Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 181227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Tuesday, November 18, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, November 18, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 52.5 F/11.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 451 ft/min (2.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10932 ft MSL (6006 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 56.0 F/13.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 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................. 7653 ft MSL (2727 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 11/19.... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:18:58 / 17:07:10 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 48 min 12 sec (588 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:13:04 MST... 29.73 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/18/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8662 ft MSL (3736 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9695 ft MSL (4769 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10262 ft MSL (5336 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.6
K index......................... +22.7
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 -38.4 -37.1 230 27 14 8.9 4.9 26.1 79.1 10.0 M M
24000 -33.0 -27.4 225 23 12 9.0 4.9 25.6 78.0 9.8 M M
22000 -27.3 -17.1 220 21 11 8.4 4.6 24.5 76.1 9.2 M M
20000 -22.6 -8.7 220 23 12 7.7 4.2 23.2 73.8 8.3 M M
18000 -18.1 -0.6 225 25 13 7.5 4.1 21.8 71.2 7.2 M M
16000 -13.9 7.0 230 22 11 6.4 3.5 20.0 68.0 5.6 M M
14000 -10.3 13.5 225 19 10 5.9 3.2 17.6 63.7 3.5 M M
12000 -6.8 19.8 215 16 8 6.5 3.6 15.2 59.4 1.2 M M
10000 -3.0 26.6 210 11 6 6.5 3.6 13.2 55.7 -0.8 376 1.9
9000 -0.9 30.4 205 9 5 7.7 4.2 12.3 54.2 -1.7 284 1.4
8000 1.7 35.1 195 8 4 7.2 4.0 11.3 52.3 -2.8 171 0.9
7000 3.7 38.7 180 9 5 6.9 3.8 10.4 50.6 -3.7 81 0.4
6000 5.6 42.1 170 9 5 5.5 3.0 9.3 48.8 -4.8 M M
5000 6.5 43.7 155 5 3 5.8 3.2 7.4 45.3 -6.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/18/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/18/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.5 | CAPE... +23.4 LI... +2.2
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +16.8 | CINH... -2.2 K Index... +17.6
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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 -36.1 -33.0 205 21 11 7.7 4.2 | -36.7 -34.1 215 24 12 8.5 4.7
24000 -31.5 -24.7 205 19 10 7.8 4.3 | -31.7 -25.1 220 26 13 8.6 4.7
22000 -27.1 -16.8 195 17 9 7.3 4.0 | -27.0 -16.6 215 23 12 7.8 4.3
20000 -22.8 -9.0 190 14 7 7.0 3.9 | -22.1 -7.8 215 19 10 7.0 3.8
18000 -18.1 -0.6 190 13 7 7.3 4.0 | -17.9 -0.2 210 16 8 6.9 3.8
16000 -13.8 7.2 200 13 7 6.4 3.5 | -13.8 7.2 210 14 7 6.6 3.6
14000 -10.2 13.6 210 12 6 5.6 3.1 | -10.0 14.0 205 12 6 6.1 3.4
12000 -7.1 19.2 215 11 6 5.8 3.2 | -6.6 20.1 195 9 5 6.0 3.3
10000 -3.2 26.2 195 8 4 7.4 4.1 | -2.7 27.1 175 7 4 6.7 3.7
9000 -0.8 30.6 180 7 4 8.9 4.9 | -0.5 31.1 165 7 3 8.3 4.5
8000 1.7 35.1 170 7 3 8.4 4.6 | 1.7 35.1 155 7 4 7.6 4.2
7000 4.0 39.2 160 7 3 8.1 4.5 | 3.9 39.0 155 7 4 7.7 4.2
6000 6.3 43.3 160 7 3 6.1 3.3 | 6.3 43.3 160 7 3 9.2 5.0
5000 5.7 42.3 125 4 2 9.7 5.3 | 10.4 50.7 165 4 2 7.1 3.9
11/18/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/18/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +31.0 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... +26.8 LI... +1.7
CINH... -2.0 K Index... +18.9 | CINH... -4.7 K Index... +19.5
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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 -37.0 -34.6 220 30 15 8.6 4.7 | -37.1 -34.8 225 26 13 8.4 4.6
24000 -31.9 -25.4 225 24 12 8.6 4.7 | -32.1 -25.8 235 22 11 8.5 4.6
22000 -27.0 -16.6 225 23 12 8.2 4.5 | -27.0 -16.6 220 20 10 8.5 4.6
20000 -21.8 -7.2 225 20 10 7.3 4.0 | -21.7 -7.1 210 18 9 7.5 4.1
18000 -17.7 0.1 220 17 9 6.5 3.6 | -17.4 0.7 205 16 8 6.9 3.8
16000 -13.7 7.3 215 13 7 6.6 3.6 | -13.5 7.7 200 13 7 6.5 3.6
14000 -9.9 14.2 205 12 6 6.4 3.5 | -9.5 14.9 195 11 6 6.7 3.7
12000 -6.3 20.7 180 10 5 6.2 3.4 | -5.8 21.6 185 10 5 6.2 3.4
10000 -2.5 27.5 165 10 5 6.9 3.8 | -2.0 28.4 160 10 5 6.9 3.8
9000 -0.1 31.8 160 9 4 8.9 4.9 | 0.3 32.5 150 9 5 9.2 5.0
8000 2.4 36.3 160 7 3 9.0 4.9 | 2.9 37.2 150 7 4 8.8 4.8
7000 5.0 41.0 165 4 2 9.2 5.1 | 5.3 41.5 140 5 2 7.5 4.1
6000 7.7 45.9 185 3 1 9.1 5.0 | 7.7 45.9 110 2 1 6.0 3.3
5000 11.0 51.8 210 2 1 14.4 7.9 | 9.4 48.9 345 2 1 11.2 6.1
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