Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
706
UXUS97 KSLC 131227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Thursday, November 13, 2025
This forecast is for Thursday, November 13, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 66.0 F/18.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 594 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 12196 ft MSL (7268 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 70.0 F/21.6 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 MST
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................. 7273 ft MSL (2345 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Friday 11/14....... Fair
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:13:07 / 17:11:09 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 58 min 2 sec (598 min 2 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:12:08 MST... 30.98 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/13/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 11920 ft MSL (6992 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16261 ft MSL (11333 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14982 ft MSL (10054 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.4
K index......................... +13.1
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 -28.3 -18.9 240 66 34 6.8 3.7 36.9 98.4 12.4 M M
24000 -24.3 -11.7 235 50 26 6.6 3.6 34.8 94.6 10.9 M M
22000 -19.8 -3.6 235 43 22 6.6 3.6 32.2 89.9 9.0 M M
20000 -16.3 2.7 235 38 19 5.8 3.2 29.4 85.0 6.9 M M
18000 -12.7 9.1 235 34 17 6.4 3.5 27.0 80.6 4.9 M M
16000 -8.9 16.0 235 31 16 6.6 3.6 24.7 76.5 2.9 M M
14000 -4.7 23.5 230 29 15 7.4 4.1 22.9 73.3 1.3 M M
12000 -0.3 31.5 225 31 16 7.7 4.2 21.6 70.8 -0.1 579 2.9
10000 4.2 39.6 225 31 16 7.1 3.9 20.2 68.3 -1.5 387 2.0
9000 6.6 43.9 220 30 15 7.6 4.1 19.7 67.4 -2.0 285 1.4
8000 9.1 48.4 210 27 14 8.2 4.5 19.2 66.6 -2.5 181 0.9
7000 11.9 53.4 200 24 12 7.6 4.1 18.4 65.1 -3.3 58 0.3
6000 13.6 56.5 185 20 10 3.6 2.0 17.1 62.8 -4.6 M M
5000 10.6 51.1 155 10 5 -11.6 -6.4 11.3 52.3 -10.5 39 0.2
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/13/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/13/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.8 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.1
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +15.8 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +17.6
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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 -27.6 -17.7 255 40 20 6.9 3.8 | -27.9 -18.2 250 40 21 7.2 3.9
24000 -23.5 -10.3 250 36 18 5.8 3.2 | -23.6 -10.5 245 36 19 6.4 3.5
22000 -20.0 -4.0 250 32 16 5.9 3.3 | -19.8 -3.6 250 33 17 6.4 3.5
20000 -16.6 2.1 245 27 14 5.8 3.2 | -15.6 3.9 245 32 16 6.2 3.4
18000 -12.7 9.1 240 24 12 6.3 3.5 | -12.2 10.0 240 31 16 5.5 3.0
16000 -8.9 16.0 240 25 13 5.9 3.2 | -8.8 16.2 235 28 14 6.0 3.3
14000 -5.3 22.5 235 24 12 6.9 3.8 | -5.0 23.0 230 24 12 7.1 3.9
12000 -1.0 30.2 230 21 11 7.9 4.3 | -0.8 30.6 220 23 12 7.5 4.1
10000 3.6 38.5 225 18 9 7.5 4.1 | 3.7 38.7 220 24 12 7.9 4.3
9000 5.9 42.6 220 18 9 7.7 4.2 | 6.2 43.2 215 23 12 8.1 4.4
8000 8.2 46.8 210 17 9 7.3 4.0 | 8.6 47.5 210 21 11 7.6 4.2
7000 10.3 50.5 195 17 9 5.9 3.2 | 10.7 51.3 195 20 10 7.6 4.2
6000 11.8 53.2 180 17 9 3.1 1.7 | 12.7 54.9 180 18 9 7.9 4.3
5000 12.0 53.6 160 12 6 -2.8 -1.5 | 15.0 59.0 175 14 7 10.8 5.9
11/13/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/13/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.5
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +16.9 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +17.7
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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 -27.8 -18.0 245 44 23 7.7 4.2 | -27.6 -17.7 245 49 25 7.0 3.8
24000 -23.3 -9.9 245 40 20 6.3 3.4 | -23.5 -10.3 245 42 22 6.4 3.5
22000 -19.5 -3.1 250 37 19 6.4 3.5 | -19.7 -3.5 245 39 20 6.4 3.5
20000 -15.5 4.1 245 34 17 5.8 3.2 | -16.1 3.0 245 36 18 5.9 3.3
18000 -12.1 10.2 240 32 16 5.6 3.1 | -12.2 10.0 240 32 16 5.7 3.1
16000 -8.7 16.3 235 31 16 7.0 3.8 | -8.7 16.3 235 29 15 6.7 3.7
14000 -4.6 23.7 230 28 14 6.9 3.8 | -4.5 23.9 230 25 13 7.7 4.2
12000 -0.4 31.3 225 25 13 7.1 3.9 | 0.2 32.4 230 24 12 8.0 4.4
10000 3.9 39.0 215 23 12 8.6 4.7 | 4.8 40.6 220 23 12 7.0 3.8
9000 6.6 43.9 205 21 11 9.6 5.3 | 7.3 45.1 210 22 11 8.6 4.7
8000 9.3 48.7 200 19 10 9.2 5.1 | 9.8 49.6 200 20 10 9.1 5.0
7000 12.1 53.8 195 17 9 8.6 4.7 | 12.5 54.5 195 18 9 7.4 4.1
6000 14.8 58.6 190 15 8 9.2 5.0 | 15.0 59.0 190 14 7 7.4 4.1
5000 19.2 66.6 185 10 5 43.9 24.1 | 16.9 62.4 180 8 4 -0.5 -0.3
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