Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 251227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Tuesday, November 25, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, November 25, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 52.6 F/11.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 124 ft/min (0.6 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6821 ft MSL (1896 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 46.0 F/8.2 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................. 5310 ft MSL (384 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 11/26.... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:26:54 / 17:03:01 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 36 min 6 sec (576 min 6 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:14:57 MST... 28.23 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/25/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8358 ft MSL (3433 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 20096 ft MSL (15171 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12089 ft MSL (7163 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +16.1
K index......................... +3.7
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
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26000 -31.0 -23.8 305 67 34 8.4 4.6 34.5 94.2 21.0 M M
24000 -26.0 -14.8 300 60 31 7.7 4.3 33.6 92.5 20.8 M M
22000 -20.9 -5.6 300 58 30 7.6 4.2 31.8 89.2 19.8 M M
20000 -17.0 1.4 300 54 28 6.4 3.5 29.6 85.2 18.3 M M
18000 -13.4 7.9 305 49 25 5.8 3.2 27.1 80.8 16.5 M M
16000 -10.5 13.1 305 44 22 3.3 1.8 23.9 74.9 13.8 M M
14000 -8.2 17.2 300 38 20 2.4 1.3 20.0 68.1 10.6 M M
12000 -6.3 20.7 290 32 16 5.5 3.0 15.6 60.0 6.9 M M
10000 -2.2 28.0 280 23 12 5.3 2.9 13.6 56.5 5.3 M M
9000 -0.7 30.7 270 17 9 3.0 1.6 12.1 53.8 3.9 M M
8000 0.3 32.5 245 11 6 4.3 2.4 10.2 50.4 2.0 M M
7000 2.0 35.6 210 8 4 5.1 2.8 8.3 46.9 0.1 M M
6000 3.3 37.9 185 9 4 2.6 1.5 6.6 43.8 -1.6 62 0.3
5000 2.6 36.7 155 5 3 -36.0 -19.7 3.0 37.5 -5.2 52 0.3
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/25/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/25/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +12.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +13.0
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -4.8 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -8.0
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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 -34.2 -29.6 315 60 31 8.8 4.8 | -33.2 -27.8 315 67 34 8.2 4.5
24000 -28.9 -20.0 310 62 32 8.1 4.5 | -28.3 -18.9 315 58 30 7.9 4.4
22000 -24.7 -12.5 310 53 27 7.1 3.9 | -23.8 -10.8 310 53 27 7.7 4.2
20000 -20.4 -4.7 305 47 24 7.3 4.0 | -19.6 -3.3 310 47 24 6.4 3.5
18000 -16.0 3.2 305 43 22 5.1 2.8 | -15.6 3.9 310 39 20 5.1 2.8
16000 -13.8 7.2 305 40 21 3.2 1.8 | -13.2 8.2 310 36 18 3.1 1.7
14000 -11.5 11.3 305 36 18 4.3 2.4 | -11.2 11.8 310 31 16 4.0 2.2
12000 -9.2 15.4 305 29 15 2.8 1.5 | -8.7 16.3 305 24 13 3.6 2.0
10000 -7.2 19.0 300 21 11 5.8 3.2 | -6.6 20.1 300 16 8 5.4 3.0
9000 -5.5 22.1 305 15 8 5.1 2.8 | -5.1 22.8 295 11 6 5.9 3.3
8000 -3.8 25.2 315 8 4 6.6 3.6 | -3.4 25.9 295 6 3 5.7 3.1
7000 -1.8 28.8 330 4 2 6.9 3.8 | -1.5 29.3 275 4 2 7.1 3.9
6000 0.2 32.4 320 3 1 5.8 3.2 | 0.4 32.7 270 3 2 8.9 4.9
5000 1.8 35.2 290 1 1 3.8 2.1 | 4.6 40.3 280 3 2 25.3 13.9
11/25/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/25/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +13.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +12.0
CINH... 0.0 K Index... -10.5 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -11.1
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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 -32.1 -25.8 315 67 34 8.0 4.4 | -31.1 -24.0 315 64 33 7.7 4.2
24000 -27.4 -17.3 315 61 31 7.4 4.1 | -26.6 -15.9 310 59 31 7.0 3.8
22000 -23.2 -9.8 310 52 27 7.1 3.9 | -22.6 -8.7 310 53 27 6.7 3.7
20000 -19.1 -2.4 310 45 23 6.6 3.6 | -19.0 -2.2 305 46 24 5.9 3.2
18000 -14.8 5.4 310 38 20 6.3 3.5 | -15.1 4.8 305 37 19 5.5 3.0
16000 -11.8 10.8 310 33 17 3.1 1.7 | -11.6 11.1 310 32 17 5.6 3.1
14000 -10.4 13.3 310 27 14 2.5 1.4 | -9.0 15.8 310 28 15 2.8 1.5
12000 -8.5 16.7 305 22 11 3.8 2.1 | -7.3 18.9 305 22 11 3.2 1.8
10000 -6.1 21.0 290 15 8 5.2 2.9 | -5.1 22.8 295 15 7 4.8 2.6
9000 -4.7 23.5 285 10 5 6.5 3.5 | -3.8 25.2 285 11 6 6.7 3.7
8000 -2.9 26.8 275 7 4 6.2 3.4 | -2.0 28.4 275 8 4 5.4 3.0
7000 -0.9 30.4 280 4 2 8.5 4.7 | -0.2 31.6 270 4 2 6.6 3.6
6000 1.3 34.3 300 4 2 10.1 5.5 | 1.7 35.1 295 1 1 7.5 4.1
5000 4.1 39.4 310 4 2 14.1 7.7 | 3.6 38.5 005 2 1 5.3 2.9
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