Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 161227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Sunday, November 16, 2025
This forecast is for Sunday, November 16, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 48.8 F/9.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 249 ft/min (1.3 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 13715 ft MSL (8789 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 61.0 F/16.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast opaque middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 11747 ft MSL (6821 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Monday 11/17....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:16:39 / 17:08:40 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 52 min 2 sec (592 min 2 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:12:39 MST... 30.22 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/16/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 7771 ft MSL (2845 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 9334 ft MSL (4408 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 12009 ft MSL (7083 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.3
K index......................... +12.7
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 -34.8 -30.6 285 17 9 8.1 4.4 30.4 86.8 11.2 M M
24000 -30.0 -22.0 290 20 10 8.1 4.4 29.2 84.6 10.5 M M
22000 -25.3 -13.5 285 23 12 7.9 4.3 27.8 82.0 9.5 M M
20000 -20.4 -4.7 285 26 13 6.5 3.6 25.8 78.5 8.1 M M
18000 -16.6 2.1 290 24 13 5.9 3.2 23.5 74.4 6.3 M M
16000 -13.7 7.3 285 21 11 4.6 2.5 20.3 68.5 3.4 M M
14000 -10.9 12.4 265 21 11 4.5 2.5 17.0 62.6 0.5 M M
12000 -8.1 17.4 260 20 10 5.2 2.9 13.8 56.9 -2.6 526 2.7
10000 -5.2 22.6 240 16 8 3.9 2.2 10.8 51.4 -5.6 380 1.9
9000 -3.0 26.6 230 13 7 8.7 4.8 10.1 50.1 -6.4 286 1.5
8000 -0.7 30.7 220 11 6 7.7 4.3 9.5 49.0 -7.1 188 1.0
7000 1.7 35.1 200 14 7 5.9 3.2 8.3 47.0 -8.4 77 0.4
6000 3.3 37.9 185 15 8 6.4 3.5 7.0 44.7 -9.8 M M
5000 5.2 41.4 170 9 5 6.5 3.6 6.0 42.9 -10.9 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/16/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/16/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.0
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +25.3 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +22.5
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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 -31.4 -24.5 205 42 22 5.2 2.8 | -32.1 -25.8 200 42 22 5.9 3.2
24000 -28.3 -18.9 200 38 20 6.2 3.4 | -28.6 -19.5 195 37 19 6.4 3.5
22000 -23.3 -9.9 200 34 18 8.6 4.7 | -23.8 -10.8 195 38 20 8.3 4.5
20000 -17.7 0.1 200 31 16 8.3 4.6 | -19.0 -2.2 195 39 20 7.7 4.2
18000 -13.2 8.2 200 30 15 6.1 3.3 | -14.0 6.8 195 39 20 7.0 3.8
16000 -10.0 14.0 200 28 15 4.3 2.4 | -10.5 13.1 200 37 19 5.5 3.0
14000 -7.4 18.7 190 27 14 6.1 3.3 | -7.3 18.9 195 29 15 5.9 3.2
12000 -3.1 26.4 190 26 14 7.4 4.0 | -3.5 25.7 190 23 12 6.8 3.7
10000 1.3 34.3 190 26 13 7.7 4.2 | 0.5 32.9 185 22 11 7.0 3.8
9000 3.8 38.8 190 26 13 8.8 4.8 | 2.6 36.7 190 21 11 7.8 4.3
8000 6.4 43.5 185 24 13 8.2 4.5 | 4.8 40.6 190 21 11 7.6 4.2
7000 8.6 47.5 180 21 11 6.3 3.5 | 7.2 45.0 190 18 9 8.0 4.4
6000 10.6 51.1 170 17 9 4.5 2.5 | 9.7 49.5 185 15 8 9.3 5.1
5000 10.4 50.7 140 7 4 9.5 5.2 | 12.7 54.9 180 11 6 14.5 7.9
11/16/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/16/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +37.1 LI... +1.4 | CAPE... +50.0 LI... +1.4
CINH... -1.5 K Index... +24.3 | CINH... -1.6 K Index... +23.6
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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 -34.1 -29.4 180 48 25 7.7 4.2 | -35.4 -31.7 160 53 27 8.1 4.4
24000 -29.5 -21.1 175 41 21 7.7 4.2 | -30.5 -22.9 160 44 23 8.1 4.5
22000 -23.7 -10.7 170 37 19 8.7 4.8 | -25.2 -13.4 160 34 18 8.0 4.4
20000 -19.2 -2.6 170 34 17 6.8 3.7 | -20.7 -5.3 160 26 14 6.9 3.8
18000 -15.3 4.5 180 31 16 6.5 3.5 | -16.7 1.9 155 19 10 6.4 3.5
16000 -11.6 11.1 190 29 15 5.4 3.0 | -13.1 8.4 175 15 8 5.8 3.2
14000 -8.7 16.3 200 25 13 5.0 2.7 | -9.5 14.9 200 14 7 6.6 3.6
12000 -5.1 22.8 195 19 10 6.7 3.7 | -5.8 21.6 215 12 6 6.1 3.3
10000 -1.1 30.0 190 17 9 6.8 3.7 | -2.4 27.7 225 13 7 5.6 3.1
9000 1.2 34.2 185 15 8 8.5 4.7 | -0.7 30.7 220 13 7 6.3 3.4
8000 3.8 38.8 190 14 7 9.0 4.9 | 0.8 33.4 215 14 7 6.2 3.4
7000 6.5 43.7 190 14 7 8.9 4.9 | 2.8 37.0 205 14 7 7.4 4.1
6000 9.4 48.9 195 12 6 9.0 4.9 | 5.0 41.0 195 13 7 8.6 4.7
5000 12.7 54.9 190 10 5 14.7 8.1 | 8.5 47.3 195 7 4 5.9 3.2
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