Germany - Soaring Weather API
Germany coverage is on the next-batch shortlist. The Schwäbische Alb, the Bavarian Alps and Allgäu, the Rhön, the Erzgebirge, and the long flatland XC tracks across the north - all of it sits inside the second expansion batch.
Planned specifications
What Germany coverage will include
Same JSON contract as live regions. Final field list confirmed when Germany goes live.
Thermal Strength
wstar_ms - thermal updraft velocity in m/s
Soaring Height
hglider_agl_m + hglider_msl_m - usable thermalling height
Cloudbase
cloudbase_agl_ft + cloudbase_msl_m, Cu potential, OD risk
Wind
surface_wind_* plus wind_925_*, wind_850_*, wind_800_*, wind_700_*
Trigger Temperature
thermal_trigger_temp_c - surface temperature at which thermals fire
Day Rating
day_rating - poor, marginal, fair, good, excellent
Corridor Sampling
Weather along a route - time-aware available
Sounding Profile
Full vertical profile - temp, dewpoint, wind
About soaring weather in Germany
Germany has one of the largest gliding communities in the world. The Schwäbische Alb thermal flying, the long northern flatland XC days, the Bavarian Alpine ridges, and the wave systems on the Erzgebirge cover a huge range of forecast problems for a single country.
ICON-EU at 6.5 km is the obvious public benchmark for German weather. Part of the question for Convek is whether a 4 km regional WRF on top of GFS adds enough soaring-specific signal to be worth the runtime, or whether ICON-EU plus a soaring post-process is the cleaner play. Waitlist demand and a side-by-side benchmark will decide.
Whatever the source, the API contract is the one already shipped for live regions. Day-window and sounding labels would use Europe/Berlin.
Want Germany coverage next?
Join the waitlist. We email when Germany goes live, and waitlist demand drives launch order.