Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 031227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, November 3, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, November 3, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 67.7 F/19.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 492 ft/min (2.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10985 ft MSL (6060 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 69.0 F/21.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1345 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................. 6544 ft MSL (1619 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 11/04...... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:01:18 / 17:21:22 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 20 min 5 sec (620 min 5 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:20 MST... 33.85 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/03/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 12006 ft MSL (7081 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19930 ft MSL (15005 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16803 ft MSL (11878 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +6.7
K index......................... +3.4
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 -28.7 -19.7 255 53 27 7.6 4.1 35.8 96.4 12.0 M M
24000 -24.3 -11.7 255 51 26 6.7 3.7 34.1 93.3 10.9 M M
22000 -20.2 -4.4 255 48 25 6.7 3.7 31.9 89.3 9.3 M M
20000 -16.3 2.7 255 43 22 6.5 3.6 29.5 85.2 7.5 M M
18000 -12.3 9.9 260 39 20 6.9 3.8 27.4 81.4 5.9 M M
16000 -8.3 17.1 255 33 17 6.4 3.5 25.3 77.6 4.1 M M
14000 -4.6 23.7 250 27 14 7.2 4.0 23.1 73.6 2.1 M M
12000 -0.2 31.6 245 22 11 7.7 4.2 21.6 70.9 0.6 M M
10000 4.7 40.5 250 18 9 9.1 5.0 20.6 69.2 -0.3 397 2.0
9000 7.4 45.3 240 17 9 8.1 4.4 20.3 68.6 -0.6 288 1.5
8000 10.2 50.4 230 15 8 6.6 3.6 19.4 67.0 -1.5 167 0.8
7000 12.1 53.8 205 17 9 6.1 3.4 18.4 65.1 -2.6 81 0.4
6000 12.8 55.0 175 18 9 -0.9 -0.5 16.1 61.0 -4.8 30 0.2
5000 9.2 48.6 150 9 5 -97.1 -53.3 9.7 49.4 -11.3 107 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/03/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/03/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.1 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.1
CINH... -0.3 K Index... -0.5 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -0.2
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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 -30.3 -22.5 210 34 18 7.6 4.2 | -31.3 -24.3 220 34 18 9.0 4.9
24000 -25.6 -14.1 210 31 16 8.9 4.9 | -26.0 -14.8 220 32 16 8.2 4.5
22000 -20.4 -4.7 215 30 16 8.9 4.9 | -21.0 -5.8 220 28 14 8.3 4.5
20000 -14.6 5.7 220 32 16 8.4 4.6 | -16.1 3.0 220 25 13 6.9 3.8
18000 -9.7 14.5 225 32 16 8.0 4.4 | -11.9 10.6 220 24 12 7.2 3.9
16000 -5.4 22.3 225 27 14 6.6 3.6 | -7.7 18.1 225 26 13 7.0 3.8
14000 -1.5 29.3 220 23 12 6.7 3.7 | -3.3 26.1 220 27 14 7.9 4.4
12000 2.6 36.7 215 21 11 7.2 3.9 | 1.3 34.3 225 27 14 7.8 4.3
10000 6.8 44.2 205 20 10 6.1 3.3 | 5.8 42.4 220 25 13 6.5 3.6
9000 8.9 48.0 200 19 10 6.2 3.4 | 7.9 46.2 215 23 12 6.0 3.3
8000 10.7 51.3 195 17 9 5.4 3.0 | 9.9 49.8 210 20 10 5.5 3.0
7000 12.1 53.8 190 15 8 3.8 2.1 | 11.5 52.7 200 16 8 6.2 3.4
6000 13.1 55.6 185 11 6 2.8 1.5 | 13.0 55.4 190 10 5 8.7 4.8
5000 13.3 55.9 160 6 3 -1.6 -0.9 | 16.5 61.7 200 4 2 27.8 15.3
11/03/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/03/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.5
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +0.8 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... -2.1
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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 -30.2 -22.4 290 28 14 6.1 3.4 | -29.5 -21.1 265 38 19 7.5 4.1
24000 -26.4 -15.5 280 27 14 8.2 4.5 | -25.0 -13.0 265 40 21 8.1 4.5
22000 -21.6 -6.9 265 27 14 8.0 4.4 | -20.2 -4.4 265 38 20 8.1 4.4
20000 -16.3 2.7 255 26 14 7.8 4.3 | -15.4 4.3 265 35 18 7.8 4.3
18000 -12.0 10.4 250 25 13 6.7 3.7 | -10.7 12.7 265 30 15 6.2 3.4
16000 -8.3 17.1 250 24 12 6.5 3.5 | -7.5 18.5 260 25 13 5.6 3.1
14000 -4.1 24.6 250 24 12 7.6 4.2 | -3.7 25.3 255 21 11 7.1 3.9
12000 0.6 33.1 245 22 12 8.3 4.6 | 0.8 33.4 245 19 10 8.1 4.4
10000 5.5 41.9 235 19 10 7.6 4.2 | 5.6 42.1 230 17 9 7.5 4.1
9000 8.2 46.8 225 18 9 8.4 4.6 | 8.4 47.1 220 16 8 9.0 5.0
8000 10.7 51.3 215 17 9 8.8 4.8 | 11.1 52.0 220 14 7 9.0 5.0
7000 13.3 55.9 205 14 7 8.4 4.6 | 13.7 56.7 215 12 6 7.7 4.2
6000 15.8 60.4 205 11 6 9.2 5.1 | 15.9 60.6 215 9 4 6.4 3.5
5000 20.1 68.2 210 6 3 46.4 25.5 | 17.3 63.1 210 4 2 1.7 1.0
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