The verdict crosses several weather models (AROME, ICON, ECMWF, GFS…) with the launch orientation and your pilot level. Every verdict lists its reasons.
Wind roses per orientation, windgram, emagram, hourly forecasts, live stations: the instruments pilots already use, gathered on one page per spot.
8,600 documented spots, plus schools, clubs, shops and repair workshops.
Every spot page shows the stations closest to launch. Live wind, gusts and direction, with the last hours' history.
The forecast says GO? The station confirms it.
500+ connected stations
Live stations on every spot page
Open any spot page to see the nearby stations.
Station data via winds.mobi (OpenWindMap, FFVL, Holfuy, METAR).
Schools, clubs, shops and repair workshops near every spot. For local rules and conditions, they are the ones to call.
ParaRidge does not invent weather. It reads the major models and turns them into pilot charts.
A windgram stacks the wind profile of every hour of the day into one chart. Altitude on the vertical axis, time on the horizontal, colour for wind speed, an arrow for direction. A pilot reads convergence, shear and inversions in a single glance, without flipping between hourly tables.
See an example windgramAn emagram (close cousin of the skew-T) plots temperature and dew point against altitude, with the parcel ascent curve overlaid. The lifting condensation level (LCL) gives you the cloud base. The equilibrium level (EL) gives you the thermal ceiling. The yellow instability band tells you when thermals will break free.
See an example emagramEach launch carries an orientation window, a max wind speed and a max gust threshold. ParaRidge checks the model's hourly forecast against those rules: GO when everything passes, CAUTION when a value is borderline, NO-GO when the direction is wrong or the wind exceeds the safe window. The reasons are spelled out, never an opaque score.
The full calculation, threshold by threshold, in the FAQWhere do the verdicts come from?
Wind, gusts, direction and precipitation from the models, checked against the launch orientation and your level. Every verdict lists its reasons. Learn more →
Is the wind data real-time?
Yes. Every spot page shows the closest stations (OpenWindMap, FFVL, Holfuy…): wind, gusts, direction and history, continuously refreshed. Learn more →