Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 301227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Sunday, November 30, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, November 30, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 39.4 F/4.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 0 ft/min (0.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 8773 ft MSL (3847 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 39.0 F/4.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1415 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................. 7171 ft MSL (2245 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 12/01....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:32:14 / 17:01:07 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 28 min 53 sec (568 min 53 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:16:40 MST... 27.34 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/30/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. Entire airmass below 32 F / 0 C
Convective condensation level... 13796 ft MSL (8870 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11114 ft MSL (6188 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +15.0
K index......................... -19.6
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 -35.2 -31.4 010 79 41 6.8 3.8 30.5 87.0 20.9 M M
24000 -31.1 -24.0 010 67 34 7.0 3.9 28.4 83.1 19.6 M M
22000 -28.0 -18.4 005 52 27 5.1 2.8 25.1 77.2 17.4 M M
20000 -24.8 -12.6 355 42 22 5.7 3.1 22.0 71.5 15.1 M M
18000 -21.5 -6.7 350 37 19 3.0 1.7 18.9 66.0 12.9 M M
16000 -19.3 -2.7 350 30 15 4.3 2.3 14.7 58.4 9.5 M M
14000 -16.2 2.8 345 26 13 5.7 3.1 11.6 52.8 6.9 M M
12000 -12.6 9.3 345 20 10 6.4 3.5 9.2 48.5 4.8 M M
10000 -9.5 14.9 345 15 8 4.6 2.5 6.3 43.3 2.1 M M
9000 -8.2 17.2 340 14 7 4.2 2.3 4.6 40.3 0.5 M M
8000 -6.6 20.1 335 10 5 4.2 2.3 2.6 36.6 -1.5 196 1.0
7000 -5.8 21.6 310 4 2 1.0 0.5 0.4 32.7 -3.7 144 0.7
6000 -4.9 23.2 220 3 1 4.4 2.4 -1.6 29.2 -5.8 88 0.4
5000 -3.8 25.2 195 3 1 -17.7 -9.7 -3.3 26.0 -7.7 24 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/30/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/30/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +0.3 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... +10.8 LI... +0.8
CINH... -0.3 K Index... +20.8 | CINH... -2.4 K Index... +21.6
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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 -42.8 -45.0 255 66 34 5.8 3.2 | -43.6 -46.5 250 44 23 3.6 2.0
24000 -39.4 -38.9 250 60 31 5.8 3.2 | -41.1 -42.0 255 33 17 4.1 2.3
22000 -34.8 -30.6 255 54 28 9.0 4.9 | -37.5 -35.5 260 25 13 7.6 4.2
20000 -29.8 -21.6 260 47 24 6.7 3.7 | -32.8 -27.0 265 19 10 8.8 4.8
18000 -25.3 -13.5 275 36 19 6.7 3.7 | -27.0 -16.6 270 15 8 8.5 4.7
16000 -21.3 -6.3 285 29 15 7.0 3.8 | -22.1 -7.8 270 15 8 8.1 4.4
14000 -16.9 1.6 280 28 14 7.5 4.1 | -17.6 0.3 275 17 9 7.4 4.0
12000 -12.5 9.5 280 26 13 6.9 3.8 | -13.3 8.1 275 18 9 7.0 3.9
10000 -8.3 17.1 270 21 11 7.6 4.2 | -9.3 15.3 275 17 9 6.8 3.7
9000 -6.3 20.7 260 17 9 6.8 3.7 | -7.4 18.7 270 15 8 7.5 4.1
8000 -4.7 23.5 235 13 7 4.4 2.4 | -5.6 21.9 265 13 7 7.0 3.9
7000 -3.2 26.2 215 11 5 4.6 2.5 | -3.6 25.5 255 11 6 6.7 3.7
6000 -1.6 29.1 195 9 5 4.9 2.7 | -1.5 29.3 250 10 5 8.1 4.4
5000 0.1 32.2 165 4 2 1.0 0.5 | 1.1 34.0 245 6 3 12.3 6.7
11/30/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/30/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +70.3 LI... +1.3 | CAPE... +19.4 LI... +3.0
CINH... -0.3 K Index... +17.4 | CINH... -0.9 K Index... +14.2
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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 -43.6 -46.5 315 19 10 2.7 1.5 | -42.8 -45.0 360 35 18 3.3 1.8
24000 -41.7 -43.1 300 15 8 3.3 1.8 | -40.6 -41.1 360 30 15 3.7 2.0
22000 -38.3 -36.9 290 13 7 7.7 4.2 | -37.1 -34.8 360 24 13 7.6 4.2
20000 -32.9 -27.2 290 13 6 8.9 4.9 | -31.9 -25.4 355 19 10 8.2 4.5
18000 -27.6 -17.7 295 15 8 8.6 4.7 | -27.0 -16.6 345 16 8 8.0 4.4
16000 -22.6 -8.7 305 18 9 8.2 4.5 | -22.5 -8.5 345 16 8 7.2 4.0
14000 -17.9 -0.2 310 17 9 7.5 4.1 | -18.4 -1.1 345 15 8 6.5 3.6
12000 -13.8 7.2 310 15 8 6.7 3.7 | -14.8 5.4 340 15 8 6.2 3.4
10000 -10.3 13.5 305 15 8 6.1 3.3 | -11.1 12.0 335 13 7 6.8 3.8
9000 -8.6 16.5 310 15 8 7.7 4.2 | -9.3 15.3 325 12 6 7.9 4.4
8000 -6.6 20.1 315 15 8 7.1 3.9 | -7.3 18.9 325 13 7 6.9 3.8
7000 -4.6 23.7 315 15 8 6.9 3.8 | -5.3 22.5 320 13 7 6.3 3.5
6000 -2.6 27.3 310 15 8 8.1 4.4 | -3.1 26.4 315 11 6 7.8 4.3
5000 0.9 33.6 305 9 5 2.6 1.4 | -0.6 30.9 305 8 4 8.8 4.8
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