Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Thursday, November 20, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, November 20, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 50.7 F/10.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 0 ft/min (0.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9765 ft MSL (4840 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 52.0 F/11.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1300 MST
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................. 7081 ft MSL (2156 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 11/21....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:21:17 / 17:05:49 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 44 min 32 sec (584 min 32 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:13:33 MST... 29.27 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/20/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8117 ft MSL (3192 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9257 ft MSL (4332 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 9465 ft MSL (4540 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.6
K index......................... +20.2
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 -37.3 -35.1 200 6 3 6.4 3.5 27.8 82.0 13.0 M M
24000 -33.5 -28.3 175 8 4 6.3 3.5 25.3 77.5 11.3 M M
22000 -28.8 -19.8 160 10 5 7.1 3.9 23.0 73.3 9.7 M M
20000 -24.3 -11.7 145 8 4 7.9 4.3 21.4 70.5 8.6 M M
18000 -19.8 -3.6 100 5 2 7.2 3.9 20.0 68.0 7.5 M M
16000 -15.3 4.5 075 4 2 7.4 4.1 18.5 65.2 6.3 M M
14000 -11.3 11.7 060 5 3 6.1 3.3 16.5 61.8 4.6 M M
12000 -8.1 17.4 030 4 2 6.2 3.4 13.9 56.9 2.1 M M
10000 -3.9 25.0 005 5 3 6.4 3.5 12.2 53.9 0.4 M M
9000 -1.9 28.6 020 5 2 7.6 4.1 11.3 52.4 -0.5 283 1.4
8000 -0.0 32.0 020 4 2 6.4 3.5 10.3 50.5 -1.5 197 1.0
7000 1.9 35.4 035 2 1 4.8 2.6 8.6 47.4 -3.3 103 0.5
6000 2.9 37.2 100 1 0 2.5 1.4 6.7 44.0 -5.3 44 0.2
5000 3.9 39.0 165 1 0 2.7 1.5 4.8 40.6 -7.3 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/20/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/20/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +4.1 LI... +0.5 | CAPE... +8.7 LI... +0.6
CINH... -3.7 K Index... +24.6 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +25.1
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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 -39.8 -39.6 150 18 9 7.6 4.2 | -40.9 -41.6 140 14 7 8.6 4.7
24000 -35.3 -31.5 145 15 8 7.6 4.2 | -35.7 -32.3 145 14 7 8.7 4.8
22000 -30.1 -22.2 150 12 6 9.0 4.9 | -30.4 -22.7 150 13 7 8.9 4.9
20000 -25.0 -13.0 150 10 5 7.8 4.3 | -24.7 -12.5 150 13 7 7.9 4.3
18000 -19.9 -3.8 150 8 4 7.4 4.1 | -20.1 -4.2 155 12 6 7.6 4.2
16000 -15.5 4.1 160 8 4 7.3 4.0 | -15.7 3.7 160 9 5 7.4 4.1
14000 -11.4 11.5 165 8 4 6.7 3.7 | -11.4 11.5 165 6 3 7.0 3.9
12000 -7.6 18.3 170 6 3 6.5 3.6 | -7.6 18.3 170 4 2 6.4 3.5
10000 -3.6 25.5 165 5 2 6.5 3.6 | -3.9 25.0 160 3 1 6.0 3.3
9000 -1.8 28.8 160 4 2 7.5 4.1 | -2.1 28.2 160 3 1 6.5 3.6
8000 0.4 32.7 170 4 2 8.2 4.5 | -0.4 31.3 165 3 2 6.7 3.7
7000 2.7 36.9 170 3 2 6.9 3.8 | 1.4 34.5 155 4 2 7.2 4.0
6000 4.9 40.8 165 3 2 5.5 3.0 | 3.4 38.1 155 5 2 7.8 4.3
5000 5.8 42.4 140 3 1 -6.2 -3.4 | 6.0 42.8 160 4 2 16.8 9.2
11/20/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/20/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +49.3 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... +42.3 LI... +0.5
CINH... -2.0 K Index... +23.3 | CINH... -26.5 K Index... +20.9
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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 -40.2 -40.4 165 20 10 7.8 4.3 | -39.6 -39.3 170 22 12 7.0 3.9
24000 -35.5 -31.9 170 18 9 7.9 4.3 | -35.4 -31.7 170 25 13 7.1 3.9
22000 -30.4 -22.7 170 15 8 8.7 4.8 | -30.5 -22.9 170 22 11 8.4 4.6
20000 -24.7 -12.5 170 13 7 8.1 4.4 | -25.6 -14.1 165 18 9 8.2 4.5
18000 -20.0 -4.0 175 12 6 7.7 4.2 | -20.0 -4.0 170 13 7 8.6 4.7
16000 -15.6 3.9 180 10 5 7.2 3.9 | -15.2 4.6 180 8 4 7.0 3.8
14000 -11.5 11.3 170 6 3 6.9 3.8 | -11.4 11.5 170 5 3 6.6 3.6
12000 -7.6 18.3 175 4 2 6.4 3.5 | -7.4 18.7 160 4 2 6.8 3.7
10000 -3.9 25.0 175 3 1 6.0 3.3 | -3.5 25.7 165 3 2 6.5 3.6
9000 -2.2 28.0 180 2 1 7.1 3.9 | -1.7 28.9 165 2 1 6.8 3.7
8000 -0.4 31.3 180 2 1 6.6 3.6 | 0.0 32.0 165 1 1 6.1 3.4
7000 1.5 34.7 175 2 1 6.8 3.7 | 1.8 35.2 000 0 0 6.1 3.3
6000 3.5 38.3 165 2 1 8.5 4.6 | 3.6 38.5 350 1 1 7.1 3.9
5000 6.4 43.5 175 1 1 16.6 9.1 | 6.0 42.8 340 2 1 2.4 1.3
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