Windy.com introduces soaring forecast

[Ivandel 1]

Dear Friends
I've been a Glider pilot since the '90s.,Also sailing. I'm a Premium subscriber. I was very happy with more of this tool in Windy. I Live in Lami where I can go sailing and also have the ARGS in Belem Novo, from where to take off for the flight to sail My city is Porto Alegre i Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil.

[markfrench]

Awesome addition to WINDY. I have used it for glider flights. So easy to access helpful information. The forecasts have been spot on.

[glover]

This is an excellent addition to an otherwise superb weather site. Keep up the wonderful work!

Greig Glover

[Vagabondo13]

Great idea!

[Parms 0]

Useful for a "broadly indicative" view over an area.

[Jenki]

Nice feature, thank you. Very useful information even for pilots planning cross-country flights due to prediction of turbulence. Thank you

[hemersonr]

thanks for this new layer.. I hope It will be a great help to our planning

[shashighedia]

Hi
I clicked on the thermal icon but nothing changes on the screen , cant see and thermals? I am a premium user

[idefix37]

@shashighedia
Where are you located? During the night there are no thermals.

[MaciekRyd]

Excellent job, Filip!

[rauliillo]

excelente capa un 10

[windgnome]

@korina said in Windy.com introduces soaring forecast:

beta

This feature is great! What would be awesome too, is the expected thermal strength.

[EduardoSG]

After analysis during several months and flying areas, I must say that unfortunately the Thermal layer is almost useless in Argentina. Overly optimistic, usually by many hundreds of meters in all 3 models available

[Korina]

@eduardosg Hi, we value the feedback, the layer is still in BETA version.

[ihedek]

Thanks for bringing this into Windy, yeahhhh!!!
Besides refining the forsecast on cloudbase, adding upward velocity and boundry shear are important parameters gliders look at. Good resource: http://www.drjack.info/

[fritzneumann]

Love it, makes our decision whether to drive 90 minutes to our TO site very easy :) Thank You !

[Avesta 0]

Hi i’m a premium user but every time i open the app and click on Thermals layer it shows that i must subscribe to “premium”, but i am already registered ro premium. Is it a bug?
Btw, thermals layer! Cool!!i
I tried to attch the screenshot but its not possible.

[Korina]

@avesta-0 Hello, this is correct, it is just a notification in case you are not subscribed yet. But thank you, we will consider removing it.

[alext2]

well done, thanks

[alext2]

essential layer. Thanks