Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 081227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Saturday, November 8, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, November 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 59.7 F/15.4 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Fair
Maximum rate of lift........................ 219 ft/min (1.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 7877 ft MSL (2951 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 55.0 F/13.2 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................. 6702 ft MSL (1776 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 11/09....... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:07:12 / 17:15:55 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 10 hr 8 min 43 sec (608 min 43 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:11:33 MST... 32.36 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/08/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 12599 ft MSL (7673 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 22132 ft MSL (17206 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14050 ft MSL (9124 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +15.0
K index......................... -10.2
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 -17.0 340 37 19 8.0 4.4 38.2 100.7 20.1 M M
24000 -22.5 -8.5 335 33 17 7.4 4.1 36.8 98.3 19.4 M M
22000 -18.1 -0.6 325 32 16 7.4 4.1 35.1 95.2 18.5 M M
20000 -13.5 7.7 325 29 15 6.7 3.7 32.8 91.0 16.9 M M
18000 -9.6 14.7 325 26 13 6.3 3.5 30.6 87.1 15.4 M M
16000 -5.7 21.7 325 22 12 7.3 4.0 28.4 83.2 13.7 M M
14000 -2.1 28.2 330 19 10 4.7 2.6 26.0 78.8 11.8 M M
12000 0.8 33.4 335 15 8 4.1 2.3 22.8 73.0 9.0 M M
10000 2.6 36.7 340 9 5 2.2 1.2 18.6 65.4 5.2 M M
9000 3.2 37.8 345 6 3 2.2 1.2 16.1 61.0 2.9 M M
8000 3.8 38.8 005 4 2 1.3 0.7 13.7 56.7 0.6 M M
7000 4.3 39.7 030 3 1 1.8 1.0 10.5 51.0 -2.6 178 0.9
6000 4.9 40.8 060 2 1 1.7 0.9 8.3 46.9 -4.9 131 0.7
5000 2.2 36.0 110 4 2 -47.4 -26.0 2.7 36.8 -10.6 183 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/08/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/08/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +10.9 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +10.4
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +1.2 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +0.5
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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 -31.0 -23.8 310 56 29 8.7 4.8 | -31.0 -23.8 320 52 27 8.3 4.6
24000 -25.8 -14.4 315 54 28 8.2 4.5 | -26.0 -14.8 315 51 26 8.4 4.6
22000 -21.0 -5.8 310 51 26 8.2 4.5 | -21.0 -5.8 315 49 25 8.4 4.6
20000 -15.6 3.9 310 48 25 8.0 4.4 | -15.7 3.7 315 46 24 7.7 4.2
18000 -11.2 11.8 315 46 24 6.8 3.7 | -11.2 11.8 320 43 22 7.5 4.1
16000 -8.3 17.1 320 41 21 4.5 2.5 | -7.7 18.1 320 38 20 4.8 2.7
14000 -5.6 21.9 320 34 17 4.2 2.3 | -5.2 22.6 320 31 16 3.6 2.0
12000 -3.8 25.2 315 28 15 1.9 1.0 | -3.4 25.9 320 24 12 1.8 1.0
10000 -2.7 27.1 310 22 11 3.6 2.0 | -2.2 28.0 315 16 8 3.6 2.0
9000 -1.6 29.1 315 17 9 4.7 2.6 | -1.2 29.8 315 11 6 4.8 2.6
8000 -0.2 31.6 325 13 7 5.3 2.9 | 0.3 32.5 320 7 4 5.4 2.9
7000 1.5 34.7 340 9 5 6.0 3.3 | 2.0 35.6 315 4 2 7.9 4.3
6000 3.4 38.1 340 4 2 6.4 3.5 | 4.2 39.6 295 3 2 10.5 5.7
5000 5.4 41.7 255 1 0 4.8 2.6 | 7.0 44.6 290 3 2 13.1 7.2
11/08/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/08/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +9.0
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +0.3 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... -1.2
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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 -30.3 -22.5 330 50 26 8.1 4.5 | -29.6 -21.3 340 44 22 8.0 4.4
24000 -25.5 -13.9 330 46 24 7.7 4.2 | -24.9 -12.8 340 41 21 7.8 4.3
22000 -20.2 -4.4 325 44 23 7.8 4.3 | -19.6 -3.3 335 40 20 7.9 4.4
20000 -15.6 3.9 325 43 22 7.8 4.3 | -15.2 4.6 330 38 19 7.1 3.9
18000 -11.0 12.2 325 41 21 7.8 4.3 | -10.8 12.6 330 36 19 7.8 4.3
16000 -7.4 18.7 325 37 19 5.5 3.0 | -7.1 19.2 330 35 18 5.4 3.0
14000 -4.6 23.7 325 30 16 3.3 1.8 | -4.1 24.6 335 30 15 4.1 2.3
12000 -2.8 27.0 320 23 12 2.6 1.4 | -2.0 28.4 335 23 12 3.4 1.9
10000 -1.2 29.8 320 14 7 4.1 2.2 | -0.1 31.8 335 15 8 3.8 2.1
9000 -0.2 31.6 320 10 5 5.4 3.0 | 0.9 33.6 335 11 6 4.6 2.5
8000 1.4 34.5 320 7 4 5.6 3.1 | 2.3 36.1 335 8 4 4.2 2.3
7000 3.2 37.8 320 5 3 8.3 4.6 | 3.8 38.8 335 5 3 4.7 2.6
6000 5.3 41.5 315 5 3 10.7 5.9 | 5.3 41.5 335 4 2 6.0 3.3
5000 8.1 46.6 315 5 3 13.3 7.3 | 7.4 45.3 310 3 2 -14.9 -8.2
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