Weather warnings show Thunderstorms but none of the agencies have forecasted thunderstorms
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There are weather warnings in my area (Seattle city in USA). But, Windy also shows thunderstorms, and none of the agencies have forecasted thunderstorms. They have forecasted snow and ice.
Windy shows color as thunderstorm warning and the icon is also thunderstorm.
btw: Weather warnings layer is awesome. Great job.
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Hello @blahdi, if you look at Rain, Thunder layer, there is no thunderstorms predicted -
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@Korina
I think blahdi talks about the presence thunderstorm symbol in weather warning map.
According to the note
areas under snow warning must be colored light blue, not light brown.
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@Korina
I think it has to do with the symbol used.
Although the warning is about "winter storm" ,
developers (by taking into account the word "storm")
use the symbol of thunderstorm instead of the symbol for snow.
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@Korina
with further investigation ...
in location (A) there is a Storm Warning (about WIND storm)
but the symbol is for THUNDERstorm.
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just north, in location (B), the symbol is OK
@kekert
It seems that the "storm watch" is connected with wind symbol
and "storm warning" with thunderstorm symbol.
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@Gkikas-LGPZ Well investigated my friend :)
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well-investigated - thank u.
The Symbol is Thunderstorm. In addition, the color is also of Thunderstorm?
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Hi @blahdi @Gkikas-LGPZ @jmh2002, we currently do not distinguish whether it is Snow storm or Rain based storm, therefore you might see the symbol Thunderstorm for conditions like heavy snow as well.
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@Korina -thanks for responding. but, i don't understand. I am no weather expert, but is thunderstorm always linked with either snow or rain based storm? --
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@blahdi I mean if it is a rain based storm, it always means thunderstorms?
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@blahdi It is determined by extreme weather conditions, such as combination of Gale/Heavy snow/Wind. Therefore here you will see Thunder symbol, instead of just Snow symbol.
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I understood - I guess we are showing thunder symbol and color in windy in these conditions due to graphic limitations, rather than due to a meteorological standard. Hence, it will be confusing to a layman (not weather expert) like me. Anyways, something to explore improving in future (no rush). .thank u.
