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    • ihedekI
      ihedek
      last edited by

      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/

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      • fritzneumannF
        fritzneumann
        last edited by

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

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        • Avesta 0A
          Avesta 0 | Premium
          last edited by

          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.

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          • KorinaK
            Korina @Avesta 0
            last edited by

            @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.

            Korina

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            • alext2A
              alext2 | Premium
              last edited by

              well done, thanks

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              • alext2A
                alext2 | Premium
                last edited by

                essential layer. Thanks

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                  AMSAdov @Korina | Premium
                  last edited by

                  @korina

                  It’s good, but need to be able to select different altitudes. On a SKew T chart you can see where the top of lift is going to be. On your charts we’re just getting one value, but we can’t control what altitude we’re selecting that value for.

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                  • idefix37I
                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @AMSAdov
                    last edited by idefix37

                    @amsadov
                    You can show at same time the local Skew-T chart .
                    Here the Skew-T that you find in Plugins library (only available on the web site, in the mobile app there is another Sounding type):

                    Capture d’écran 2021-11-29 à 14.29.44.png

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                    • rittelsR
                      rittels Code contributor @AMSAdov | Premium
                      last edited by

                      @amsadov @idefix37

                      This may be a stupid question, but the thermal top is just one value (MSL) , and not influenced by the selected altitude of the map? Not sure I understand the question? Do you mean AGL?

                      The thermal top calculated depends on the parcel temp. For the Sounding plugin the parcel temp is +3 degrees of surf temp. The thermal map layer appears to use about 2 deg difference. That is why the Sounding plugin shows 2000m and the thermal layer 1000m.

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                        harry medlicott
                        last edited by

                        Hi all,
                        I am a glider(sailplane) pilot Flying from Lake Keepit A/F which is about 250 km north of Sydney NSW Australia. There are about 4 clubs operating in this general area over several hundred Kms. About a quarter of Australias glider pilots operate in this area.
                        My club is primarily interested in cross country flying over what would be called largely fairly dry flat agricultural land.

                        Windy appears to be a useful addition to the advice we currently access. A question. Do the heights displayed such as thermal height relate to height above land at that point or above sea level? As an example, if thermals are predicted to go to 2,000 metres and ground is 1,000 metres above sea level does this mean thermals will reach 1,000 ft above ground. A huge difference for us spoilt Australian pilots. !,000 m ( about 3,200 ft.) pretty marginal except for what we would call short, mostly local flying but 2,000m (6.600 ft.) one could be expected to fly 500 km on a summers day.
                        Best Wishes, Harry Medlicott

                        h medlicott

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                        • KorinaK
                          Korina @harry medlicott
                          last edited by

                          @harry-medlicott Hello, the thermal heights relate to AMSL (above mean sea level).

                          Korina

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                          • zwaweZ
                            zwawe @Korina | Premium
                            last edited by

                            @korina
                            The Thermal feature is a great addition to the site although being a hangglider/paraglider/sailplane pilot this thermal feature by itself even with the cloud icons is not enough for a subscription. BUT if you would like to get a ton of freeflying pilot subscribers I would suggest adding an XC planning feature comparable to Flyxc.app or seeyou planner and combine it with windy weather. I understand you are a pilot, where do you plan your XC flights?

                            Pelado

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                            • KorinaK
                              Korina @zwawe
                              last edited by

                              @zwawe I am not a pilot, but some of our member are. Thank you for suggestion :)

                              Korina

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                              • slash11S
                                slash11 | Premium
                                last edited by

                                Awesome feature, looks amazing. Just need to wait for thermals to come to UK, then we test it :-)

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                                • polachpP
                                  polachp Paraglider
                                  last edited by

                                  Can you share some details about how this layer is computed?
                                  We, soaring pilots usually keen to know at least some technical details to judge error margin and other factors not included in computation. (morning inversion, fog, humidity, rain several day before flight day etc).

                                  I was trying to use this feature this season and I am looking into it right now as my friends are flying in Australia. Cloudbase though seems world wide overly optimistic.

                                  Without deeper knowledge its hard to help you tune the layer so other pilots can reliably use it.

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                                  • KorinaK
                                    Korina @polachp
                                    last edited by

                                    @polachp Hello, please see the reply from the developer itself -https://community.windy.com/topic/16458/windy-com-introduces-soaring-forecast/26
                                    We are open to discussion and feedbacks.

                                    Korina

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                                    • polachpP
                                      polachp Paraglider @Filip_K
                                      last edited by

                                      @filip_k Hello, Korina forwared me to you so:
                                      Can you share some details about how this layer is computed?
                                      We, soaring pilots usually keen to know at least some technical details to judge error margin and other factors not included in computation. (morning inversion, fog, humidity, rain several day before flight day etc).

                                      I was trying to use this feature this season and I am looking into it right now as my friends are flying in Australia. Cloudbase though seems world wide overly optimistic (even during EU summer time). Without deeper knowledge its hard to help you tune the layer so other pilots can reliably use it.

                                      I am active pilot, keen to help you if you wish.

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                                      • KorinaK
                                        Korina @polachp
                                        last edited by

                                        @polachp Hello, as mentioned in the reply, we would like to keep the technical details to ourselves at the moment.

                                        Korina

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                                        • polachpP
                                          polachp Paraglider @Korina
                                          last edited by

                                          @korina said in Windy.com introduces soaring forecast:

                                          @polachp Hello, as mentioned in the reply, we would like to keep the technical details to ourselves at the moment.

                                          Sorry , I haven't noticed the direct response about details. Thank you for your answer.

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                                          • AberhangieA
                                            Aberhangie
                                            last edited by Aberhangie

                                            Love the idea but (I fly Gliders and Hang Gliders) but the implementation is not great. It looks more like a plot of cloud cover and not clear what the numbers mean. There are 3 things which would be useful on this plot

                                            • Height of convection (Ft ASL/AGL)

                                            • best expected strength of convection (Ft/min)

                                            • Shear/Buoyancy ratio

                                            That would be useful. If you want to see what good looks like have a look at the RASP forecast website.

                                            Nice site overall through, I use it all the time for general forecasts and love the Site Alerts.

                                            Thanks

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