About us

Born in 2012, Meteo-Parapente is now the most famous paragliding weather website in Europe.

Unlike most of the other weather websites, serving data from national weather services, Meteo-Parapente runs its own weather prediction model. This model, designed ant tuned for paragliding, takes into account local weather parameters specific to our activities.

Meteo-Parapente is an independent weather website. It is 100% owned and operated by myself, with help from Katya and ponctual developers and consultants. This independence allows me to offer the best service for our flying community.

How it started

At the very beggining, the calculations were operated from my bedroom, at my parents' home. I had four ADSL lines installed to get enough bandwidth, and a massive setup to prevent noise and evacuate the heat. The forecast covered France and a small part of the Alps, only for the next day.

How it's going

Thanks to your contributions, I've been able to multiply computing power exponentially.

This has enabled me to extend geographical coverage, produce forecasts for several days ahead and improve forecast quality with finer resolution and much more input data.

We now have a fully-fledged supercomputer at our own computing center.

We offer you a unique model, unlike other applications that display models from national centers (AROME, ICON...).

Find out more on the following page: The Meteo-Parapente model

In any case, don't forget: Meteo-Parapente remains a home-made site. I'm the only one managing a huge IT infrastructure. I'm not Google, so please forgive any hiccups.

The amazing familly team

Nicolas

Paraglider pilot and sailing instructor, I have always been addicted to the wind. I am a self-taught computer programmer. This double interest in wind and coding naturally led me to found Meteo-Parapente, in 2012. I was 21 at that time.

I played a major role in the opening of the data of Météo-France models. I was awarded the Dataconnexions prize by Etalab and nominated as a Pioneer of open-data by the Open Data Institute.

I am also the president of French Federation of Meteorology Stakeholders and Users.

As a recognized expert in meteorological data, I provide consultancy and services to major companies such as Engie, Total, Renault, Windy, Windguru...

Katya

After a successful career in the offshore oil and gas industry, Katya moved to France driven by her love for paragliding. Here, she got her tandem license while graduating from EMLyon International MBA.

With a deep understanding of data-science, Katya assists me on Meteo-Parapente algorithms. Her Master's degree in Probability and Statitics is put to good use. Katya is also a brain of Meteo-Parapente's strategy and project management. If you send us an email, that's probably her who will answer.