Poland - Soaring Weather API
Poland coverage is on the next-batch shortlist. Big flatland XC country with one of the most active competition cultures in Europe and a fast-growing paragliding scene around the Beskids.
Planned specifications
What Poland coverage will include
Same JSON contract as live regions. Final field list confirmed when Poland 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 Poland
Polish flatland XC is competitive at world level. The convergence-driven days that produce 800-1000 km tasks out of Leszno or Lubin are exactly the kind of organised mesoscale feature a 4 km regional model resolves and a 25 km global one parameterises into mush.
The Beskids and Tatras add a southern mountain component that pulls a strong paragliding scene around Bielsko-BiaΕa. Two very different forecast problems inside one country, which is why the soaring-specific post-processing matters as much as the raw model resolution.
Day-window and sounding labels would use Europe/Warsaw.
Want Poland coverage next?
Join the waitlist. We email when Poland goes live, and waitlist demand drives launch order.