Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 261227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Wednesday, November 26, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, November 26, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 55.8 F/13.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 92 ft/min (0.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6795 ft MSL (1869 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 51.0 F/11.0 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................. 5353 ft MSL (427 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 11/27..... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:28:00 / 17:02:33 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 34 min 34 sec (574 min 34 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:15:17 MST... 28.04 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/26/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 9895 ft MSL (4969 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16475 ft MSL (11549 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10962 ft MSL (6036 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +11.7
K index......................... +10.3
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 -30.5 -22.9 260 37 19 9.0 4.9 34.0 93.3 18.5 M M
24000 -25.3 -13.5 265 36 18 7.9 4.3 33.4 92.1 18.4 M M
22000 -20.5 -4.9 270 39 20 7.9 4.3 32.0 89.6 17.7 M M
20000 -16.7 1.9 275 34 17 6.0 3.3 29.5 85.2 16.1 M M
18000 -12.8 9.0 285 29 15 7.3 4.0 27.4 81.3 14.5 M M
16000 -9.3 15.3 290 27 14 6.0 3.3 24.8 76.6 12.4 M M
14000 -6.0 21.2 290 24 12 4.7 2.6 22.2 71.9 10.2 M M
12000 -3.3 26.1 285 19 10 5.0 2.7 18.9 66.1 7.2 M M
10000 -0.3 31.5 275 13 7 4.6 2.5 15.9 60.7 4.4 M M
9000 1.0 33.8 265 9 4 4.7 2.6 14.2 57.6 2.8 M M
8000 2.9 37.2 225 5 2 5.4 3.0 12.4 54.4 1.2 M M
7000 4.8 40.6 190 5 3 5.5 3.0 11.3 52.3 0.1 M M
6000 6.3 43.3 165 6 3 2.0 1.1 9.7 49.5 -1.3 26 0.1
5000 2.8 37.0 125 6 3 -87.4 -48.0 3.4 38.1 -7.7 101 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/26/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/26/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.1
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +6.2 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +4.8
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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 -31.4 -24.5 310 84 43 7.3 4.0 | -30.9 -23.6 305 75 38 8.8 4.8
24000 -27.1 -16.8 315 78 40 6.7 3.7 | -25.8 -14.4 300 75 39 7.4 4.0
22000 -23.2 -9.8 315 69 36 6.6 3.6 | -21.4 -6.5 305 71 37 7.4 4.1
20000 -18.7 -1.7 310 57 30 6.8 3.7 | -17.0 1.4 310 63 32 6.2 3.4
18000 -14.6 5.7 310 49 25 7.3 4.0 | -13.4 7.9 310 52 27 5.6 3.1
16000 -10.4 13.3 305 43 22 6.5 3.6 | -10.3 13.5 310 43 22 5.7 3.1
14000 -7.7 18.1 305 37 19 0.0 0.0 | -7.0 19.4 305 36 19 5.1 2.8
12000 -6.6 20.1 300 29 15 5.5 3.0 | -5.4 22.3 300 28 15 3.3 1.8
10000 -2.6 27.3 290 21 11 5.9 3.2 | -2.4 27.7 290 20 10 7.0 3.9
9000 -0.9 30.4 275 16 8 4.7 2.6 | -0.6 30.9 280 15 8 6.2 3.4
8000 0.4 32.7 250 11 6 4.9 2.7 | 1.0 33.8 260 12 6 5.0 2.7
7000 1.9 35.4 230 8 4 4.1 2.3 | 2.2 36.0 235 8 4 5.9 3.3
6000 3.2 37.8 200 7 4 2.8 1.5 | 3.7 38.7 205 6 3 7.4 4.0
5000 3.6 38.5 160 5 3 -8.2 -4.5 | 7.4 45.3 195 4 2 20.1 11.0
11/26/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/26/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.3
CINH... -0.4 K Index... +4.3 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +8.1
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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 -30.2 -22.4 305 66 34 8.4 4.6 | -29.8 -21.6 295 60 31 8.4 4.6
24000 -25.2 -13.4 305 65 34 8.2 4.5 | -24.8 -12.6 300 58 30 7.7 4.2
22000 -20.3 -4.5 305 66 34 8.2 4.5 | -20.2 -4.4 305 56 29 7.8 4.3
20000 -16.0 3.2 305 60 31 5.8 3.2 | -15.7 3.7 310 51 26 6.3 3.5
18000 -12.8 9.0 310 52 27 4.6 2.5 | -12.4 9.7 310 46 24 5.1 2.8
16000 -10.0 14.0 310 43 22 4.7 2.6 | -9.6 14.7 310 40 21 4.1 2.3
14000 -7.4 18.7 305 35 18 4.0 2.2 | -6.9 19.6 305 34 18 4.8 2.6
12000 -5.2 22.6 305 28 14 2.9 1.6 | -4.4 24.1 305 27 14 4.2 2.3
10000 -2.2 28.0 295 20 10 7.1 3.9 | -1.6 29.1 305 19 10 6.4 3.5
9000 -0.3 31.5 290 15 8 6.6 3.6 | 0.2 32.4 300 14 7 6.9 3.8
8000 1.5 34.7 275 10 5 5.4 3.0 | 2.2 36.0 285 10 5 5.2 2.9
7000 3.2 37.8 260 6 3 7.4 4.1 | 4.1 39.4 270 6 3 5.6 3.1
6000 5.2 41.4 245 3 1 8.4 4.6 | 5.9 42.6 240 2 1 7.2 3.9
5000 7.8 46.0 265 2 1 11.4 6.3 | 6.7 44.1 040 1 1 -26.9 -14.8
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