Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 021227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Tuesday, December 2, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, December 2, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 39.1 F/3.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 16 ft/min (0.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10560 ft MSL (5636 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 42.0 F/6.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1130 MST
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................. 7692 ft MSL (2768 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 12/03.... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:34:15 / 17:00:37 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 26 min 22 sec (566 min 22 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:17:26 MST... 27.03 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 12/02/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. Entire airmass below 32 F / 0 C
Convective condensation level... 8486 ft MSL (3562 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 9371 ft MSL (4447 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.0
K index......................... +17.4
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 -46.4 -51.5 340 8 4 6.7 3.7 18.3 64.9 9.9 M M
24000 -41.9 -43.4 340 6 3 7.6 4.2 16.5 61.7 8.7 M M
22000 -36.5 -33.7 350 5 3 8.4 4.6 15.1 59.2 7.8 M M
20000 -31.5 -24.7 355 5 3 8.4 4.6 14.1 57.5 7.2 M M
18000 -26.5 -15.7 355 5 2 7.7 4.2 13.2 55.8 6.5 M M
16000 -22.1 -7.8 020 2 1 7.2 4.0 11.6 52.9 5.2 M M
14000 -17.9 -0.2 060 4 2 6.8 3.8 9.8 49.7 3.7 M M
12000 -14.1 6.6 045 7 4 6.6 3.6 7.7 45.8 1.7 M M
10000 -10.3 13.5 040 10 5 7.5 4.1 5.5 42.0 -0.4 371 1.9
9000 -8.4 16.9 035 9 5 8.4 4.6 4.5 40.1 -1.4 285 1.4
8000 -6.4 20.5 025 9 5 6.9 3.8 3.6 38.5 -2.4 196 1.0
7000 -4.8 23.4 005 8 4 5.2 2.8 1.6 34.9 -4.4 108 0.6
6000 -3.1 26.4 350 6 3 7.3 4.0 0.4 32.6 -5.7 30 0.2
5000 -0.9 30.4 345 4 2 5.9 3.2 -0.2 31.6 -6.4 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
12/02/2025 at 0800 MST | 12/02/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.4 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.4
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +10.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +17.1
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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 -37.8 -36.0 270 54 28 7.0 3.9 | -40.6 -41.1 265 60 31 8.1 4.4
24000 -33.5 -28.3 280 47 24 7.0 3.9 | -35.7 -32.3 270 56 29 8.2 4.5
22000 -28.3 -18.9 285 45 23 7.9 4.3 | -30.1 -22.2 270 50 26 8.3 4.6
20000 -23.3 -9.9 290 43 22 8.8 4.9 | -25.1 -13.2 275 44 23 8.2 4.5
18000 -18.1 -0.6 290 39 20 7.6 4.2 | -20.3 -4.5 280 39 20 7.2 4.0
16000 -14.0 6.8 295 34 18 5.6 3.1 | -16.3 2.7 285 34 17 5.9 3.3
14000 -11.3 11.7 300 29 15 4.7 2.6 | -12.9 8.8 285 26 13 6.6 3.6
12000 -8.4 16.9 310 25 13 5.1 2.8 | -8.7 16.3 290 20 11 6.6 3.6
10000 -5.7 21.7 300 20 10 2.8 1.5 | -6.1 21.0 285 15 8 3.9 2.2
9000 -4.6 23.7 285 14 7 4.4 2.4 | -5.2 22.6 265 11 6 3.7 2.0
8000 -2.9 26.8 255 10 5 6.7 3.7 | -3.6 25.5 245 9 5 6.7 3.7
7000 -1.2 29.8 220 9 4 5.2 2.8 | -1.4 29.5 225 8 4 6.6 3.6
6000 0.2 32.4 195 9 5 2.7 1.5 | 0.4 32.7 200 8 4 5.3 2.9
5000 1.1 34.0 170 9 5 4.2 2.3 | 2.8 37.0 165 5 3 2.8 1.5
12/02/2025 at 1400 MST | 12/02/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +0.5
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +19.0 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +23.0
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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 -42.7 -44.9 265 54 28 7.8 4.3 | -44.7 -48.5 270 41 21 8.3 4.5
24000 -38.1 -36.6 265 51 26 7.7 4.2 | -40.0 -40.0 270 36 19 7.9 4.3
22000 -33.3 -27.9 270 46 23 8.1 4.4 | -35.1 -31.2 275 33 17 8.4 4.6
20000 -27.9 -18.2 270 39 20 8.0 4.4 | -29.6 -21.3 280 29 15 7.7 4.2
18000 -23.1 -9.6 275 34 17 7.9 4.3 | -25.0 -13.0 280 26 13 8.1 4.4
16000 -18.4 -1.1 280 30 15 7.3 4.0 | -20.1 -4.2 280 23 12 8.4 4.6
14000 -14.2 6.4 285 26 13 8.0 4.4 | -15.5 4.1 280 21 11 7.7 4.2
12000 -10.1 13.8 290 24 12 6.4 3.5 | -11.4 11.5 285 18 9 6.9 3.8
10000 -6.8 19.8 280 15 8 4.7 2.6 | -7.6 18.3 285 13 7 6.3 3.5
9000 -5.4 22.3 265 11 6 5.0 2.7 | -6.0 21.2 280 10 5 5.3 2.9
8000 -3.6 25.5 240 9 5 7.4 4.1 | -4.3 24.3 265 8 4 6.7 3.7
7000 -1.6 29.1 220 8 4 7.5 4.1 | -2.1 28.2 255 7 4 7.3 4.0
6000 0.5 32.9 190 7 4 7.4 4.1 | 0.2 32.4 235 5 3 7.0 3.9
5000 3.1 37.6 165 5 3 12.9 7.1 | 2.3 36.1 205 1 1 2.8 1.5
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