Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 221227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Saturday, November 22, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, November 22, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 55.8 F/13.2 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 143 ft/min (0.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7357 ft MSL (2435 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 52.0 F/11.6 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................. 6121 ft MSL (1199 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 11/23....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:23:34 / 17:04:35 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 41 min 1 sec (581 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:14:04 MST... 28.84 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/22/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 9597 ft MSL (4675 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13859 ft MSL (8937 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 10933 ft MSL (6011 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +6.8
K index......................... +10.6
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 -35.8 -32.4 110 10 5 9.0 4.9 28.9 84.0 13.9 M M
24000 -30.4 -22.7 130 6 3 8.9 4.9 28.4 83.1 13.9 M M
22000 -24.7 -12.5 165 6 3 8.5 4.7 27.3 81.2 13.3 M M
20000 -20.1 -4.2 160 6 3 7.2 3.9 25.8 78.4 12.3 M M
18000 -16.0 3.2 135 6 3 6.5 3.6 23.9 75.0 10.9 M M
16000 -12.1 10.2 160 7 3 5.8 3.2 21.7 71.1 9.2 M M
14000 -8.5 16.7 185 10 5 6.6 3.6 19.3 66.7 7.1 M M
12000 -4.5 23.9 215 7 4 6.7 3.7 17.4 63.2 5.5 M M
10000 -0.8 30.6 255 3 2 5.9 3.2 15.2 59.4 3.4 M M
9000 0.9 33.6 300 1 1 6.2 3.4 14.0 57.2 2.2 M M
8000 2.7 36.9 020 2 1 5.6 3.1 12.9 55.2 1.2 M M
7000 4.2 39.6 030 3 2 3.4 1.9 10.7 51.3 -1.0 117 0.6
6000 4.6 40.3 030 3 1 0.6 0.3 8.2 46.7 -3.6 77 0.4
5000 1.6 34.9 100 2 1 -99.2 -54.4 2.3 36.1 -9.5 137 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/22/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/22/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.9
CINH... -0.1 K Index... -4.7 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -5.0
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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 -31.2 -24.2 075 40 20 8.1 4.4 | -30.6 -23.1 090 41 21 7.5 4.1
24000 -26.4 -15.5 075 35 18 6.1 3.4 | -26.2 -15.2 090 36 18 5.8 3.2
22000 -23.0 -9.4 075 27 14 5.6 3.1 | -22.9 -9.2 085 28 14 5.4 3.0
20000 -19.4 -2.9 080 19 10 6.4 3.5 | -19.2 -2.6 095 21 11 6.6 3.6
18000 -14.8 5.4 095 13 7 7.6 4.2 | -14.7 5.5 115 14 7 7.1 3.9
16000 -10.8 12.6 115 8 4 5.1 2.8 | -10.8 12.6 140 10 5 5.8 3.2
14000 -7.9 17.8 125 5 3 4.2 2.3 | -7.9 17.8 155 6 3 4.4 2.4
12000 -5.3 22.5 135 3 2 5.1 2.8 | -5.2 22.6 155 4 2 5.4 3.0
10000 -2.1 28.2 150 2 1 6.0 3.3 | -1.8 28.8 160 4 2 6.4 3.5
9000 -0.7 30.7 100 2 1 5.4 3.0 | -0.3 31.5 145 4 2 5.9 3.3
8000 0.8 33.4 050 2 1 4.0 2.2 | 1.3 34.3 130 3 2 4.1 2.3
7000 2.0 35.6 030 3 2 4.2 2.3 | 2.5 36.5 100 2 1 5.4 3.0
6000 3.3 37.9 025 4 2 4.2 2.3 | 3.8 38.8 030 1 1 7.5 4.1
5000 4.2 39.6 060 2 1 0.5 0.3 | 7.2 45.0 310 2 1 20.8 11.4
11/22/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/22/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.4
CINH... -0.2 K Index... -5.1 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -2.4
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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 -31.6 -24.9 095 39 20 6.1 3.4 | -33.3 -27.9 125 17 9 7.0 3.9
24000 -27.9 -18.2 095 30 15 6.2 3.4 | -29.1 -20.4 155 16 8 7.2 4.0
22000 -23.6 -10.5 105 22 11 6.4 3.5 | -24.1 -11.4 150 14 7 7.4 4.1
20000 -19.5 -3.1 120 17 9 7.1 3.9 | -19.5 -3.1 150 14 7 7.7 4.2
18000 -15.2 4.6 140 14 7 7.2 4.0 | -15.1 4.8 150 12 6 7.0 3.8
16000 -11.1 12.0 155 12 6 6.6 3.6 | -11.2 11.8 155 10 5 6.2 3.4
14000 -7.5 18.5 165 9 5 4.9 2.7 | -7.5 18.5 160 7 3 5.7 3.1
12000 -4.7 23.5 160 6 3 5.3 2.9 | -4.3 24.3 160 6 3 5.5 3.0
10000 -1.3 29.7 155 5 3 6.9 3.8 | -0.9 30.4 155 8 4 6.3 3.5
9000 0.5 32.9 150 5 3 6.4 3.5 | 0.9 33.6 155 7 4 7.2 4.0
8000 2.2 36.0 140 4 2 5.0 2.7 | 2.9 37.2 145 5 3 6.2 3.4
7000 3.6 38.5 075 2 1 6.4 3.5 | 4.4 39.9 100 3 1 5.0 2.8
6000 5.0 41.0 355 3 2 9.2 5.1 | 5.4 41.7 020 2 1 4.1 2.3
5000 7.2 45.0 335 4 2 14.9 8.2 | 6.4 43.5 330 3 1 8.4 4.6
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