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      steelek @Korina | Premium
      last edited by

      Holy molly. Now I'll be able to see in the morning if I need additional pillow under my butt when planning to fly :D

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      • chrabC
        chrab | Premium
        last edited by

        Nice. We will see how it work. Some ideas:

        • calculate speed of lifting
        • rating soaring condition
        • better sounding, like eg. xcmeteo.net.
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        • KorinaK
          Korina @whoosh
          last edited by

          @whoosh Hello, the calculations are performed by us, but we also use additional data sources.

          Korina

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          • KorinaK
            Korina @chrab
            last edited by

            @chrab Thank you, we will consider it :)

            Korina

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            • vicbV
              vicb Paraglider @chrab | Premium
              last edited by

              @chrab I just happened to have developped a plugin called "better sounding", see https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding

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              • vicbV
                vicb Paraglider @Korina | Premium
                last edited by vicb

                Pretty cool,

                @FILIP_K Could you expand on how you compute the Top Of Lift and give details about the algo ?

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                • vicbV
                  vicb Paraglider | Premium
                  last edited by

                  One small nit: thermals are still displayed at 11PM...

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                  • vicbV
                    vicb Paraglider @ozone | Premium
                    last edited by

                    @ozone You can customize the colors to your liking in the settings.

                    Go to Settings > Customize color scale > Thermals

                    To windy, may be add a "s" to scale ? ("Customize color scales")

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                    • Filip_KF
                      Filip_K Developers @vicb
                      last edited by

                      @vicb Thanks for reporting that. We've noticed it too and we're looking into what is causing it.

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                      • Filip_KF
                        Filip_K Developers @vicb
                        last edited by

                        @vicb Sorry, that is something we want to keep to yourselves yet.
                        We're open to discussion on what should be forecasted under which conditions though.

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                        • KommandorKeenK
                          KommandorKeen | Premium
                          last edited by

                          Excellent addition.
                          Ignore all comments regards extra soaring specific layers as most can be derived very broadly from thermal height. How fast a thermal goes up is first driven by the height it attains, and secondarily by the temperature profile on the way. So unless you are going to deliver a profile tool for soaring........ :-)

                          There is one additional piece of information that would be useful, and that is the buoyancy to shear ratio (b/s ratio) or bullshit ratio, as we call it. That helps determine if the thermal will be too broken up to use, even if it goes up a long way. That said, simplistically if its windy the B/S ratio is low, if it is light winds it is high. Exceptions are the record breaking long distance days on the flatlands where the airflow is laminar but strong and the temperature gradient favourable. Individuals chasing those records will go a bit beyond windy anyway.

                          Thanks for continuing to improve a great product. If you want to incorporate the Australian BOM ACCESS model send me a message.
                          Simon

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                          • mteugelsM
                            mteugels @Korina | Premium
                            last edited by

                            @korina Great Idea . Any chance to have PFD (Potential flight distance) based on the normal 18M span like Topmeteo/Skysight does ? Many thanks !

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                            • KorinaK
                              Korina @mteugels
                              last edited by

                              @mteugels We will consider it :)

                              Korina

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                              • TZT
                                TZ Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hi, we are planning to add some more features, but not everything. The way we are walking is not a detailed flight calculator for questions like "how many points can I get tomorrow with my specific glider?", but rather "is it going to be good weather tomorrow?". For better insights we are planning to add/improve meteograms for points or routes and also improve sounding. These tools should work well together and be part of whole Windy ecosystem with all its features and layers.
                                Would you for example be interested in maximum climb displayed as isolines?

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                                  luglidz @TZ | Premium
                                  last edited by

                                  @tz What about maximum climb displayed as a line in the cloud box in an Airgram (similar to how you show the "pressure" line in a Meteogram).

                                  And I would love to see thermals AGL. This would be a better indicator for the expectable strength. Additionally, it would be easier to see, where the liftier airmasses are located.

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                                  • gerrymcnicolG
                                    gerrymcnicol @Korina | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    @korina Fantastic. Love it.

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                                    • TZT
                                      TZ Administrator @luglidz
                                      last edited by

                                      @luglidz maximal climb as a line is one of features we consider.
                                      Any AGL maps are problematic. It could be easily misunderstood. Also the topography of all models is very coarse, all mountains are much smaller than real mountains. So we are trying to avoid AGL maps. But height above ground could be rendered in a meteogram or other detailed chart.

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

                                        Great layer @Filip_K !

                                        @luglidz

                                        Here is a fun thing you can do:

                                        Open http://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-da

                                        then go to the thermal layer, and the picker will show thermal AGL, also PA and DA.

                                        (As @TZ said, elevation rather course, I use SRTM 1km resolution, so dont rely on this, else you might hit a mountain.)

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                                        • chrabC
                                          chrab @vicb | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          @vicb It's great! Thanks.

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                                          • ozoneO
                                            ozone @vicb | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            @vicb
                                            Cant see thermals listed as a change colors option. Everything else is there, just not thermals

                                            You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky
                                            -amelia earhart

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