Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 081227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, December 8, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, December 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 54.4 F/12.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 63 ft/min (0.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6600 ft MSL (1675 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 50.0 F/10.5 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................. 5526 ft MSL (600 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 12/09...... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:39:52 / 17:00:03 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 20 min 11 sec (560 min 11 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:19:57 MST... 26.26 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 12/08/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 9257 ft MSL (4332 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18498 ft MSL (13573 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10749 ft MSL (5824 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +14.2
K index......................... +10.1
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 -27.9 -18.2 310 50 26 7.8 4.3 37.9 100.2 21.9 M M
24000 -22.7 -8.9 310 49 25 7.3 4.0 36.2 97.2 21.1 M M
22000 -18.4 -1.1 310 50 26 7.3 4.0 34.4 94.0 20.1 M M
20000 -14.1 6.6 310 49 25 7.2 4.0 32.6 90.7 18.9 M M
18000 -10.2 13.6 310 48 25 6.0 3.3 30.6 87.0 17.5 M M
16000 -7.0 19.4 305 48 24 4.7 2.6 27.7 81.8 15.2 M M
14000 -4.8 23.4 305 44 23 2.9 1.6 23.7 74.6 11.8 M M
12000 -3.2 26.2 295 37 19 2.7 1.5 19.0 66.2 7.8 M M
10000 -1.2 29.8 285 25 13 4.9 2.7 14.9 58.8 4.1 M M
9000 0.2 32.4 275 19 10 5.4 2.9 13.3 55.9 2.6 M M
8000 2.4 36.3 255 13 7 6.6 3.6 11.8 53.3 1.2 M M
7000 4.5 40.1 230 10 5 6.8 3.7 10.9 51.7 0.3 M M
6000 5.6 42.1 190 10 5 0.2 0.1 9.1 48.4 -1.5 26 0.1
5000 3.0 37.4 150 6 3 -61.6 -33.8 3.6 38.5 -7.0 74 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
12/08/2025 at 0800 MST | 12/08/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.6
CINH... -0.2 K Index... -8.9 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -5.2
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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 -33.7 -28.7 340 45 23 8.3 4.6 | -32.9 -27.2 325 44 23 8.5 4.6
24000 -28.8 -19.8 335 41 21 8.2 4.5 | -27.8 -18.0 320 42 21 8.2 4.5
22000 -23.9 -11.0 330 41 21 8.1 4.4 | -23.0 -9.4 320 42 22 8.1 4.5
20000 -19.3 -2.7 325 43 22 6.1 3.3 | -18.2 -0.8 315 42 22 6.6 3.6
18000 -15.8 3.6 320 43 22 5.8 3.2 | -14.6 5.7 315 41 21 5.2 2.9
16000 -12.4 9.7 315 39 20 4.3 2.4 | -11.4 11.5 315 37 19 5.9 3.3
14000 -10.5 13.1 305 36 18 3.8 2.1 | -8.4 16.9 315 37 19 2.8 1.5
12000 -8.4 16.9 295 29 15 4.0 2.2 | -6.9 19.6 305 33 17 1.7 0.9
10000 -5.4 22.3 295 15 8 9.1 5.0 | -5.2 22.6 290 20 10 7.1 3.9
9000 -3.1 26.4 305 12 6 8.3 4.5 | -3.1 26.4 285 13 7 6.1 3.3
8000 -0.8 30.6 315 9 5 6.1 3.3 | -1.0 30.2 275 7 4 7.0 3.8
7000 1.5 34.7 305 6 3 5.9 3.2 | 1.3 34.3 255 4 2 6.2 3.4
6000 3.6 38.5 265 3 2 6.3 3.5 | 3.5 38.3 220 4 2 7.4 4.1
5000 3.8 38.8 175 3 1 -25.2 -13.8 | 6.9 44.4 205 3 2 20.3 11.1
12/08/2025 at 1400 MST | 12/08/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +0.3 LI... +9.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.6
CINH... -0.6 K Index... +6.5 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +5.8
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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 -31.6 -24.9 325 44 22 8.2 4.5 | -30.6 -23.1 320 47 24 8.2 4.5
24000 -26.7 -16.1 315 44 23 7.7 4.3 | -25.7 -14.3 315 44 23 7.1 3.9
22000 -22.1 -7.8 310 45 23 7.7 4.2 | -21.5 -6.7 315 44 23 7.1 3.9
20000 -17.5 0.5 310 45 23 6.6 3.6 | -17.2 1.0 315 44 23 6.3 3.4
18000 -13.9 7.0 310 43 22 5.8 3.2 | -13.8 7.2 315 43 22 5.5 3.0
16000 -11.3 11.7 310 40 20 3.8 2.1 | -10.9 12.4 315 43 22 4.6 2.5
14000 -8.7 16.3 310 38 19 4.8 2.6 | -8.0 17.6 310 38 20 4.8 2.6
12000 -5.8 21.6 310 32 16 3.7 2.0 | -5.1 22.8 305 32 16 4.5 2.5
10000 -3.9 25.0 300 19 10 4.3 2.3 | -2.7 27.1 295 21 11 4.3 2.4
9000 -2.7 27.1 280 12 6 7.2 3.9 | -1.5 29.3 280 14 7 6.1 3.4
8000 -0.6 30.9 250 9 4 7.0 3.8 | 0.3 32.5 255 10 5 6.5 3.6
7000 1.8 35.2 235 6 3 7.8 4.3 | 2.5 36.5 230 8 4 6.9 3.8
6000 4.2 39.6 220 5 2 8.7 4.8 | 4.7 40.5 195 5 3 6.2 3.4
5000 7.0 44.6 215 3 2 11.0 6.1 | 6.3 43.3 135 2 1 -19.0 -10.4
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