Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 091227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Sunday, November 9, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, November 9, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 68.0 F/20.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 190 ft/min (1.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6769 ft MSL (1843 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 57.0 F/14.3 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................. 5785 ft MSL (859 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 11/10....... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:08:23 / 17:14:54 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 6 min 31 sec (606 min 31 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:39 MST... 32.07 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/09/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 13765 ft MSL (8839 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21966 ft MSL (17040 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13856 ft MSL (8930 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +14.4
K index......................... -1.7
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 -25.7 -14.3 310 18 9 8.1 4.4 38.8 101.9 19.7 M M
24000 -20.9 -5.6 315 13 7 7.6 4.2 37.5 99.4 19.1 M M
22000 -16.4 2.5 320 9 5 7.6 4.2 36.0 96.8 18.3 M M
20000 -11.8 10.8 335 6 3 7.7 4.2 34.4 94.0 17.4 M M
18000 -7.4 18.7 005 3 2 7.2 3.9 32.8 91.0 16.3 M M
16000 -3.6 25.5 350 2 1 5.6 3.1 30.6 87.0 14.6 M M
14000 -0.5 31.1 295 5 3 5.7 3.1 27.6 81.7 12.2 M M
12000 3.2 37.8 295 9 4 6.5 3.6 25.3 77.5 10.2 M M
10000 6.5 43.7 295 8 4 4.5 2.5 22.6 72.7 7.9 M M
9000 7.7 45.9 290 6 3 3.2 1.8 20.8 69.5 6.2 M M
8000 8.4 47.1 285 3 1 0.9 0.5 17.8 64.0 3.3 M M
7000 8.3 46.9 180 1 1 -0.1 -0.1 14.7 58.4 0.4 M M
6000 8.3 46.9 150 3 2 -0.4 -0.2 11.7 53.1 -2.6 165 0.8
5000 4.8 40.6 120 5 3 -54.9 -30.1 5.3 41.5 -9.1 241 1.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/09/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/09/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.5 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.0
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -4.3 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -3.4
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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 -16.4 330 33 17 8.0 4.4 | -26.5 -15.7 340 29 15 7.9 4.3
24000 -22.4 -8.3 330 31 16 5.9 3.2 | -22.2 -8.0 340 28 14 6.0 3.3
22000 -19.0 -2.2 330 28 14 5.8 3.2 | -18.6 -1.5 335 26 13 6.0 3.3
20000 -14.8 5.4 330 24 12 6.3 3.4 | -14.6 5.7 340 23 12 6.1 3.3
18000 -10.7 12.7 330 21 11 7.3 4.0 | -10.6 12.9 340 21 11 7.0 3.9
16000 -6.4 20.5 335 19 10 7.2 4.0 | -6.3 20.7 340 17 9 7.2 4.0
14000 -2.1 28.2 345 17 9 6.9 3.8 | -2.1 28.2 345 14 7 7.1 3.9
12000 1.3 34.3 350 14 7 4.5 2.4 | 1.8 35.2 355 11 6 5.3 2.9
10000 3.2 37.8 350 8 4 1.8 1.0 | 4.2 39.6 355 6 3 2.6 1.4
9000 3.7 38.7 350 6 3 1.2 0.6 | 4.8 40.6 355 4 2 1.8 1.0
8000 4.1 39.4 360 5 2 1.0 0.6 | 5.1 41.2 360 3 1 1.0 0.5
7000 4.4 39.9 015 4 2 0.4 0.2 | 5.4 41.7 020 2 1 1.8 1.0
6000 4.9 40.8 040 2 1 1.4 0.8 | 6.1 43.0 325 1 0 6.5 3.6
5000 2.8 37.0 125 2 1 -24.2 -13.3 | 8.5 47.3 295 2 1 22.2 12.2
11/09/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/09/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.5
CINH... -0.3 K Index... -2.3 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -0.8
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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 -26.5 -15.7 345 26 13 8.0 4.4 | -26.4 -15.5 345 26 14 7.9 4.3
24000 -22.0 -7.6 350 25 13 6.6 3.6 | -21.8 -7.2 345 23 12 7.5 4.1
22000 -18.1 -0.6 345 23 12 6.6 3.6 | -16.7 1.9 350 22 11 6.8 3.7
20000 -14.2 6.4 345 22 11 5.7 3.1 | -13.3 8.1 350 20 10 5.6 3.1
18000 -10.4 13.3 350 20 10 7.0 3.8 | -9.9 14.2 350 18 9 6.3 3.5
16000 -6.1 21.0 350 17 9 7.0 3.8 | -6.0 21.2 350 16 8 6.7 3.7
14000 -1.9 28.6 350 13 7 6.7 3.7 | -1.9 28.6 350 13 7 6.6 3.6
12000 2.0 35.6 350 9 5 6.1 3.3 | 2.1 35.8 350 9 5 6.5 3.6
10000 4.8 40.6 355 5 3 3.4 1.8 | 5.4 41.7 355 6 3 4.6 2.5
9000 5.6 42.1 360 3 2 2.4 1.3 | 6.7 44.1 005 5 2 3.6 2.0
8000 6.1 43.0 355 2 1 1.3 0.7 | 7.4 45.3 015 4 2 1.9 1.0
7000 6.5 43.7 350 3 1 3.0 1.6 | 7.9 46.2 020 4 2 1.0 0.5
6000 7.6 45.7 335 3 2 8.5 4.6 | 8.2 46.8 010 4 2 3.0 1.6
5000 10.2 50.4 330 4 2 24.7 13.6 | 8.8 47.8 340 3 2 2.0 1.1
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