Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 141227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Friday, November 14, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, November 14, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 60.1 F/15.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 87 ft/min (0.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11546 ft MSL (6621 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 66.0 F/19.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 MST
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 9111 ft MSL (4186 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 11/15..... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:14:18 / 17:10:18 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 56 min 0 sec (596 min 0 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:12:18 MST... 30.72 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/14/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 10806 ft MSL (5881 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 11170 ft MSL (6245 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11523 ft MSL (6598 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.7
K index......................... +10.7
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 -25.5 -13.9 250 36 19 7.5 4.1 40.1 104.1 16.7 M M
24000 -21.0 -5.8 250 33 17 8.1 4.5 38.6 101.4 15.8 M M
22000 -15.5 4.1 245 23 12 8.3 4.5 37.2 99.0 15.2 M M
20000 -11.6 11.1 240 23 12 6.1 3.3 34.8 94.6 13.4 M M
18000 -8.4 16.9 240 25 13 5.3 2.9 32.0 89.7 11.2 M M
16000 -5.5 22.1 255 24 12 4.2 2.3 28.8 83.8 8.5 M M
14000 -2.9 26.8 260 22 12 3.9 2.1 25.3 77.5 5.4 M M
12000 -1.4 29.5 260 15 7 3.0 1.7 20.7 69.2 1.0 M M
10000 1.3 34.3 255 7 3 7.3 4.0 17.5 63.6 -2.1 377 1.9
9000 3.3 37.9 245 5 2 7.5 4.1 16.7 62.1 -3.0 286 1.5
8000 5.5 41.9 225 3 2 8.4 4.6 16.0 60.9 -3.7 190 1.0
7000 8.4 47.1 205 3 1 6.9 3.8 15.3 59.5 -4.6 67 0.3
6000 10.3 50.5 170 3 2 5.7 3.1 14.3 57.7 -5.6 M M
5000 9.0 48.2 130 5 3 -87.4 -47.9 10.0 50.0 -9.9 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/14/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/14/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... 0.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.4
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +22.9 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +23.0
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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 -27.8 -18.0 230 63 33 6.4 3.5 | -27.3 -17.1 230 64 33 6.5 3.6
24000 -24.0 -11.2 235 54 28 5.6 3.1 | -23.5 -10.3 225 54 28 5.6 3.1
22000 -20.7 -5.3 245 45 23 5.6 3.1 | -20.2 -4.4 230 41 21 5.7 3.1
20000 -16.7 1.9 245 37 19 6.1 3.4 | -16.3 2.7 235 33 17 6.0 3.3
18000 -12.9 8.8 235 33 17 6.8 3.7 | -12.7 9.1 235 29 15 6.3 3.5
16000 -8.9 16.0 240 31 16 6.6 3.6 | -8.9 16.0 235 28 14 6.7 3.7
14000 -4.8 23.4 240 31 16 7.9 4.4 | -5.1 22.8 230 29 15 6.8 3.7
12000 -0.1 31.8 230 32 17 8.6 4.7 | -1.1 30.0 225 31 16 7.0 3.9
10000 4.9 40.8 220 32 16 7.2 3.9 | 3.3 37.9 220 33 17 7.5 4.1
9000 7.1 44.8 220 29 15 7.9 4.3 | 5.8 42.4 215 31 16 8.6 4.7
8000 9.3 48.7 215 28 15 7.5 4.1 | 8.4 47.1 210 28 14 8.1 4.4
7000 11.6 52.9 205 27 14 5.5 3.0 | 10.9 51.6 205 27 14 7.1 3.9
6000 13.2 55.8 190 23 12 3.6 2.0 | 12.9 55.2 190 23 12 6.6 3.6
5000 13.7 56.7 170 17 9 2.2 1.2 | 15.6 60.1 175 11 6 8.0 4.4
11/14/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/14/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.0
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +22.6 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +19.8
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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 -26.9 -16.4 240 60 31 7.6 4.2 | -26.4 -15.5 250 65 34 7.5 4.1
24000 -22.5 -8.5 240 57 29 6.5 3.6 | -22.0 -7.6 255 58 30 7.1 3.9
22000 -18.6 -1.5 235 50 26 6.6 3.6 | -17.7 0.1 255 48 25 7.2 3.9
20000 -14.6 5.7 230 37 19 5.8 3.2 | -13.5 7.7 255 38 19 6.1 3.3
18000 -11.3 11.7 230 30 15 5.6 3.1 | -9.9 14.2 255 30 16 6.2 3.4
16000 -8.1 17.4 230 28 14 5.6 3.1 | -6.5 20.3 250 28 14 5.3 2.9
14000 -4.8 23.4 230 27 14 5.7 3.1 | -4.1 24.6 235 27 14 3.5 1.9
12000 -1.4 29.5 230 28 14 5.9 3.2 | -1.6 29.1 230 29 15 5.2 2.9
10000 1.9 35.4 220 29 15 6.0 3.3 | 2.1 35.8 225 24 12 7.5 4.1
9000 4.1 39.4 210 27 14 8.3 4.5 | 4.5 40.1 220 23 12 8.8 4.8
8000 6.6 43.9 200 24 12 9.2 5.1 | 7.0 44.6 215 22 11 8.7 4.8
7000 9.2 48.6 190 22 11 8.2 4.5 | 9.7 49.5 205 19 10 7.0 3.9
6000 11.7 53.1 180 19 10 9.1 5.0 | 12.1 53.8 190 15 8 7.1 3.9
5000 15.8 60.4 175 12 6 36.1 19.8 | 14.2 57.6 165 6 3 -13.0 -7.1
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