USA soaring weather API coverage
USA coverage is not live yet. If you want Convek data for US soaring sites, register interest and tell us where you fly. The first launch region will be picked from real demand, not guesswork.
Why USA is different
The US has a large soaring community and strong public weather data, but it is also a much larger forecast problem than the UK. A useful US product needs regional choices: mountain west, west coast, Appalachians, plains, and desert soaring are not the same forecast job.
The current plan is to use the waitlist to find the first useful region, then prototype the data path before promising national coverage.
What we would evaluate first
USA coverage needs model quality, useful regions, and the same API contract developers already get for UK data.
Short-range model data
The US has strong public model data available. The first serious Convek path is likely to evaluate HRRR and RAP before deciding whether custom WRF domains are needed.
Regional rollout
The US is too large to treat as one simple launch region. Interest will help decide whether the first focus is Rockies, California, Appalachians, Texas, or another soaring area.
Same API shape
The goal is the same Convek contract: point forecasts, grid slices, corridor sampling, sounding profiles, and day ratings as structured JSON.
Likely first fields
Subject to validation against the final source model and region.
Cloudbase
Cloudbase, Cu potential, and overdevelopment risk where the source data supports it.
Thermal strength
Thermal velocity and boundary-layer depth fields tuned for soaring use.
Route weather
Corridor sampling for XC routes, club tasks, and app-side route planning.
Want USA coverage next?
Join the USA interest list. Use the message field on the contact page if you want to tell us which region or flying site matters most.