<![CDATA[Default layer 😘]]>I know the official reason for not being able to choose a default layer is cache fragmentation. And the secondary reason is that "this is windy and not radary etc" which likely is more of a joke, but anyway 😛

I'd suggest adding a setting "remember last open layer"

Think of it this way, if a lot of people from a certain geographical area are looking at radar (or any other layer) instead of wind, the caches would actually adapt to that behavior and (could) make the experience better for all.

Label the setting as "experimental" and kill it if it causes trouble. Or make it available to premium users only.

Also, I would not mind if the app still preloaded wind layer data on background, or if the caches were configured or set up in a way that gave preference to the wind layer if you think this is needed to preserve decent initial load speeds for most users.

Two things to balance and I'm sure you've thought of these: initial load speed vs getting to what you want to see speed

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/14139/default-layerRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 05:30:05 GMTTue, 27 Oct 2020 08:58:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Default layer 😘 on Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:02:41 GMT]]>@wilkat

In Settings select Use last overlay.

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But if you check the Weather radar or Satellite layers at the end, you will switch back to ECMWF. So before leaving, you should end with the model you prefer.
Also, if you open Windy from the widget, you won't get the model you chose.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/216704https://community.windy.com/post/216704Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:02:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Default layer 😘 on Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:54:20 GMT]]>@Korina where in the app to set the default layer?

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/216702https://community.windy.com/post/216702Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:54:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Default layer 😘 on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:30:31 GMT]]>@mikkokaar Yes, we have added option to set default layer :)

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/65046https://community.windy.com/post/65046Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Default layer 😘 on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:28:18 GMT]]>@korina I see something like this was added. Thank you :)

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/65045https://community.windy.com/post/65045Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Default layer 😘 on Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:35:08 GMT]]>@mikkokaar Hi, thank you for the suggestion, we will think about implementing such solution.

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