Frequently Asked Questions

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  What source of weather data Windy use?
  model grib file • • ivo

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  Hello,

  I was wondering if you could incorporate the modeling information for Canada. Data found here:
  https://weather.gc.ca/model_forecast/model_e.html

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  Description of weather overlays
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  @tz sagte in [Beschreibung von Wetter-Overlays] (/ post / 7549):> @IgorXXXmirror Hallo, 100m Schicht oben Modell Gelände.

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  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 !

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  About Windy
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  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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  Can we use pictures, animations or videos from Windy in our TV, webpage, newspaper, project...
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  @windy_vs_ventu And which company? You can write me in chat if you do not want to publish the answer.

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  How to set up a Windy Alert
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  Found the alert pop up but there's nothing for storms. Are there plans for the storm warnings from the Bureau to be passed on in the future?

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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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  and ...

  https://community.windy.com/topic/5564/disputed-territories-on-windy

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  How can I access historical data?
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  @rsdevarapalli said in How can I access historical data?:

  Past data would be really nice to have feature

  +1

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  Offline use of Windy
  grib file offline download • • Marienka

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  Hi Marie,

  Thank you for making this clear.

  My question then is how companies like Predict Wind manage to do this?

  We usually download Grib files through a satellite request sent to 'query@saildocs.com'.
  They send the data back in package file which we then display in ZY Grib or similar.

  Is there no way we can have a Windy Platform to display grib data we retrieve?

  I am thinking that Windy must be receiving data to generate the display we are seeing - right - so if windy created the app, and steered us to the data request source /s then we effectively could have an off shore windy app?

  Thank you for the amazing Windy platform

  Kind regards
  Brent Grimbeek

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  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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  What type of altitude is used for the wind?
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  @pa58am
  Wind gust represents a maximum since the previous post-processing.
  Thus, gust valid on certain time represents the max. wind during the previous
  forecast period (3 hrs for ECMWF).
  Example: gust value at 6 o'clock represents max. wind during the period from 3 to 6 o'clock.

  For your 2nd question (why it is sometimes less than wind speed?)
  please send a screenshot.

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  How to embed Windy widget to your webpage?
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  I love this idea!!!
  I wonder if I embed the Windy Widget to my website, what language will it be if someone opens my website, e.g. in the USA? Will it display everything in English? Does anyone have experience with it? And how can I make the widget mobile?

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  This topic is deleted!
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  How to add Personal Weather Station to Windy
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  No problem with the fact, that most of this PWS are not installed by the rules for getting valid results especially with temperature? In my opinion this PWS should be clearly marked in windy, so that everyone knows that the values can differ from the real values

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  Changing scale from °F to °C or vice versa.
  units • • JimInSanDiego

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  @slzr100 If you are having difficulty changing the scale using an Android or iOS app, then do it using the Windy website viewed in a browser. There are some changes which can only be done on the website using a browser. When you close your settings in the browser, they are saved to the cloud and are available as the settings for either the Android or iOS app.

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  Change of settings does not work?
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  W here do you find those settings to change the mode.?

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  How to add new kiting spots
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  I would like to add a kite spot also. Please let us know how.

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  How to Change Username or Password
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