Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 121227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Wednesday, November 12, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, November 12, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 64.2 F/17.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 206 ft/min (1.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 10190 ft MSL (5265 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 65.0 F/18.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1445 MST
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... Broken/overcast thin middle
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 5902 ft MSL (977 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 11/13..... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:11:56 / 17:12:03 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 0 min 7 sec (600 min 7 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:59 MST... 31.25 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/12/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 11222 ft MSL (6297 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 15949 ft MSL (11024 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 13814 ft MSL (8889 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +7.0
K index......................... +14.7
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 -27.2 -17.0 250 50 26 6.5 3.6 38.3 100.9 15.7 M M
24000 -23.4 -10.1 250 46 24 5.8 3.2 35.9 96.6 14.2 M M
22000 -19.9 -3.8 250 40 21 5.8 3.2 33.0 91.3 12.0 M M
20000 -15.8 3.6 250 35 18 6.5 3.6 30.1 86.2 9.8 M M
18000 -12.2 10.0 245 31 16 6.3 3.4 27.9 82.1 7.9 M M
16000 -9.2 15.4 240 30 15 4.4 2.4 24.7 76.4 5.2 M M
14000 -6.0 21.2 235 28 15 6.2 3.4 21.7 71.0 2.6 M M
12000 -1.9 28.6 235 23 12 7.7 4.2 19.8 67.6 0.9 M M
10000 2.9 37.2 235 20 11 8.0 4.4 18.9 65.9 -0.1 395 2.0
9000 5.5 41.9 230 19 10 8.9 4.9 18.6 65.5 -0.4 287 1.5
8000 8.1 46.6 225 17 9 8.1 4.4 18.3 64.9 -0.7 180 0.9
7000 11.0 51.8 210 15 8 7.4 4.0 17.5 63.5 -1.5 57 0.3
6000 12.4 54.3 180 13 7 1.9 1.1 16.0 60.7 -3.0 M M
5000 9.2 48.6 145 8 4 -99.0 -54.3 9.8 49.7 -9.2 53 0.3
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/12/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/12/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +4.1
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +2.0 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +2.3
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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 -27.7 -17.9 255 40 20 7.1 3.9 | -27.0 -16.6 250 46 23 6.6 3.6
24000 -23.7 -10.7 255 37 19 4.5 2.5 | -23.3 -9.9 250 41 21 4.7 2.6
22000 -21.0 -5.8 250 38 19 4.7 2.6 | -20.4 -4.7 250 36 19 4.9 2.7
20000 -16.9 1.6 255 31 16 7.6 4.2 | -16.8 1.8 250 28 15 6.4 3.5
18000 -11.5 11.3 260 24 13 8.5 4.7 | -12.0 10.4 255 20 10 8.1 4.4
16000 -6.8 19.8 260 21 11 7.2 3.9 | -7.1 19.2 260 17 9 7.9 4.3
14000 -2.8 27.0 255 18 9 6.3 3.5 | -2.7 27.1 250 15 8 6.7 3.7
12000 0.9 33.6 245 13 7 6.3 3.4 | 1.1 34.0 230 13 6 6.7 3.7
10000 4.8 40.6 225 10 5 6.2 3.4 | 5.1 41.2 210 12 6 6.4 3.5
9000 6.9 44.4 210 9 5 6.3 3.5 | 7.2 45.0 200 12 6 6.5 3.6
8000 8.8 47.8 200 10 5 5.7 3.1 | 9.1 48.4 195 12 6 6.3 3.5
7000 10.4 50.7 195 10 5 5.2 2.8 | 10.9 51.6 190 12 6 5.8 3.2
6000 11.8 53.2 185 9 5 4.7 2.6 | 12.3 54.1 185 9 5 7.5 4.1
5000 8.1 46.6 115 5 2 -99.0 -54.3 | 14.3 57.7 185 5 3 10.6 5.8
11/12/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/12/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.2
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +4.7 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +6.9
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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 -26.9 -16.4 250 49 25 6.8 3.7 | -26.5 -15.7 245 44 23 6.9 3.8
24000 -23.1 -9.6 250 43 22 4.8 2.6 | -22.6 -8.7 245 38 19 5.3 2.9
22000 -20.2 -4.4 245 34 17 5.0 2.7 | -19.4 -2.9 240 34 17 5.4 3.0
20000 -16.9 1.6 240 27 14 5.8 3.2 | -16.9 1.6 230 28 15 3.6 2.0
18000 -12.8 9.0 230 20 10 6.6 3.6 | -13.5 7.7 215 22 11 6.7 3.7
16000 -7.6 18.3 235 14 7 8.4 4.6 | -8.9 16.0 220 17 9 8.6 4.7
14000 -3.0 26.6 230 13 7 7.0 3.8 | -3.9 25.0 220 17 9 7.7 4.2
12000 1.0 33.8 215 13 7 6.6 3.6 | 0.7 33.3 215 18 9 7.2 3.9
10000 4.9 40.8 205 14 7 6.3 3.4 | 4.7 40.5 205 18 9 6.2 3.4
9000 7.0 44.6 200 14 7 6.3 3.5 | 7.0 44.6 200 18 9 7.8 4.3
8000 9.1 48.4 195 13 7 6.9 3.8 | 9.4 48.9 195 17 9 8.1 4.4
7000 11.2 52.2 190 10 5 7.6 4.2 | 11.8 53.2 185 16 8 7.4 4.1
6000 13.5 56.3 195 7 4 9.8 5.4 | 14.0 57.2 180 13 7 7.6 4.2
5000 15.9 60.6 210 5 2 9.8 5.4 | 14.1 57.4 160 1 1 -55.9 -30.7
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