USA - Soaring Weather API
USA soaring weather coverage is on the Convek roadmap. Mountain wave, ridge soaring and thermal flying across the western ranges, the Appalachians and the high desert. Waitlist demand picks the first launch region.
Planned specifications
What USA coverage will include
Same JSON contract as live regions. Final field list confirmed when USA 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_*
Surface Conditions
surface_temp_c, dewpoint_2m_c, rh_2m_pct, rain_total_mm
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 USA
The US has the largest active soaring community in the world. The Rockies, the Sierra, the Appalachians, the high deserts of New Mexico and Nevada, and the western flatland flying around Texas all have very different forecast jobs. There is no single domain that covers them well.
Convek's plan is to use the waitlist to find the first useful region rather than guessing. HRRR and RAP are strong public US sources at 3 km already, so part of the question is what Convek adds as soaring-specific post-processing on top of those, and what justifies a bespoke WRF run for a particular region.
Whatever the source data, the contract stays the same. /v1/site, /v1/forecast, /v1/grid, /v1/corridor and /v1/sounding - same JSON shape, same units, same field names - so anything you build against UK or Alpine coverage today will work the day a US region goes live.
Want USA coverage next?
Join the waitlist. We email when USA goes live, and waitlist demand drives launch order.