Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 241227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, November 24, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, November 24, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 42.3 F/5.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 436 ft/min (2.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11480 ft MSL (6554 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 51.0 F/11.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 MST
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................. 9886 ft MSL (4961 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 11/25...... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:25:48 / 17:03:30 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 37 min 42 sec (577 min 42 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:14:39 MST... 28.42 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/24/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 5758 ft MSL (832 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17061 ft MSL (12135 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13385 ft MSL (8460 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +11.9
K index......................... -5.3
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 -34.3 -29.7 310 63 32 8.7 4.8 31.7 89.0 16.5 M M
24000 -28.4 -19.1 315 61 32 7.9 4.3 30.9 87.7 16.3 M M
22000 -24.0 -11.2 310 54 28 7.4 4.0 29.1 84.3 15.2 M M
20000 -20.5 -4.9 305 51 26 5.0 2.7 26.3 79.4 13.2 M M
18000 -17.6 0.3 300 51 26 4.3 2.4 22.9 73.2 10.5 M M
16000 -15.0 5.0 300 46 24 5.1 2.8 19.2 66.6 7.5 M M
14000 -11.7 10.9 300 40 20 5.2 2.9 16.4 61.5 5.1 M M
12000 -9.6 14.7 300 32 16 2.1 1.1 12.2 53.9 1.4 M M
10000 -7.8 18.0 300 23 12 4.4 2.4 8.0 46.4 -2.7 350 1.8
9000 -6.5 20.3 310 19 10 4.3 2.4 6.3 43.4 -4.3 281 1.4
8000 -4.6 23.7 315 11 6 4.8 2.6 4.6 40.2 -6.1 187 0.9
7000 -2.6 27.3 325 7 4 6.5 3.6 3.6 38.4 -7.2 99 0.5
6000 -0.3 31.5 320 3 2 7.5 4.1 3.0 37.4 -7.9 1 0.0
5000 0.7 33.3 255 1 0 -23.4 -12.8 1.3 34.3 -9.9 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/24/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/24/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.9
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +11.7 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... +15.9
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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 -34.7 -30.5 275 37 19 7.0 3.9 | -36.5 -33.7 285 41 21 7.9 4.3
24000 -30.4 -22.7 280 33 17 7.0 3.8 | -31.8 -25.2 290 39 20 7.9 4.3
22000 -26.0 -14.8 280 30 15 6.7 3.7 | -26.3 -15.3 290 35 18 8.2 4.5
20000 -21.6 -6.9 280 28 14 7.8 4.3 | -21.4 -6.5 285 32 17 8.1 4.4
18000 -17.2 1.0 285 27 14 6.8 3.8 | -17.1 1.2 285 30 15 5.7 3.2
16000 -13.0 8.6 285 25 13 6.5 3.6 | -13.8 7.2 280 28 15 7.0 3.8
14000 -9.3 15.3 290 23 12 5.9 3.2 | -10.3 13.5 285 26 13 5.6 3.1
12000 -5.9 21.4 295 21 11 5.3 2.9 | -7.0 19.4 290 22 11 5.5 3.0
10000 -2.6 27.3 290 16 8 5.5 3.0 | -3.3 26.1 285 17 9 6.6 3.6
9000 -1.0 30.2 280 12 6 6.1 3.3 | -1.4 29.5 275 14 7 6.7 3.7
8000 0.7 33.3 260 9 5 6.2 3.4 | 0.6 33.1 265 12 6 6.5 3.6
7000 2.5 36.5 235 7 3 5.3 2.9 | 2.3 36.1 250 9 5 6.3 3.5
6000 3.8 38.8 195 7 4 4.1 2.2 | 3.9 39.0 220 7 3 4.9 2.7
5000 2.0 35.6 150 5 3 -87.6 -48.1 | 7.0 44.6 185 4 2 27.1 14.8
11/24/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/24/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.3 | CAPE... +1.6 LI... +4.3
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +8.5 | CINH... -11.1 K Index... -0.9
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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 -37.0 -34.6 305 47 24 8.5 4.7 | -36.2 -33.2 300 50 26 7.9 4.3
24000 -31.9 -25.4 300 44 22 8.4 4.6 | -31.5 -24.7 295 47 24 7.9 4.3
22000 -27.2 -17.0 290 42 22 7.8 4.3 | -26.9 -16.4 295 45 23 7.7 4.2
20000 -22.0 -7.6 285 41 21 7.6 4.2 | -22.2 -8.0 295 44 23 6.5 3.6
18000 -17.5 0.5 285 41 21 7.7 4.2 | -18.1 -0.6 290 45 23 7.0 3.9
16000 -13.4 7.9 285 39 20 4.3 2.4 | -14.1 6.6 295 46 24 6.6 3.6
14000 -10.8 12.6 280 33 17 4.7 2.6 | -10.8 12.6 295 41 21 3.2 1.7
12000 -7.8 18.0 280 27 14 6.4 3.5 | -9.0 15.8 285 31 16 5.7 3.2
10000 -3.8 25.2 285 20 11 7.2 3.9 | -4.8 23.4 290 25 13 8.2 4.5
9000 -1.6 29.1 280 16 8 7.1 3.9 | -2.3 27.9 290 22 11 8.9 4.9
8000 0.5 32.9 275 13 7 7.6 4.2 | 0.1 32.2 295 18 9 8.1 4.5
7000 2.6 36.7 270 9 5 8.0 4.4 | 2.4 36.3 290 13 7 5.8 3.2
6000 4.9 40.8 270 6 3 10.3 5.6 | 4.4 39.9 290 8 4 7.4 4.1
5000 7.5 45.5 280 4 2 9.9 5.4 | 6.0 42.8 345 1 0 -21.1 -11.6
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