Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 171227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
527 AM MST Monday, November 17, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, November 17, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 51.6 F/10.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Good
Maximum rate of lift........................ 486 ft/min (2.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 11209 ft MSL (6281 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 55.0 F/13.2 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1200 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................. 6781 ft MSL (1853 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 11/18...... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 07:17:49 / 17:07:54 MST
Total possible sunshine........... 9 hr 50 min 6 sec (590 min 6 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:12:51 MST... 29.97 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 11/17/2025 at 0500 MST
Freezing level.................. 8523 ft MSL (3595 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10907 ft MSL (5979 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 11134 ft MSL (6206 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +4.2
K index......................... +7.5
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 -35.8 -32.4 210 21 11 7.9 4.3 29.0 84.2 12.7 M M
24000 -31.1 -24.0 195 17 9 7.9 4.3 27.7 81.8 11.9 M M
22000 -26.3 -15.3 190 15 8 8.2 4.5 26.4 79.6 11.2 M M
20000 -21.0 -5.8 185 13 7 7.5 4.1 24.9 76.8 10.2 M M
18000 -16.5 2.3 190 13 6 7.2 4.0 23.3 74.0 9.1 M M
16000 -12.8 9.0 200 12 6 5.3 2.9 20.9 69.7 7.1 M M
14000 -9.7 14.5 215 14 7 5.4 3.0 18.0 64.4 4.6 M M
12000 -7.0 19.4 220 15 8 4.3 2.4 14.8 58.6 1.5 M M
10000 -3.8 25.2 215 12 6 7.2 4.0 12.1 53.9 -1.2 387 2.0
9000 -1.4 29.5 205 10 5 9.0 4.9 11.6 52.9 -1.7 286 1.5
8000 1.1 34.0 200 9 5 8.9 4.9 11.2 52.2 -2.1 181 0.9
7000 4.0 39.2 180 9 5 7.4 4.1 10.5 50.9 -2.9 57 0.3
6000 6.1 43.0 165 8 4 6.9 3.8 9.8 49.6 -3.7 M M
5000 4.2 39.6 125 6 3 1.7 0.9 4.9 40.9 -8.6 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
11/17/2025 at 0800 MST | 11/17/2025 at 1100 MST
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +5.7 | CAPE... +8.0 LI... +6.6
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +13.4 | CINH... -8.0 K Index... +9.2
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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 -34.1 -29.4 015 10 5 8.5 4.7 | -33.6 -28.5 215 6 3 8.7 4.8
24000 -29.0 -20.2 340 12 6 8.6 4.7 | -28.4 -19.1 245 11 6 8.8 4.8
22000 -24.3 -11.7 325 15 8 7.7 4.2 | -23.5 -10.3 260 13 6 8.1 4.4
20000 -20.2 -4.4 315 16 8 5.7 3.2 | -19.2 -2.6 275 15 8 6.3 3.5
18000 -16.6 2.1 310 16 8 4.6 2.5 | -15.1 4.8 280 17 9 6.0 3.3
16000 -13.9 7.0 295 18 9 4.5 2.5 | -11.8 10.8 280 16 8 5.0 2.8
14000 -11.1 12.0 290 19 10 4.9 2.7 | -9.1 15.6 290 14 7 3.7 2.0
12000 -8.0 17.6 275 16 8 5.3 2.9 | -7.2 19.0 280 11 6 3.5 1.9
10000 -4.5 23.9 255 15 8 6.7 3.6 | -4.3 24.3 250 9 5 5.8 3.2
9000 -2.4 27.7 245 12 6 8.2 4.5 | -2.4 27.7 235 9 5 7.4 4.0
8000 -0.2 31.6 235 11 6 7.5 4.1 | -0.2 31.6 220 9 4 8.7 4.8
7000 2.0 35.6 215 11 6 6.0 3.3 | 2.3 36.1 205 9 5 7.5 4.1
6000 3.7 38.7 190 14 7 4.2 2.3 | 4.6 40.3 185 11 6 8.3 4.6
5000 4.7 40.5 160 8 4 3.2 1.8 | 7.5 45.5 180 9 5 19.8 10.9
11/17/2025 at 1400 MST | 11/17/2025 at 1700 MST
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CAPE... +20.7 LI... +5.5 | CAPE... +7.2 LI... +4.7
CINH... -0.7 K Index... +9.1 | CINH... -9.7 K Index... +9.7
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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 -34.1 -29.4 205 16 8 8.3 4.5 | -34.7 -30.5 230 22 11 8.2 4.5
24000 -29.2 -20.6 225 17 9 8.3 4.6 | -29.9 -21.8 240 23 12 8.2 4.5
22000 -24.5 -12.1 240 20 10 7.7 4.2 | -25.1 -13.2 245 21 11 8.0 4.4
20000 -19.9 -3.8 255 21 11 7.6 4.2 | -20.4 -4.7 245 19 10 7.7 4.2
18000 -14.9 5.2 260 20 10 7.2 4.0 | -15.3 4.5 250 16 8 7.0 3.9
16000 -11.2 11.8 265 17 9 5.2 2.9 | -11.5 11.3 250 13 7 5.5 3.0
14000 -8.6 16.5 265 12 6 4.0 2.2 | -8.6 16.5 250 10 5 4.8 2.6
12000 -6.4 20.5 250 9 5 3.6 2.0 | -6.0 21.2 230 8 4 4.1 2.2
10000 -3.9 25.0 215 8 4 5.9 3.2 | -3.4 25.9 215 10 5 6.0 3.3
9000 -1.8 28.8 205 9 5 7.9 4.4 | -1.3 29.7 205 11 6 8.8 4.8
8000 0.6 33.1 195 10 5 8.5 4.6 | 1.3 34.3 195 12 6 8.6 4.7
7000 3.2 37.8 190 10 5 8.7 4.8 | 3.8 38.8 185 12 6 7.4 4.0
6000 5.9 42.6 180 11 6 9.7 5.3 | 6.4 43.5 175 12 6 8.6 4.7
5000 9.2 48.6 175 9 5 18.0 9.9 | 8.5 47.3 155 5 3 11.4 6.3
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