Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 051226
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
526 AM MST Thursday, November 5, 2026
This forecast is for Thursday, November 5, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 51.5 F/10.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 90 ft/min (0.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9149 ft MSL (4265 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 52.0 F/11.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1245 MST
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Overcast opaque high
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 6105 ft MSL (1221 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 11/06....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:03:22 / 17:19:23 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 16 min 1 sec (616 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:22 MST... 33.31 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/05/2026 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8379 ft MSL (3495 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10075 ft MSL (5191 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 9666 ft MSL (4782 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.1
K index......................... +6.9
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 -34.3 -29.7 360 29 15 6.9 3.8 31.0 87.8 15.6 M M
24000 -30.1 -22.2 360 30 16 7.0 3.8 29.0 84.2 14.4 M M
22000 -25.9 -14.6 360 25 13 7.0 3.9 26.9 80.4 13.0 M M
20000 -21.6 -6.9 345 17 9 6.0 3.3 24.2 75.5 11.0 M M
18000 -17.6 0.3 325 11 6 8.0 4.4 22.2 71.9 9.5 M M
16000 -12.8 9.0 320 9 4 7.3 4.0 21.0 69.8 8.7 M M
14000 -9.0 15.8 310 8 4 5.6 3.1 18.9 66.0 6.8 M M
12000 -6.1 21.0 325 8 4 4.3 2.3 15.8 60.4 4.0 M M
10000 -3.3 26.1 350 8 4 6.6 3.6 12.7 54.9 1.0 M M
9000 -1.5 29.3 355 8 4 7.0 3.8 11.6 52.9 -0.1 283 1.4
8000 0.6 33.1 360 7 3 5.9 3.2 10.8 51.4 -1.0 192 1.0
7000 2.6 36.7 360 5 3 5.5 3.0 9.9 49.8 -1.9 103 0.5
6000 4.4 39.9 360 3 2 4.9 2.7 8.9 48.1 -3.0 17 0.1
5000 4.8 40.6 115 1 0 -49.9 -27.4 5.6 42.1 -6.3 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/05/2026 at 0800 MST | 11/05/2026 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +4.1 LI... +6.2 | CAPE... +14.3 LI... +5.4
CINH... -0.6 K Index... +7.6 | CINH... -1.4 K Index... +7.5
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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 -31.8 -25.2 285 27 14 7.0 3.8 | -31.9 -25.4 250 27 14 7.8 4.3
24000 -27.6 -17.7 285 22 12 7.3 4.0 | -27.2 -17.0 250 26 13 6.9 3.8
22000 -23.1 -9.6 280 20 10 7.4 4.1 | -23.4 -10.1 240 20 10 6.3 3.4
20000 -18.6 -1.5 280 16 8 7.6 4.2 | -18.7 -1.7 240 17 9 7.6 4.1
18000 -14.0 6.8 270 12 6 5.8 3.2 | -14.4 6.1 240 16 8 6.4 3.5
16000 -10.3 13.5 255 9 5 5.9 3.3 | -10.7 12.7 235 14 7 6.3 3.4
14000 -7.2 19.0 225 6 3 4.2 2.3 | -7.2 19.0 225 11 6 4.7 2.6
12000 -5.0 23.0 185 6 3 3.7 2.0 | -4.7 23.5 200 9 5 4.1 2.3
10000 -2.8 27.0 145 3 2 5.1 2.8 | -2.2 28.0 180 7 4 4.9 2.7
9000 -1.3 29.7 110 2 1 5.6 3.1 | -0.8 30.6 165 5 3 5.5 3.0
8000 0.1 32.2 115 1 0 6.7 3.7 | 0.6 33.1 160 4 2 6.8 3.7
7000 2.1 35.8 185 1 1 6.8 3.7 | 2.5 36.5 170 3 2 6.7 3.7
6000 4.1 39.4 165 2 1 6.3 3.4 | 4.7 40.5 195 2 1 10.7 5.9
5000 5.9 42.6 155 2 1 6.2 3.4 | 8.9 48.0 230 2 1 36.8 20.2
11/05/2026 at 1400 MST | 11/05/2026 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +23.2 LI... +3.0 | CAPE... +7.6 LI... +3.1
CINH... -0.8 K Index... +9.4 | CINH... -2.6 K Index... +13.4
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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 -32.4 -26.3 235 35 18 8.0 4.4 | -33.6 -28.5 235 35 18 7.8 4.3
24000 -27.6 -17.7 240 33 17 7.5 4.1 | -28.9 -20.0 240 32 16 7.5 4.1
22000 -23.5 -10.3 235 28 15 7.0 3.8 | -24.7 -12.5 240 27 14 7.1 3.9
20000 -20.0 -4.0 230 23 12 5.0 2.7 | -20.8 -5.4 245 23 12 6.2 3.4
18000 -16.0 3.2 225 17 9 7.8 4.3 | -16.6 2.1 240 19 10 6.9 3.8
16000 -11.6 11.1 230 15 8 6.5 3.6 | -12.5 9.5 235 15 8 6.6 3.6
14000 -8.1 17.4 225 12 6 5.1 2.8 | -8.7 16.3 235 11 6 5.9 3.3
12000 -5.3 22.5 205 10 5 5.1 2.8 | -5.4 22.3 225 8 4 5.7 3.1
10000 -2.2 28.0 195 8 4 5.5 3.0 | -2.1 28.2 220 6 3 5.5 3.0
9000 -0.6 30.9 200 5 3 5.8 3.2 | -0.6 30.9 240 3 2 6.1 3.3
8000 1.0 33.8 230 3 2 7.9 4.3 | 1.1 34.0 295 3 1 7.1 3.9
7000 3.2 37.8 295 3 1 7.7 4.2 | 3.0 37.4 335 4 2 7.0 3.8
6000 5.4 41.7 315 4 2 11.2 6.1 | 5.0 41.0 340 5 2 7.6 4.2
5000 8.1 46.6 315 5 3 11.9 6.6 | 7.1 44.8 325 4 2 8.8 4.8
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