Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 101227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, November 10, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, November 10, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 65.2 F/18.5 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 133 ft/min (0.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7218 ft MSL (2293 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....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 5761 ft MSL (836 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 11/11...... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:09:34 / 17:13:55 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 4 min 21 sec (604 min 21 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:45 MST... 31.79 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/10/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 12211 ft MSL (7286 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 19919 ft MSL (14994 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13870 ft MSL (8945 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +10.4
K index......................... +0.0
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 -27.7 -17.9 285 42 22 7.4 4.0 37.6 99.6 16.8 M M
24000 -22.6 -8.7 290 41 21 8.0 4.4 35.8 96.4 15.8 M M
22000 -17.7 0.1 290 39 20 8.1 4.5 34.6 94.2 15.2 M M
20000 -13.4 7.9 290 38 19 7.1 3.9 32.7 90.9 14.0 M M
18000 -9.3 15.3 290 37 19 6.5 3.6 30.8 87.4 12.6 M M
16000 -5.6 21.9 290 35 18 5.8 3.2 28.3 83.0 10.7 M M
14000 -2.7 27.1 285 30 15 4.7 2.6 25.1 77.2 8.0 M M
12000 0.3 32.5 285 23 12 6.2 3.4 22.2 72.0 5.2 M M
10000 4.1 39.4 285 17 9 8.4 4.6 20.1 68.2 3.3 M M
9000 6.1 43.0 285 14 7 7.3 4.0 19.2 66.6 2.4 M M
8000 8.4 47.1 270 9 4 5.6 3.1 17.8 64.0 1.1 M M
7000 9.7 49.5 250 5 2 4.0 2.2 16.1 61.0 -0.5 111 0.6
6000 10.6 51.1 200 4 2 1.3 0.7 14.1 57.3 -2.5 53 0.3
5000 7.0 44.6 125 5 2 -99.0 -54.3 7.5 45.5 -9.1 133 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/10/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/10/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.4 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.7
CINH... -0.3 K Index... -5.0 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... -4.2
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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 -26.5 -15.7 280 21 11 8.5 4.7 | -26.6 -15.9 270 28 14 8.1 4.5
24000 -21.6 -6.9 280 19 10 7.8 4.3 | -21.7 -7.1 270 24 12 8.4 4.6
22000 -16.9 1.6 270 17 9 7.8 4.3 | -16.7 1.9 270 20 10 8.3 4.5
20000 -12.3 9.9 260 15 8 7.7 4.2 | -12.2 10.0 265 18 10 7.6 4.1
18000 -7.1 19.2 250 12 6 7.5 4.1 | -7.3 18.9 255 17 9 6.9 3.8
16000 -2.9 26.8 250 11 6 6.9 3.8 | -3.3 26.1 255 16 8 6.7 3.7
14000 0.6 33.1 260 12 6 5.8 3.2 | 0.4 32.7 255 14 7 6.2 3.4
12000 4.2 39.6 270 11 6 5.6 3.1 | 3.9 39.0 250 12 6 5.3 2.9
10000 7.0 44.6 260 8 4 3.8 2.1 | 6.7 44.1 235 11 5 3.8 2.1
9000 7.9 46.2 250 6 3 3.0 1.7 | 7.6 45.7 230 10 5 3.1 1.7
8000 8.6 47.5 225 5 3 3.1 1.7 | 8.3 46.9 220 9 4 2.0 1.1
7000 8.9 48.0 195 5 3 1.0 0.5 | 8.7 47.7 210 8 4 1.9 1.0
6000 9.1 48.4 180 6 3 -0.3 -0.2 | 9.2 48.6 205 5 3 5.9 3.2
5000 5.1 41.2 130 4 2 -44.3 -24.3 | 11.1 52.0 230 2 1 20.0 11.0
11/10/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/10/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +7.5
CINH... 0.0 K Index... -3.1 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +0.9
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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 -26.5 -15.7 270 32 17 7.9 4.3 | -26.8 -16.2 280 36 18 7.7 4.2
24000 -21.8 -7.2 265 29 15 7.9 4.3 | -22.2 -8.0 280 32 16 7.8 4.3
22000 -17.1 1.2 265 25 13 7.9 4.3 | -16.9 1.6 280 28 14 7.7 4.3
20000 -12.7 9.1 265 22 11 7.4 4.0 | -12.4 9.7 275 25 13 7.5 4.1
18000 -7.9 17.8 265 20 11 6.9 3.8 | -8.3 17.1 270 23 12 6.5 3.5
16000 -3.9 25.0 260 20 10 6.7 3.7 | -4.6 23.7 265 22 11 6.0 3.3
14000 -0.1 31.8 255 19 10 6.2 3.4 | -0.9 30.4 265 21 11 6.5 3.6
12000 3.5 38.3 255 17 9 5.9 3.3 | 2.9 37.2 270 19 10 6.3 3.4
10000 6.8 44.2 250 13 7 5.2 2.9 | 6.6 43.9 265 15 8 6.3 3.5
9000 8.2 46.8 240 11 5 4.5 2.5 | 8.3 46.9 255 11 6 5.3 2.9
8000 9.2 48.6 230 9 4 3.5 1.9 | 9.7 49.5 245 9 5 4.6 2.5
7000 10.0 50.0 215 6 3 4.3 2.4 | 10.9 51.6 220 6 3 3.7 2.1
6000 11.1 52.0 225 3 1 7.5 4.1 | 12.0 53.6 190 3 2 4.9 2.7
5000 13.4 56.1 280 2 1 18.6 10.2 | 11.2 52.2 335 2 1 -51.1 -28.1
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