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    • jidanniJ
      jidanni
      last edited by jidanni

      When setting up an alert, the winds are described with direction names.
      This contrasts with the rest of the site, which completely uses various styles of arrows.
      So the alert menu should also include arrows too. Or the rest of the site should have mouseovers describing the name of a given arrow.

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      • idefix37I
        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @jidanni
        last edited by idefix37

        @jidanni
        Because you don’t understand that?

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        • jidanniJ
          jidanni
          last edited by

          OK. Here is my method to figure it out:

          1. Pick some place in the ocean with high winds.
            The animated arrows there are the clearest on Windy.
            The least likely to not be misunderstood.

          2. OK, now click the map.

          4018-1.jpg

          As we see, it reveals "60°" confirming that Windy names winds by the
          direction they blow FROM. (And 60 is thus close to NE (and not SW.))

          (Sure, you could say that that is standard weather practice. But we are
          not all weather professionals here, and "▶" could look like an object
          being blown by winds FROM the east too.)

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          • idefix37I
            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @jidanni
            last edited by idefix37

            @jidanni
            You are right, Windy names winds by the direction they blow from. And this is how every one do, meteorologists too. So a northerly wind is a wind blowing from North.
            The direction of arrows on weather map is the direction of an arrow « flying » with the wind like the animated particles do (it is not the direction shown by a wind vane). Same for the wind symbols which are called wind barbs, they are a simplified design of an arrow flying with the wind.
            So you would like something like that?

            E0F4191C-718C-49BE-AA16-82AF06A603A4.jpeg

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            • jidanniJ
              jidanni
              last edited by jidanni

              In fact I now notice the original "pizza pie" in the image indeed has eight slices, apparently trying to express the same thing
              (that a slice pointing north is called "S"(outh), etc.)

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              • jmh2002J
                jmh2002 Moderator Mariners - Seafarers Sailor
                last edited by jmh2002

                We need to be careful not to add non-standard fixes or noclomenture just to cater to users who might not understand.

                This is not a question of professionals vs non-professionals.

                Even hobbyists, in any subject, normally understand that they need to learn and adjust to the common standards used in that particular field.

                Renaming and reorganising everything in lay terms would invite chaos.

                WINDY is everywhere :)

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                  boatcoder @jmh2002 | Premium
                  last edited by

                  @jmh2002 You mean common standards like wind barbs? Windy doesn't do those because they are too old fashioned.

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