Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 281227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Friday, November 28, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, November 28, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 43.2 F/6.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 351 ft/min (1.8 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11045 ft MSL (6119 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 54.0 F/12.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0845 MST
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................. 9833 ft MSL (4907 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 11/29..... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:30:09 / 17:01:46 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 31 min 37 sec (571 min 37 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:15:57 MST... 27.67 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/28/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 5624 ft MSL (698 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 12061 ft MSL (7135 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11656 ft MSL (6731 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +6.8
K index......................... -19.9
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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26000 -35.3 -31.5 295 58 30 8.5 4.7 30.3 86.5 14.1 M M
24000 -30.2 -22.4 300 55 28 8.7 4.8 29.4 84.9 13.8 M M
22000 -25.3 -13.5 305 50 26 7.1 3.9 27.3 81.2 12.4 M M
20000 -21.6 -6.9 315 45 23 5.3 2.9 24.7 76.4 10.5 M M
18000 -18.4 -1.1 325 40 21 5.6 3.0 21.7 71.1 8.2 M M
16000 -14.9 5.2 330 36 19 6.0 3.3 19.0 66.3 6.0 M M
14000 -11.2 11.8 335 32 16 5.9 3.2 16.6 61.9 3.9 M M
12000 -8.0 17.6 340 27 14 5.2 2.9 13.7 56.7 1.4 M M
10000 -5.8 21.6 340 23 12 1.5 0.8 10.0 50.0 -2.2 303 1.5
9000 -5.8 21.6 345 15 8 1.1 0.6 7.1 44.8 -5.2 274 1.4
8000 -5.6 21.9 350 8 4 4.1 2.2 4.5 40.0 -8.0 238 1.2
7000 -2.8 27.0 005 4 2 8.0 4.4 3.7 38.6 -9.0 118 0.6
6000 -0.7 30.7 350 4 2 7.2 3.9 2.9 37.2 -9.9 25 0.1
5000 1.6 34.9 330 3 1 4.0 2.2 2.2 36.0 -10.7 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/28/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/28/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.1
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +16.1 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +18.2
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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 -37.4 -35.3 270 59 30 7.9 4.4 | -38.3 -36.9 275 72 37 7.8 4.3
24000 -32.7 -26.9 270 54 28 8.0 4.4 | -33.6 -28.5 275 67 34 7.9 4.3
22000 -28.2 -18.8 270 51 26 7.4 4.1 | -29.0 -20.2 275 59 30 7.6 4.2
20000 -23.8 -10.8 265 48 25 7.4 4.1 | -24.3 -11.7 270 52 27 8.3 4.5
18000 -18.9 -2.0 270 44 23 7.5 4.1 | -18.9 -2.0 265 46 24 7.4 4.1
16000 -14.4 6.1 270 40 21 7.6 4.2 | -15.1 4.8 260 42 22 6.1 3.4
14000 -10.0 14.0 265 33 17 8.2 4.5 | -11.3 11.7 255 34 17 7.6 4.2
12000 -4.8 23.4 265 26 13 8.6 4.7 | -6.6 20.1 260 27 14 7.8 4.3
10000 0.3 32.5 265 22 11 7.5 4.1 | -1.7 28.9 275 24 12 7.7 4.2
9000 2.7 36.9 265 20 10 7.8 4.3 | 0.8 33.4 275 21 11 8.5 4.7
8000 4.7 40.5 250 17 9 6.4 3.5 | 3.0 37.4 270 17 9 6.6 3.6
7000 6.5 43.7 230 13 7 5.0 2.8 | 4.8 40.6 260 13 7 6.6 3.6
6000 7.6 45.7 200 12 6 1.2 0.7 | 6.6 43.9 235 9 5 6.7 3.7
5000 4.9 40.8 150 6 3 4.2 2.3 | 9.8 49.6 215 5 2 7.2 3.9
11/28/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/28/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.2 | CAPE... +1.4 LI... +3.1
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +10.4 | CINH... -5.6 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 -38.6 -37.5 280 81 42 6.7 3.7 | -35.3 -31.5 305 81 42 4.8 2.6
24000 -34.6 -30.3 280 70 36 6.7 3.7 | -32.5 -26.5 295 74 38 4.8 2.6
22000 -29.9 -21.8 280 61 31 7.1 3.9 | -29.6 -21.3 295 66 34 4.8 2.6
20000 -25.4 -13.7 275 55 28 7.9 4.3 | -25.7 -14.3 290 58 30 6.9 3.8
18000 -20.7 -5.3 275 52 27 7.6 4.2 | -21.5 -6.7 290 51 26 7.8 4.3
16000 -16.3 2.7 270 48 25 6.8 3.7 | -17.3 0.9 290 47 24 6.3 3.5
14000 -12.6 9.3 270 39 20 6.6 3.6 | -13.9 7.0 290 41 21 5.3 2.9
12000 -8.2 17.2 265 30 16 7.7 4.2 | -10.6 12.9 285 32 16 6.4 3.5
10000 -4.0 24.8 275 25 13 6.9 3.8 | -6.2 20.8 290 23 12 7.9 4.3
9000 -1.8 28.8 280 21 11 8.7 4.8 | -3.8 25.2 295 21 11 9.6 5.2
8000 0.7 33.3 285 17 9 7.9 4.3 | -1.2 29.8 305 19 10 8.4 4.6
7000 3.1 37.6 290 13 7 7.3 4.0 | 1.4 34.5 305 16 8 6.8 3.8
6000 5.2 41.4 300 10 5 7.6 4.2 | 3.7 38.7 305 14 7 6.3 3.4
5000 9.1 48.4 305 7 4 5.1 2.8 | 5.2 41.4 305 4 2 8.2 4.5
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