Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 271227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Thursday, November 27, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, November 27, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 60.8 F/16.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
Maximum rate of lift........................ 107 ft/min (0.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 6924 ft MSL (1997 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 56.0 F/13.8 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................. 5700 ft MSL (773 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 11/28....... Poor
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:29:05 / 17:02:08 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 33 min 4 sec (573 min 4 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:15:37 MST... 27.85 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/27/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 10521 ft MSL (5594 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16328 ft MSL (11401 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13760 ft MSL (8833 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.8
K index......................... +5.9
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 -35.7 -32.3 265 55 28 7.1 3.9 29.0 84.2 12.3 M M
24000 -31.4 -24.5 265 50 26 7.1 3.9 27.1 80.8 11.0 M M
22000 -27.3 -17.1 265 47 24 6.9 3.8 24.9 76.8 9.5 M M
20000 -22.5 -8.5 265 45 23 7.4 4.1 22.8 73.1 7.9 M M
18000 -18.0 -0.4 260 44 23 8.4 4.6 21.5 70.7 6.9 M M
16000 -13.3 8.1 265 41 21 8.0 4.4 20.2 68.4 5.9 M M
14000 -8.7 16.3 265 36 18 7.7 4.2 18.9 66.0 4.8 M M
12000 -4.0 24.8 270 30 15 8.1 4.5 17.6 63.7 3.7 M M
10000 1.1 34.0 265 24 13 7.7 4.2 16.9 62.3 3.1 M M
9000 3.7 38.7 260 21 11 8.0 4.4 16.5 61.7 2.8 M M
8000 5.7 42.3 250 16 8 5.8 3.2 15.7 60.2 1.9 M M
7000 7.4 45.3 225 11 6 4.0 2.2 13.7 56.7 -0.1 105 0.5
6000 8.0 46.4 195 9 5 0.2 0.1 11.5 52.7 -2.3 56 0.3
5000 4.8 40.6 145 5 3 -5.0 -2.8 5.3 41.6 -8.6 125 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/27/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/27/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.4 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.5
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +3.1 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +6.1
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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 -32.5 -26.5 260 42 21 8.6 4.7 | -32.4 -26.3 265 42 22 7.7 4.2
24000 -27.3 -17.1 260 43 22 8.4 4.6 | -27.9 -18.2 270 39 20 6.2 3.4
22000 -22.3 -8.1 265 40 21 8.4 4.6 | -24.1 -11.4 275 34 18 6.3 3.5
20000 -18.4 -1.1 270 34 18 5.7 3.1 | -20.0 -4.0 280 29 15 7.3 4.0
18000 -14.2 6.4 280 27 14 7.3 4.0 | -14.9 5.2 280 25 13 8.0 4.4
16000 -9.5 14.9 290 25 13 7.7 4.2 | -9.9 14.2 285 24 12 8.0 4.4
14000 -5.5 22.1 285 22 11 5.4 3.0 | -5.7 21.7 285 21 11 6.4 3.5
12000 -2.8 27.0 275 17 9 5.4 3.0 | -2.2 28.0 275 17 9 5.2 2.8
10000 0.5 32.9 260 11 6 6.3 3.5 | 1.0 33.8 245 12 6 6.5 3.5
9000 2.3 36.1 245 9 4 5.9 3.3 | 2.7 36.9 230 10 5 6.6 3.6
8000 4.0 39.2 225 7 4 5.2 2.9 | 4.5 40.1 220 9 5 5.2 2.8
7000 5.5 41.9 200 7 3 4.9 2.7 | 6.0 42.8 205 9 4 5.3 2.9
6000 6.7 44.1 185 7 3 3.7 2.0 | 7.2 45.0 195 7 4 6.5 3.6
5000 2.6 36.7 125 4 2 -66.6 -36.6 | 8.9 48.0 185 4 2 13.1 7.2
11/27/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/27/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.8
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +7.8 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +6.0
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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 -33.2 -27.8 270 42 21 7.6 4.2 | -34.0 -29.2 270 44 23 7.3 4.0
24000 -28.7 -19.7 275 36 19 6.9 3.8 | -29.7 -21.5 270 40 21 7.3 4.0
22000 -24.6 -12.3 280 33 17 6.9 3.8 | -25.3 -13.5 270 37 19 7.3 4.0
20000 -20.2 -4.4 280 29 15 7.7 4.2 | -20.9 -5.6 275 34 18 7.6 4.1
18000 -14.9 5.2 275 27 14 8.3 4.5 | -15.8 3.6 275 31 16 7.9 4.4
16000 -10.2 13.6 280 25 13 7.6 4.2 | -10.9 12.4 285 29 15 8.2 4.5
14000 -5.8 21.6 285 21 11 7.0 3.8 | -6.0 21.2 290 25 13 7.9 4.3
12000 -1.8 28.8 275 18 9 6.2 3.4 | -1.4 29.5 280 20 10 7.1 3.9
10000 1.6 34.9 250 14 7 6.0 3.3 | 2.6 36.7 265 15 8 5.7 3.1
9000 3.3 37.9 235 12 6 5.9 3.2 | 4.2 39.6 245 12 6 5.6 3.1
8000 4.9 40.8 220 10 5 5.8 3.2 | 5.9 42.6 225 10 5 5.6 3.1
7000 6.6 43.9 205 7 4 6.9 3.8 | 7.6 45.7 200 9 5 5.2 2.9
6000 8.5 47.3 195 5 2 8.3 4.6 | 9.4 48.9 180 8 4 6.1 3.3
5000 10.8 51.4 210 3 1 10.1 5.6 | 9.2 48.6 120 1 1 -62.3 -34.2
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