Namibia - Soaring Weather API
Namibia coverage is on the radar. The world-class Bitterwasser and Pokweni desert thermal flying - one of the strongest convective environments in the world for cross-country gliding.
Planned specifications
What Namibia coverage will include
Same JSON contract as live regions. Final field list confirmed when Namibia 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 Namibia
Namibian summer thermal flying produces some of the strongest sustained convection anywhere. The classic Bitterwasser and Pokweni weeks regularly see thermal heights above 4500 m and wstar values that rewrite anyone's assumptions about thermal strength. The forecast job is largely about cloudbase, day rating and trigger temperature.
It is a small country in soaring terms compared to the US or Australia, but the value-per-pilot is high. Most of the people flying out of Namibia have flown a long way to get there and the cost of a wasted day is significant. Forecast quality matters.
Day-window and sounding labels would use Africa/Windhoek.
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