Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 211227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Friday, November 21, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, November 21, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 53.2 F/11.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 217 ft/min (1.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 8206 ft MSL (3281 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 51.0 F/11.0 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................. 6575 ft MSL (1650 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 11/22..... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:22:25 / 17:05:11 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 42 min 45 sec (582 min 45 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:13:48 MST... 29.05 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/21/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8747 ft MSL (3822 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13070 ft MSL (8145 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10288 ft MSL (5362 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +7.2
K index......................... -3.8
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 -33.7 -28.7 075 38 19 6.7 3.7 31.6 88.9 16.5 M M
24000 -29.1 -20.4 085 27 14 7.2 4.0 29.2 84.6 15.1 M M
22000 -24.8 -12.6 090 19 10 7.2 4.0 27.3 81.2 13.9 M M
20000 -20.4 -4.7 095 14 7 7.3 4.0 25.5 78.0 12.6 M M
18000 -15.9 3.4 110 9 5 8.0 4.4 24.1 75.3 11.6 M M
16000 -11.4 11.5 120 5 3 6.7 3.7 22.5 72.5 10.5 M M
14000 -8.1 17.4 135 4 2 4.6 2.5 19.8 67.7 8.3 M M
12000 -5.4 22.3 170 4 2 5.1 2.8 16.5 61.6 5.2 M M
10000 -2.1 28.2 195 4 2 5.4 3.0 13.8 56.9 2.7 M M
9000 -0.5 31.1 195 3 1 5.5 3.0 12.5 54.6 1.4 M M
8000 1.1 34.0 120 1 0 4.2 2.3 10.6 51.0 -0.6 195 1.0
7000 2.2 36.0 030 2 1 3.2 1.8 8.8 47.9 -2.4 132 0.7
6000 3.0 37.4 040 2 1 0.4 0.2 6.7 44.1 -4.6 79 0.4
5000 1.5 34.7 110 3 2 -21.7 -11.9 2.3 36.1 -9.0 94 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/21/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/21/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... +0.1 LI... +1.1 | CAPE... +12.5 LI... +1.5
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +17.4 | CINH... -17.0 K Index... +18.3
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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 -37.3 -35.1 210 5 2 7.4 4.0 | -37.6 -35.7 150 6 3 7.8 4.3
24000 -32.9 -27.2 240 7 4 7.4 4.1 | -32.9 -27.2 220 5 3 7.8 4.3
22000 -28.9 -20.0 205 4 2 6.6 3.6 | -28.4 -19.1 215 5 3 7.4 4.1
20000 -25.0 -13.0 135 4 2 6.3 3.5 | -24.4 -11.9 180 4 2 5.9 3.2
18000 -20.6 -5.1 105 5 3 7.5 4.1 | -20.4 -4.7 120 6 3 6.6 3.6
16000 -16.1 3.0 100 4 2 7.8 4.3 | -16.1 3.0 115 7 3 7.8 4.3
14000 -11.6 11.1 080 2 1 7.1 3.9 | -11.5 11.3 115 5 3 7.6 4.1
12000 -7.5 18.5 005 3 2 7.0 3.8 | -7.2 19.0 095 3 2 6.9 3.8
10000 -3.5 25.7 015 4 2 6.7 3.7 | -3.5 25.7 060 1 1 6.4 3.5
9000 -1.6 29.1 025 3 2 6.6 3.6 | -1.7 28.9 025 1 0 5.7 3.1
8000 0.2 32.4 035 3 1 4.4 2.4 | -0.1 31.8 355 2 1 5.0 2.8
7000 1.6 34.9 025 2 1 5.3 2.9 | 1.4 34.5 345 2 1 6.4 3.5
6000 3.2 37.8 360 1 1 5.4 2.9 | 3.1 37.6 325 3 2 8.2 4.5
5000 2.5 36.5 155 1 0 -77.6 -42.6 | 5.1 41.2 305 3 2 13.5 7.4
11/21/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/21/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +18.9 LI... +2.6 | CAPE... +0.8 LI... +3.2
CINH... -4.9 K Index... +16.7 | CINH... -3.1 K Index... +14.1
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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 -37.3 -35.1 075 5 3 7.9 4.3 | -37.1 -34.8 050 12 6 8.1 4.5
24000 -32.6 -26.7 295 1 1 7.9 4.4 | -32.3 -26.1 040 6 3 8.1 4.5
22000 -27.8 -18.0 225 3 1 8.1 4.5 | -27.0 -16.6 360 1 0 7.8 4.3
20000 -23.3 -9.9 200 4 2 6.8 3.7 | -22.5 -8.5 225 3 2 7.3 4.0
18000 -19.1 -2.4 165 6 3 5.2 2.8 | -18.3 -0.9 220 5 2 6.2 3.4
16000 -15.4 4.3 145 7 4 7.3 4.0 | -14.9 5.2 190 3 2 6.5 3.6
14000 -11.1 12.0 155 6 3 7.3 4.0 | -10.9 12.4 165 3 2 7.2 3.9
12000 -6.9 19.6 160 4 2 6.7 3.7 | -6.8 19.8 165 2 1 7.0 3.9
10000 -3.3 26.1 175 1 0 6.1 3.4 | -2.7 27.1 065 1 0 6.4 3.5
9000 -1.5 29.3 320 1 0 5.8 3.2 | -0.8 30.6 020 2 1 6.4 3.5
8000 0.1 32.2 345 2 1 4.6 2.5 | 0.9 33.6 020 3 2 6.0 3.3
7000 1.8 35.2 345 4 2 7.5 4.1 | 2.5 36.5 025 4 2 4.8 2.6
6000 3.9 39.0 335 5 3 11.3 6.2 | 4.0 39.2 005 4 2 6.5 3.5
5000 8.2 46.8 325 5 3 36.5 20.0 | 5.9 42.6 325 3 1 7.6 4.2
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