Soaring Guidance
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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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
                                           |
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
                                           |
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
                                           |
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
                                           |
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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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This product is issued once per day by approximately 0600 MST/0700 MDT
(1300 UTC). This product is not continuously monitored nor updated after
the initial issuance.

The information contained herein is based on the 1200 UTC rawinsonde observation
at the Salt Lake City, Utah International Airport and/or numerical weather
prediction model data representative of the airport. These data may not be
representative of other areas along the Wasatch Front. Erroneous data such as
these should not be used.

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