Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 291227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Saturday, November 29, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, November 29, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 46.8 F/8.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 0 ft/min (0.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7293 ft MSL (2368 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 44.0 F/7.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ 0800 MST
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 5462 ft MSL (537 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 11/30....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:31:12 / 17:01:25 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 30 min 13 sec (570 min 13 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:16:18 MST... 27.50 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/29/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 7007 ft MSL (2082 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 12773 ft MSL (7848 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11296 ft MSL (6371 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +9.1
K index......................... +14.6
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 -39.1 -38.4 265 68 35 7.6 4.1 26.0 78.8 15.1 M M
24000 -34.6 -30.3 265 61 31 7.6 4.1 24.3 75.7 14.1 M M
22000 -29.7 -21.5 265 59 30 8.4 4.6 23.1 73.6 13.4 M M
20000 -24.4 -11.9 265 56 29 7.2 3.9 21.7 71.0 12.5 M M
18000 -20.4 -4.7 260 50 26 3.4 1.9 19.7 67.4 11.0 M M
16000 -18.0 -0.4 260 42 22 4.3 2.4 15.7 60.3 7.8 M M
14000 -15.2 4.6 260 35 18 4.8 2.6 12.4 54.4 4.9 M M
12000 -11.4 11.5 255 28 15 7.1 3.9 10.3 50.5 3.0 M M
10000 -6.5 20.3 240 19 10 9.0 4.9 9.3 48.7 2.1 M M
9000 -4.2 24.4 230 15 8 9.3 5.1 8.6 47.6 1.6 M M
8000 -2.0 28.4 210 14 7 7.8 4.3 7.9 46.2 0.9 M M
7000 0.2 32.4 190 14 7 4.6 2.5 6.4 43.5 -0.6 90 0.5
6000 1.5 34.7 180 10 5 5.4 3.0 5.0 40.9 -2.2 19 0.1
5000 2.4 36.3 165 4 2 -0.2 -0.1 2.9 37.3 -4.3 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/29/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/29/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +0.7 LI... +7.2 | CAPE... +4.1 LI... +6.6
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -14.7 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -5.6
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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 -35.9 -32.6 285 60 31 7.3 4.0 | -36.9 -34.4 285 59 30 6.1 3.4
24000 -31.5 -24.7 285 57 29 7.4 4.1 | -33.3 -27.9 295 54 28 6.1 3.3
22000 -27.6 -17.7 295 53 27 6.5 3.6 | -29.3 -20.7 300 49 25 6.7 3.7
20000 -23.9 -11.0 300 46 24 5.6 3.1 | -24.7 -12.5 310 43 22 7.0 3.8
18000 -20.0 -4.0 310 36 19 6.6 3.6 | -20.6 -5.1 315 37 19 6.9 3.8
16000 -15.7 3.7 320 32 17 8.7 4.8 | -16.3 2.7 325 31 16 8.0 4.4
14000 -10.6 12.9 320 28 14 7.3 4.0 | -11.3 11.7 320 25 13 8.1 4.4
12000 -7.0 19.4 330 21 11 4.8 2.6 | -7.4 18.7 320 17 9 4.5 2.5
10000 -5.0 23.0 345 16 8 1.8 1.0 | -5.7 21.7 325 7 4 2.5 1.4
9000 -4.5 23.9 355 12 6 3.4 1.9 | -5.0 23.0 320 3 2 3.5 1.9
8000 -3.2 26.2 360 7 4 7.3 4.0 | -3.6 25.5 235 2 1 5.6 3.1
7000 -1.7 28.9 005 3 2 4.1 2.2 | -2.2 28.0 215 3 1 5.5 3.0
6000 -0.4 31.3 345 1 0 4.4 2.4 | -0.5 31.1 245 3 2 9.7 5.3
5000 0.3 32.5 255 1 1 -43.3 -23.7 | 3.6 38.5 275 3 2 30.1 16.5
11/29/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/29/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.8
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -9.6 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -12.0
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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 -38.0 -36.4 295 53 27 7.0 3.8 | -38.3 -36.9 290 51 26 7.0 3.8
24000 -33.8 -28.8 300 49 25 7.0 3.8 | -34.1 -29.4 290 47 24 6.9 3.8
22000 -29.7 -21.5 305 46 24 6.8 3.7 | -29.6 -21.3 290 43 22 7.6 4.2
20000 -25.1 -13.2 310 40 21 7.0 3.8 | -25.1 -13.2 290 37 19 7.5 4.1
18000 -20.9 -5.6 310 35 18 7.4 4.1 | -20.1 -4.2 285 29 15 7.5 4.1
16000 -16.1 3.0 310 28 15 7.7 4.2 | -15.6 3.9 285 22 11 7.5 4.1
14000 -11.4 11.5 315 20 10 7.9 4.3 | -11.3 11.7 295 15 8 7.3 4.0
12000 -7.0 19.4 315 13 7 6.1 3.4 | -6.9 19.6 295 8 4 7.1 3.9
10000 -4.3 24.3 295 5 3 3.1 1.7 | -3.1 26.4 265 4 2 4.7 2.6
9000 -3.5 25.7 270 2 1 3.3 1.8 | -1.9 28.6 215 3 2 4.1 2.2
8000 -2.7 27.1 250 2 1 3.3 1.8 | -1.0 30.2 185 3 1 2.6 1.4
7000 -1.2 29.8 270 1 1 5.8 3.2 | -0.1 31.8 165 3 1 4.6 2.5
6000 0.6 33.1 300 1 1 10.2 5.6 | 1.3 34.3 145 2 1 5.7 3.1
5000 5.0 41.0 325 2 1 40.6 22.2 | 2.8 37.0 300 1 1 -21.1 -11.6
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