Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
702
UXUS97 KSLC 011227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Saturday, November 1, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, November 1, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 70.7 F/21.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 128 ft/min (0.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6973 ft MSL (2048 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 65.0 F/18.8 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................. 5673 ft MSL (748 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 11/02....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:58:57 / 18:23:44 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 24 min 47 sec (624 min 47 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:11:20 MDT... 34.47 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/01/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14049 ft MSL (9124 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 22864 ft MSL (17939 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 15477 ft MSL (10552 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +12.8
K index......................... -11.8
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 -24.1 -11.4 265 44 22 8.2 4.5 40.9 105.6 17.8 M M
24000 -19.3 -2.7 265 42 22 7.8 4.3 39.7 103.5 17.3 M M
22000 -14.7 5.5 270 42 22 7.8 4.3 38.3 101.0 16.5 M M
20000 -9.7 14.5 270 41 21 7.3 4.0 36.4 97.5 15.3 M M
18000 -6.2 20.8 265 37 19 5.8 3.2 33.8 92.8 13.3 M M
16000 -2.5 27.5 265 34 18 4.9 2.7 31.3 88.3 11.4 M M
14000 0.1 32.2 260 30 15 4.5 2.5 27.7 81.9 8.4 M M
12000 3.0 37.4 265 24 12 5.9 3.3 24.7 76.5 5.7 M M
10000 7.0 44.6 260 18 9 8.8 4.8 22.9 73.1 3.9 M M
9000 9.2 48.6 250 14 7 6.5 3.6 22.1 71.8 3.2 M M
8000 10.9 51.6 235 11 5 4.6 2.5 20.9 69.6 2.0 M M
7000 12.3 54.1 215 8 4 3.4 1.9 18.6 65.5 -0.2 123 0.6
6000 13.3 55.9 190 7 4 0.1 0.0 16.7 62.1 -2.1 63 0.3
5000 7.8 46.0 125 6 3 -99.0 -54.3 8.3 47.0 -10.6 200 1.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/01/2025 at 0900 MDT | 11/01/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.1
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +5.7 | CINH... -0.1 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 -25.0 -13.0 320 33 17 7.7 4.2 | -24.2 -11.6 320 34 18 7.4 4.1
24000 -20.5 -4.9 320 33 17 7.3 4.0 | -19.9 -3.8 320 31 16 6.8 3.8
22000 -15.6 3.9 325 34 17 7.3 4.0 | -15.8 3.6 320 27 14 6.9 3.8
20000 -11.4 11.5 330 32 16 7.1 3.9 | -11.8 10.8 320 25 13 6.9 3.8
18000 -7.4 18.7 325 29 15 6.7 3.7 | -7.3 18.9 310 23 12 6.8 3.8
16000 -3.6 25.5 325 24 13 6.5 3.6 | -3.4 25.9 305 21 11 6.4 3.5
14000 -0.2 31.6 320 19 10 4.8 2.6 | 0.1 32.2 305 18 9 5.4 2.9
12000 2.5 36.5 315 15 8 3.4 1.9 | 3.2 37.8 305 14 7 4.3 2.4
10000 4.7 40.5 305 11 6 3.8 2.1 | 5.8 42.4 290 9 5 4.0 2.2
9000 5.6 42.1 295 8 4 4.4 2.4 | 6.8 44.2 275 6 3 4.4 2.4
8000 6.8 44.2 285 4 2 4.2 2.3 | 8.0 46.4 245 3 2 4.2 2.3
7000 8.1 46.6 220 2 1 4.8 2.6 | 9.4 48.9 195 4 2 5.8 3.2
6000 9.3 48.7 175 5 2 3.7 2.0 | 10.8 51.4 185 5 3 6.9 3.8
5000 6.8 44.2 135 4 2 -98.3 -53.9 | 13.0 55.4 185 4 2 13.0 7.1
11/01/2025 at 1500 MDT | 11/01/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.0
CINH... 0.0 K Index... -0.0 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -4.3
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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 -23.8 -10.8 315 35 18 7.9 4.3 | -24.1 -11.4 310 33 17 8.3 4.6
24000 -19.4 -2.9 310 32 16 6.9 3.8 | -19.3 -2.7 305 31 16 7.8 4.3
22000 -15.3 4.5 305 28 14 6.9 3.8 | -14.7 5.5 295 31 16 8.0 4.4
20000 -11.3 11.7 300 25 13 6.8 3.7 | -10.5 13.1 295 29 15 6.9 3.8
18000 -6.8 19.8 300 22 11 6.8 3.7 | -6.1 21.0 295 25 13 6.3 3.5
16000 -2.9 26.8 295 20 10 6.4 3.5 | -2.5 27.5 290 21 11 6.1 3.4
14000 0.6 33.1 290 18 9 5.9 3.2 | 1.0 33.8 285 19 10 5.7 3.1
12000 3.9 39.0 290 14 7 4.7 2.6 | 4.4 39.9 280 15 8 5.4 3.0
10000 6.9 44.4 270 9 4 4.0 2.2 | 7.6 45.7 260 10 5 4.8 2.6
9000 7.9 46.2 250 7 3 4.0 2.2 | 9.0 48.2 240 9 5 4.9 2.7
8000 9.1 48.4 225 5 3 4.9 2.7 | 10.3 50.5 225 8 4 5.1 2.8
7000 10.8 51.4 210 4 2 6.6 3.6 | 11.9 53.4 205 6 3 5.7 3.1
6000 12.9 55.2 215 3 2 9.2 5.1 | 13.7 56.7 180 3 2 7.2 4.0
5000 15.5 59.9 235 2 1 10.9 6.0 | 14.2 57.6 355 1 1 -45.7 -25.1
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