Frequently Asked Questions @ Windy Community

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Frequently Asked Questions

About Windy
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@phi62 Windy visualizes models of European and American weather prediction centers. Windy does not make its own forecasts. These numerical weather prediction centers use satellite data during the initialization phase or assimilation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction Then how does Windy get the data from these centers? probably via the internet.
Help us translate Windy
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What source of weather data Windy use?
model grib file • • ivo

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@reisfor Lightning data come from blitzortung. WX radar data from national meteo. services, shown if you zoom in a country e.g. DWD for Germany
Description of weather overlays
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@shrawan0825 Please read https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays
Formatting tips
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@ivo Also quite frequent: For clickable URL, use [TEXT](http://some.url) It seems that the http:// prefix is mandatory, keep that in mind ! Or simply, test the result in the "Preview" first when creating the post !
Can we use pictures, animations or videos from Windy in our TV, webpage, newspaper, project...
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@patmarsh Not possible. Licences don't allow it.
How to set up a Windy Alert
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@Tnkami You get a badge on your mobile when you have an alert. On this screenshot, I received 1 alert. Then click on it to get the alert detail.
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?
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 :)
How can I access historical data?
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@thalassobiote try weather.us
Changing scale C° to F° on mobile devices
faq • • TomSlavkovsky

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How to add Personal Weather Station to Windy
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Changing scale from °F to °C or vice versa.
units • • JimInSanDiego

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@Marienka I just set up this app on the recommendation of a friend. I can change the temperature scale on my desktop (Win10) from C to F - no problem. But, on my iPhone (using iOS 12.1.4), I can find no way to do it. I've closed the browser after confirming the settings on the desktop (which supposedly saves the settings to the cloud). I've closed the app on the iPhone. When I reopen it, there is no change - temps are in C and everything else is still metric, etc. I've read the two threads on here and gone to the link -- Is this "feature/bug" still not fixed? Or, have I just not stumbled on the solution yet? Love the app, but this is frustrating!! Dianne
How to embed Windy widget to your webpage?
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Has anyone has issues with the Fahrenheit option?
Why is observed weather always different than a forecast
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Well seems that I do not know this problematic. I wanted to make a info page for our new monster feature, we are finishing right now. And it seems that you understand the matter more than I do. Thx for all the comments.
What type of altitude is used for the wind?
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Do you have any plans on sharing weather data/parameters (e.g. wind and temp data) in XML or JSON formats through Windy API? It'll be a nice companion to Leaflet map currently in use. Thanks and Please keep it up!
Offline use of Windy
grib file offline download • • Marienka

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@impi All GRIB files that you can received via several web app that you mentioned are GFS files which are free. Some of them offer ECMWF GRIB files but you must subscribe monthly payements.
What timezone is used at Windy?
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I am in the Azores islands, which is in the middle of the ocean (250 thousand inhabitants, plus other mid ocean archipelagos such as Iceland, Madeira, Canaries, Cabo Verde, Saint Helena, etc.), so does that mean I am shown a London UTC time for my location at Central Azores (Pico)? There is indeed a time zone for East-West Mid Atlantic ocean, which is Azores Time Zone. Azores TZ is 2 hours behind Madrid-Paris-Berlin-Warsaw and 1 hour behind Dublin and Lisbon and London as well (GMT-1)(UTC-1). "Of course, if you open detail in the middle of the ocean, we use UTC, since there is no timezone."
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