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  About Windy
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  Hi @Lovieeee, we don't show chances of rain. You can read more on this topic here: https://community.windy.com/topic/12876/rain-value-meaning-in-meteogram/3?_=1595591981624
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  Description of weather overlays
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  @ivo Thank you. Old topic or not,I learned the dust particles and other air masses from it. exellent list!
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  Thanks for information!.
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  How to change default start-up layer on Windy
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  What source of weather data Windy use?
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  @jmh2002 @idefix37 @vsinceac Hi all, it seems as a bug, I will let our development team know. Thank you for reports!
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  Can we use pictures, animations or videos from Windy in our TV, webpage, newspaper, project...
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  @Clarence-Fong Hello, you don't need an further permission as long as Windy logo will be present together with pictures. Will your book be available for public? :)
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  A difference between reference time and update time
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  @Korina ok
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  How to use a route planner
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  @ivo Hi Ivo, tks about the route planner. When I export GPX file and import on Navionics, it's says the file is corrupted. Do y know if it is a bug?
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  How To Use The "Observation vs Forecast" Feature
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  How To Use The "Compare" Feature
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  Political Topics & Posts Are NOT Acceptable
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  Help us translate Windy
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  How to set up a Windy Alert
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  @jidanni So I don’t know why you still receive alerts if your favorite is not set for an alert. I suggest that you delete this alert (not only suspend it) and set the alert later again. Your list of favorites should look to the picture above.
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  How to Report a BUG - use the new Error Console!
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  I should also mention, I am on IOS 11.2.5, maybe there's a compatibility issue?
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  Disputed territories on Windy
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  How to correct errors in the base maps
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  This following text is from our member jmh2002 Thank you for your post. Unfortunately the place names are not controlled by Windy. Please see the following posts about how the map data for Windy is sourced and displayed from www.openstreetmap.org: https://community.windy.com/topic/4649/how-to-correct-errors-in-the-base-maps https://community.windy.com/topic/5564/disputed-territories-on-windy Please also note: For every language, a different place name label can be displayed, so please choose your correct language and data display. Further discussion of place name and language issues or disputes should be directed to the OpenStreetMap Forum here: https://forum.openstreetmap.org/index.php > scroll down & select > users: (the relevant country for your dispute and/or question) In the case of a political dispute please leave such topics out of the Windy forum and instead focus on the discussion of weather. Thank you :)
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  How can I access historical data?
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  Historical data would be very useful indeed! Especially for winds.
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  How to read the Surfing spots
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  @idefix37 said in How to read the Surfing spots: @arshjaksd These colors depict the height of waves, more exactly the significant height. The scale in the low right corner of your screen shows the height of the waves according to the colors. You can choose the units, meters or feet. Thanks a lot, I didn't know that,