Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 011227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, December 1, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, December 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 46.5 F/8.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 79 ft/min (0.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6314 ft MSL (1389 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 39.0 F/4.3 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................. 5137 ft MSL (212 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 12/02...... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:33:15 / 17:00:51 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 27 min 36 sec (567 min 36 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:17:03 MST... 27.18 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 12/01/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 5762 ft MSL (837 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19016 ft MSL (14091 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11409 ft MSL (6483 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +16.1
K index......................... +0.8
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 -34.0 -29.2 280 53 27 7.2 3.9 31.0 87.7 21.2 M M
24000 -29.8 -21.6 280 46 24 7.1 3.9 29.1 84.4 20.2 M M
22000 -25.6 -14.1 290 39 20 6.9 3.8 26.9 80.5 19.0 M M
20000 -21.2 -6.2 300 36 18 7.7 4.2 25.2 77.4 18.0 M M
18000 -16.6 2.1 305 34 18 7.4 4.1 23.8 74.8 17.1 M M
16000 -12.4 9.7 310 35 18 5.8 3.2 21.9 71.5 15.8 M M
14000 -10.0 14.0 305 33 17 3.5 1.9 18.3 65.0 12.6 M M
12000 -7.5 18.5 305 31 16 5.1 2.8 14.8 58.7 9.6 M M
10000 -6.2 20.8 290 24 12 3.4 1.9 9.7 49.5 5.2 M M
9000 -4.2 24.4 280 18 9 5.8 3.2 8.6 47.5 4.3 M M
8000 -2.4 27.7 250 10 5 4.8 2.6 6.7 44.1 2.5 M M
7000 -0.9 30.4 215 9 4 4.0 2.2 5.3 41.5 1.0 M M
6000 -0.1 31.8 185 10 5 1.7 0.9 3.3 37.9 -1.0 61 0.3
5000 0.3 32.5 170 6 3 3.6 2.0 0.8 33.4 -3.6 21 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
12/01/2025 at 0800 MST | 12/01/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +13.5 | CAPE... +0.7 LI... +13.6
CINH... -0.0 K Index... -13.7 | 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 -33.4 -28.1 005 65 33 7.3 4.0 | -32.8 -27.0 360 56 29 7.1 3.9
24000 -29.1 -20.4 005 59 31 7.4 4.1 | -28.5 -19.3 360 52 27 7.1 3.9
22000 -24.9 -12.8 005 53 27 6.9 3.8 | -24.2 -11.6 360 48 25 7.3 4.0
20000 -20.9 -5.6 005 48 24 6.2 3.4 | -19.7 -3.5 360 42 22 6.4 3.5
18000 -17.1 1.2 360 41 21 4.0 2.2 | -15.9 3.4 355 37 19 6.0 3.3
16000 -15.1 4.8 355 33 17 2.9 1.6 | -13.1 8.4 355 31 16 3.6 2.0
14000 -13.2 8.2 345 25 13 3.2 1.7 | -11.2 11.8 350 25 13 2.3 1.3
12000 -11.1 12.0 330 20 10 3.8 2.1 | -9.9 14.2 330 19 10 2.4 1.3
10000 -9.1 15.6 320 14 7 3.4 1.9 | -8.4 16.9 320 13 7 3.1 1.7
9000 -8.3 17.1 315 10 5 2.2 1.2 | -7.6 18.3 310 9 5 1.5 0.8
8000 -7.0 19.4 315 7 3 5.8 3.2 | -6.5 20.3 295 5 3 5.0 2.8
7000 -5.6 21.9 315 3 2 3.9 2.2 | -5.4 22.3 265 3 1 4.1 2.3
6000 -4.3 24.3 220 1 1 3.3 1.8 | -3.9 25.0 220 2 1 7.2 4.0
5000 -3.0 26.6 195 3 1 -27.2 -14.9 | 0.0 32.0 225 2 1 39.4 21.6
12/01/2025 at 1400 MST | 12/01/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +0.2 LI... +14.1 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +14.8
CINH... 0.0 K Index... -7.7 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -9.2
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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 -32.2 -26.0 360 43 22 8.5 4.7 | -32.4 -26.3 330 35 18 8.8 4.8
24000 -27.1 -16.8 360 41 21 8.1 4.5 | -27.2 -17.0 335 32 16 8.5 4.7
22000 -23.0 -9.4 360 40 21 6.9 3.8 | -22.4 -8.3 340 34 17 8.0 4.4
20000 -18.7 -1.7 355 37 19 6.3 3.4 | -17.4 0.7 340 32 17 6.9 3.8
18000 -15.0 5.0 350 32 17 6.1 3.3 | -13.6 7.5 340 28 14 5.7 3.1
16000 -11.7 10.9 345 29 15 4.0 2.2 | -10.5 13.1 335 24 12 4.6 2.5
14000 -9.3 15.3 345 25 13 2.9 1.6 | -8.4 16.9 330 22 11 2.7 1.5
12000 -8.3 17.1 330 19 10 0.9 0.5 | -7.2 19.0 320 19 10 1.0 0.5
10000 -7.4 18.7 315 13 7 2.4 1.3 | -6.5 20.3 305 14 7 2.2 1.2
9000 -6.8 19.8 305 8 4 2.0 1.1 | -5.8 21.6 290 9 5 2.3 1.3
8000 -5.9 21.4 275 5 2 4.3 2.3 | -4.9 23.2 270 6 3 4.6 2.5
7000 -4.6 23.7 250 3 1 5.8 3.2 | -3.7 25.3 240 5 2 4.8 2.6
6000 -2.7 27.1 265 1 1 8.6 4.7 | -2.1 28.2 195 3 1 6.7 3.7
5000 1.5 34.7 290 2 1 41.7 22.9 | -0.2 31.6 130 1 0 -17.2 -9.4
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