Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 151227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Saturday, November 15, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, November 15, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 64.6 F/18.1 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 169 ft/min (0.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 9830 ft MSL (4903 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 65.0 F/18.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1245 MST
Time of overdevelopment........................ 1400 MST
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 5844 ft MSL (917 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 11/16....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:15:28 / 17:09:28 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 54 min 0 sec (594 min 0 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:12:28 MST... 30.47 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/15/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 11202 ft MSL (6275 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14326 ft MSL (9399 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12887 ft MSL (7960 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +3.7
K index......................... +24.9
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 -30.6 -23.1 190 38 20 7.9 4.3 34.2 93.5 12.5 M M
24000 -26.0 -14.8 190 34 17 7.9 4.3 32.9 91.2 11.7 M M
22000 -20.8 -5.4 195 34 18 7.8 4.3 31.2 88.2 10.5 M M
20000 -16.6 2.1 200 35 18 6.7 3.7 29.3 84.8 9.1 M M
18000 -12.9 8.8 195 36 19 5.6 3.1 27.0 80.6 7.2 M M
16000 -9.4 15.1 200 37 19 7.3 4.0 24.5 76.1 5.0 M M
14000 -5.5 22.1 195 32 16 6.0 3.3 22.6 72.6 3.2 M M
12000 -2.1 28.2 190 24 12 6.6 3.6 19.9 67.9 0.7 M M
10000 3.1 37.6 180 19 10 8.9 4.9 19.2 66.6 0.1 M M
9000 5.8 42.4 185 17 9 8.8 4.8 19.0 66.2 -0.1 286 1.5
8000 8.2 46.8 185 15 8 8.2 4.5 18.5 65.4 -0.6 183 0.9
7000 10.9 51.6 180 14 7 6.3 3.4 17.5 63.5 -1.6 66 0.3
6000 12.5 54.5 170 11 6 6.0 3.3 16.2 61.1 -2.9 M M
5000 10.8 51.4 130 6 3 -5.9 -3.2 11.6 53.0 -7.5 10 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/15/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/15/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.6
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +16.3 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +15.1
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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 -25.4 -13.7 240 30 16 7.1 3.9 | -26.0 -14.8 230 29 15 7.6 4.2
24000 -21.2 -6.2 240 23 12 6.6 3.6 | -21.5 -6.7 225 26 13 6.6 3.6
22000 -17.3 0.9 230 19 10 6.6 3.6 | -17.5 0.5 220 22 11 6.7 3.7
20000 -12.9 8.8 230 20 10 6.5 3.6 | -13.6 7.5 225 18 9 5.7 3.1
18000 -9.5 14.9 240 21 11 5.5 3.0 | -10.3 13.5 240 15 8 5.5 3.0
16000 -6.9 19.6 270 16 8 6.1 3.3 | -6.3 20.7 260 9 5 7.0 3.8
14000 -2.7 27.1 300 15 8 7.1 3.9 | -2.0 28.4 275 6 3 7.3 4.0
12000 0.9 33.6 290 12 6 4.0 2.2 | 1.7 35.1 250 6 3 4.0 2.2
10000 3.2 37.8 270 8 4 5.9 3.2 | 4.0 39.2 230 6 3 5.1 2.8
9000 5.0 41.0 245 5 3 7.6 4.2 | 5.6 42.1 220 5 2 6.7 3.7
8000 7.1 44.8 215 4 2 8.3 4.6 | 7.4 45.3 200 4 2 7.5 4.1
7000 9.4 48.9 190 5 3 6.1 3.4 | 9.5 49.1 190 4 2 6.8 3.7
6000 11.3 52.3 180 7 4 6.0 3.3 | 11.4 52.5 185 4 2 8.3 4.5
5000 9.5 49.1 140 5 2 -99.0 -54.3 | 13.7 56.7 195 2 1 10.4 5.7
11/15/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/15/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.7
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +17.5 | CINH... -0.4 K Index... +18.9
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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 -26.4 -15.5 225 28 14 7.2 4.0 | -26.5 -15.7 215 27 14 7.2 4.0
24000 -22.1 -7.8 225 29 15 7.3 4.0 | -22.3 -8.1 215 27 14 6.9 3.8
22000 -17.8 -0.0 230 30 15 7.3 4.0 | -18.1 -0.6 215 26 13 6.9 3.8
20000 -13.6 7.5 230 24 12 5.8 3.2 | -14.1 6.6 220 23 12 6.6 3.6
18000 -10.4 13.3 225 15 8 5.2 2.9 | -10.0 14.0 220 18 9 6.0 3.3
16000 -6.3 20.7 210 9 5 6.9 3.8 | -6.4 20.5 200 14 7 6.8 3.7
14000 -2.3 27.9 190 9 5 6.2 3.4 | -2.5 27.5 185 15 8 6.2 3.4
12000 1.2 34.2 185 11 5 5.5 3.0 | 1.1 34.0 180 16 8 6.6 3.6
10000 4.3 39.7 175 8 4 5.7 3.1 | 5.0 41.0 170 13 7 6.1 3.3
9000 6.2 43.2 165 5 3 6.4 3.5 | 7.2 45.0 155 9 5 7.5 4.1
8000 8.1 46.6 135 3 2 7.4 4.0 | 9.3 48.7 120 6 3 7.1 3.9
7000 10.3 50.5 080 2 1 7.7 4.2 | 11.3 52.3 080 5 2 6.2 3.4
6000 12.5 54.5 020 2 1 8.6 4.7 | 12.9 55.2 035 4 2 5.0 2.7
5000 16.4 61.5 340 3 2 36.9 20.3 | 13.2 55.8 320 2 1 -2.9 -1.6
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