Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 111227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Tuesday, November 11, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, November 11, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 67.2 F/19.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 16 ft/min (0.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 5819 ft MSL (896 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 60.0 F/16.0 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................. 5128 ft MSL (205 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 11/12.... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:10:45 / 17:12:58 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 2 min 13 sec (602 min 13 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:52 MST... 31.52 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/11/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 12377 ft MSL (7454 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19167 ft MSL (14244 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13821 ft MSL (8897 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +10.4
K index......................... +0.3
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 -27.1 -16.8 260 39 20 7.1 3.9 38.4 101.1 17.9 M M
24000 -22.6 -8.7 260 34 17 5.3 2.9 35.9 96.7 16.3 M M
22000 -19.5 -3.1 255 34 18 5.2 2.8 32.7 90.8 14.0 M M
20000 -15.2 4.6 255 30 15 7.5 4.1 30.7 87.2 12.7 M M
18000 -10.6 12.9 260 25 13 7.8 4.3 29.3 84.7 11.8 M M
16000 -6.4 20.5 255 22 11 6.4 3.5 27.3 81.2 10.3 M M
14000 -2.9 26.8 260 19 10 5.6 3.1 24.8 76.6 8.2 M M
12000 0.6 33.1 260 15 8 6.7 3.7 22.3 72.2 6.0 M M
10000 4.9 40.8 250 10 5 7.6 4.2 20.9 69.7 4.6 M M
9000 7.2 45.0 225 8 4 7.0 3.9 20.3 68.5 4.0 M M
8000 9.8 49.6 200 8 4 6.0 3.3 19.2 66.5 3.0 M M
7000 11.6 52.9 185 8 4 5.0 2.7 17.9 64.3 1.8 M M
6000 12.9 55.2 175 7 4 2.8 1.5 16.4 61.5 0.3 M M
5000 6.5 43.7 120 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 7.1 44.8 -9.1 181 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/11/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/11/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.4
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +3.4 | CINH... -0.3 K Index... +5.4
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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 -28.6 -19.5 290 41 21 7.6 4.2 | -28.5 -19.3 290 40 21 7.7 4.2
24000 -24.0 -11.2 290 38 20 7.8 4.3 | -24.0 -11.2 290 39 20 7.3 4.0
22000 -19.4 -2.9 290 37 19 7.8 4.3 | -19.7 -3.5 290 39 20 7.3 4.0
20000 -14.1 6.6 295 36 19 8.0 4.4 | -14.5 5.9 295 36 19 8.0 4.4
18000 -9.6 14.7 295 35 18 7.2 3.9 | -9.7 14.5 295 33 17 7.6 4.2
16000 -5.7 21.7 295 31 16 5.9 3.2 | -5.8 21.6 300 30 15 6.1 3.4
14000 -2.4 27.7 295 26 14 5.0 2.7 | -2.4 27.7 300 24 12 5.3 2.9
12000 0.5 32.9 295 21 11 5.2 2.8 | 0.6 33.1 300 17 9 5.0 2.8
10000 3.8 38.8 295 14 7 7.1 3.9 | 3.8 38.8 295 11 6 7.3 4.0
9000 5.6 42.1 300 11 5 6.7 3.7 | 5.5 41.9 290 7 4 7.2 3.9
8000 7.3 45.1 295 7 3 5.2 2.9 | 7.5 45.5 270 4 2 5.3 2.9
7000 8.7 47.7 270 3 2 4.9 2.7 | 9.0 48.2 225 4 2 6.2 3.4
6000 9.7 49.5 205 3 2 3.3 1.8 | 10.1 50.2 200 4 2 6.9 3.8
5000 10.2 50.4 145 4 2 -0.4 -0.2 | 12.0 53.6 200 3 2 14.9 8.2
11/11/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/11/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.8
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +4.0 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +3.8
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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 -28.5 -19.3 285 41 21 7.6 4.2 | -28.2 -18.8 290 37 19 7.1 3.9
24000 -24.0 -11.2 285 40 21 7.6 4.2 | -23.9 -11.0 290 35 18 7.7 4.2
22000 -19.5 -3.1 285 39 20 7.6 4.2 | -19.3 -2.7 285 33 17 7.7 4.2
20000 -14.3 6.3 290 35 18 7.8 4.3 | -14.2 6.4 285 29 15 7.6 4.2
18000 -9.7 14.5 290 31 16 7.6 4.2 | -9.8 14.4 285 25 13 7.1 3.9
16000 -5.6 21.9 295 27 14 6.3 3.5 | -5.9 21.4 290 21 11 6.5 3.6
14000 -2.1 28.2 295 20 11 5.4 3.0 | -2.1 28.2 285 16 8 5.9 3.3
12000 1.1 34.0 290 14 7 5.1 2.8 | 1.3 34.3 270 12 6 5.6 3.1
10000 4.3 39.7 275 9 5 5.9 3.2 | 4.7 40.5 255 10 5 6.3 3.5
9000 6.0 42.8 260 7 4 6.6 3.6 | 6.5 43.7 240 8 4 6.9 3.8
8000 8.0 46.4 240 5 3 6.8 3.7 | 8.4 47.1 230 7 3 7.1 3.9
7000 10.0 50.0 220 4 2 8.1 4.4 | 10.5 50.9 220 4 2 6.5 3.6
6000 11.8 53.2 225 2 1 8.7 4.7 | 12.2 54.0 215 1 1 7.7 4.2
5000 14.1 57.4 265 2 1 11.9 6.5 | 11.9 53.4 350 2 1 -58.1 -31.9
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