33.4 320 13 7 7.1 3.9
4000 1.4 34.5 320 12 6 7.9 4.3 | 1.3 34.3 315 12 6 6.7 3.7
3750 2.0 35.6 320 11 6 8.9 4.9 | 1.9 35.4 315 12 6 8.3 4.6
3500 2.8 37.0 315 10 5 10.6 5.8 | 2.5 36.5 315 10 5 7.6 4.2
3400 2.8 37.0 315 10 5 10.6 5.8 | 2.5 36.5 315 10 5 7.6 4.2
3300 3.5 38.3 315 9 5 9.1 5.0 | 2.8 37.0 310 8 4 -1.6 -0.9
3200 3.5 38.3 315 9 5 9.1 5.0 | 2.8 37.0 310 8 4 -1.6 -0.9
3100 3.5 38.3 315 9 5 9.1 5.0 | 2.8 37.0 310 8 4 -1.6 -0.9
3000 4.2 39.6 315 9 4 9.9 5.4 | 2.4 36.3 305 6 3 -6.6 -3.6
2900 M M M M M M M | M M M M M M M
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Longitude: -116.21089
Elevation: 2867 feet (874 meters)
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