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    • VandyjV Offline
      Vandyj | Premium
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      Hello! I've really been enjoying the Satellite view. I just tried the new one. The images are STUNNING but I prefer the old color scale with more colors. I find that much easier to read. Thanks for continually improving Windy! I'm a full-time cruiser and I use Windy to help keep us safe and comfortable on our ocean passages and in anchorages. :)

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        TommiJonss
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        This is great to have when you are going on hunt for the northern lights here in Iceland. It will be great to have more than 2 hours back to see how the clouds are moving. Then it will be better to predict what will be in 1 to 2 hours. Thank you for this.

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        • AnemoiVentiA Offline
          AnemoiVenti
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          Nice work!

          Another enhancement function that can serve as an active aid in the fight against the Climate Crisis!

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          • media westM Offline
            media west
            last edited by

            always like the new updates. one thing, please let us choose larger fonts on the maps, sometimes their too small for us on smaller screens, they should scale with an option.

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            • Bruno SerraB Offline
              Bruno Serra
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              I like it, but is a bit too "heavy" to charge.

              I have desktop PC Windows 7 64-bit
              Chrome as browser
              i3 processor 3250
              4GB RAM

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                666six66 @TommiJonss
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                @TommiJonss Yes, same here, from Alaska.

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                • johnckealyJ Offline
                  johnckealy
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                  @TomSlavkovsky looks great :) Personally I prefer the new colour scale. But as @Gkikas-LGPZ, says change units isn't working for me either – plus, degrees Kelvin really shouldn't be the default (Celsius should). Speaking of, it's probably unclear to the general user what infra+ actually is (cloud top temperature, right?). Perhaps this could be labelled somewhere?

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                  • gortahorkG Offline
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                    You are very special people. You are doing something important. You are making the world a better place. On a personal level I have been enjoying Windy every day of my life and it has helped me make decisions that are important to me and my life is way better because of your help and I am very grateful. You're smart and you care! Good on you. Thank you!

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                    • linoazzL Offline
                      linoazz
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                      Very much looking fowerad to have it on my pc

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                        sefarfan | Premium
                        last edited by

                        I am not a scientist but I am a weather nerd . I think it is great!

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                        • nairb.idi9N Offline
                          nairb.idi9
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                          Hello! I really like the new look for the satellite map but the animation seems to play less smoothly than the previous version. Thanks!

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                          • dkam22D Offline
                            dkam22 | Premium
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                            Very nice job! I was going to say keep the old color scale, but the new one is much easier on the eyes. The new animation seems to be loading less frames than the old one. Overall performance and quality is ok though.

                            The yellowish tone for low clouds/fog and also snow on the visible satellite still looks awkward to me. If a user is looking to distinguish the different levels of clouds, that's what the infrared is for.

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                            • cmdrgrC Offline
                              cmdrgr
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                              From a retired Navy meteorologist, looks good so far.

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                                robbya
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                                looks very good

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                                • Aluth FianA Offline
                                  Aluth Fian
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                                  This is an excellent upgrade, Tom! Very useful in areas with often out-of-business radar networks like Indonesia.

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                                  • MconniffM Offline
                                    Mconniff | Premium
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                                    I love it. Looks beautiful. If you could add the "weather radar" doppler at about 15% visibility as an over/under lay... Just curious. I think both are valuable tools for the armchair weather forecaster like myself. I do a lot of traveling on my motorcycle. Not afraid of rain, but if I can plan...

                                    Michael Conniff
                                    Earth - I am always traveling.

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                                    • zacboatsZ Offline
                                      zacboats | Premium
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                                      Fantastic!! Congratulations, it helps a lot understanding the type of actual and expected weather

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                                        Drones
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                                        Bring it On;I am Ready for an animated Map I can plan my day with! Thank-You!

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                                        • easy_rhinoE Offline
                                          easy_rhino @johnckealy
                                          last edited by easy_rhino

                                          @johnckealy I guess "infra+" means infrared+rain. It seems to be combined with radar detection data, since if you check "Radar" view on some rainy region you should see the matching of both views regarding rain clutter.
                                          For me this is the best enhancement from Windy.com since my country Morocco was and still (for some dumb/incompetence reason) lacking Radar coverage for public use. Radar is the most vital feature in case of bad weather especially when you board the Atlantic! :)

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                                            Ead
                                            last edited by Ead

                                            Great layers, just looking over Cyclone Bulbul Warning
                                            northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal; from the start it was Typhoon Matmo....
                                            ![alt text](cb419c32-4929-423d-94f1-cba968e28472-image.png image url)

                                            Question is why it has different still old name Matmo on the Hurricane tracker...as it is already Bulbul...maybe to mention both...
                                            c3087db4-2de4-49c3-a231-d0aefae07314-image.png

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