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    • prepond
      prepond @Korina | Premium last edited by

      @korina if it is possible, please put there information about climb rate in m/s, would it be possible?

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        Rolle247 | Premium last edited by

        Theres no thermal welosity...strenght of thermals... thats what all other thermalssites have...

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          JonasBoll last edited by

          I really appreciate the thermal forecast. It seems to be fairly accurate and lets me know when I should skip a day of work and go soaring.

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          • Korina
            Korina Administrator @Rolle247 last edited by

            @rolle247 Hi, we value your feedback. We will try to improve thermals overall.

            Korina

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            • jakubvrana
              jakubvrana | Premium last edited by

              This layer is extremely over-optimistic. It predicts heights for 1000 m or more higher than they are predicted by other methods (and then they really are). Take a look at the screenshot: The Thermals layer predicts 3200 m (which is extremely rare in Czechia) whereas it will actually be around 1890 m (as predicted by another method).

              cf57f7e0-6660-4102-9252-911194006a6c-image.png

              The method used by my plugin has its “proof” in the diagram:

              meteogram.png

              I have no idea how the number coming from the Thermals layer is computed but it's most certainly wrong.

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              • EduardoSG
                EduardoSG | Premium last edited by EduardoSG

                Hi,Korina,
                Excellent addition.
                I post an image and some analysis to check and compare
                If I understand correctly, the clouds to the upper left, indicate dense cumulus clouds in the area
                Then all the area surrounding it, indicates overcast conditions (striped ) as well as upper right corner
                All the grey area is no thermals (water)
                And the area in the center with varying degrees of white-yellowish colour, indicates thermals with no cumulus, with 800 mts top of thermal in the selected point
                However when I look at the Sounding, my interpretation of the sounding is of a somewhat dense stratocumulus clouds layer, with lower cloud base that those 800 mts (by the way, I moved the ticker just in the same spot of the sounding after loading the image and it still shows 800 mts)
                Would like to see if there are differences in the way we interpret the soundings, or just something that can be improved in the Thermals Layer
                windy-comprimido.jpg
                I could not upload a higher resolution picture, but I keep it in case you need it and can be sent via mail or other

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                • paraglider
                  paraglider | Premium last edited by

                  Thanks for adding the thermal forecast, Im sure it will be appreciated by all pilots.

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                  • bcrosby
                    bcrosby | Premium last edited by

                    Can this new product be used to predict turbulent areas for VFR Flying?

                    In other words: I need to climb "higher" than the thermal tops to have a smooth ride. OR Avoid the area all together if I need to stay at a specific altitude to keep the ride smooth.

                    I'm assuming that this data is based on daytime heating and convective rising of air?

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                      vidulisico | Premium last edited by

                      Termals height over day would be fine too. And with termal strength :-)
                      This could be an meteogram addition.

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                      • 4_Achtel
                        4_Achtel | Premium last edited by

                        Excellent feature well done. To make it more usable for me I improved the resolution by choosing a more differentiated color scheme. The image includes wind information but not clear at which altitude. I assume ground level ?

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                          chrab @Dziubdzius | Premium last edited by

                          @dziubdzius Try plugin sounding:
                          https://www.windy.com/plugins

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                            marcos2795 @prepond | Premium last edited by

                            @prepond yes please!!

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                            • guy_bottlaender
                              guy_bottlaender @Korina | Premium last edited by

                              @korina AROME will be much more accurate for W Europe... altitude fields are available in many places, is there a way to improve in that way?

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                              • idefix37
                                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @guy_bottlaender last edited by

                                @guy_bottlaender
                                Windy uses the 1.3km version of AROME and this version does not provide altitude parameters, only the 2.5km version offers such parameters.

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                                  zzzzzzxxx last edited by

                                  Понятно, спасибо

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                                    Ingebjorn | Premium last edited by

                                    Thanks for this upgrade - really looking forward to test it now in the middle of the gliding season. Would also be nice if in the future a prognosis of thermal strength is indicated.

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                                    • Korina
                                      Korina Administrator @Ingebjorn last edited by

                                      @ingebjorn @bcrosby @Avolar1 @EduardoSG @DiscoverPG Hi, with the new update, Thermals are now also available for NAM model.

                                      Korina

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                                      • Cirrus
                                        Cirrus @Korina | Premium last edited by

                                        Hello Filip.

                                        I'd like to ask You if it's possibble to add Cu clouds icons in black?

                                        It will be better to analyse than the white ones.

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                                        • Korina
                                          Korina Administrator @EduardoSG last edited by

                                          @eduardosg Hello, Thermals and Sounding use the same data, however the result is calculated differently, that is the reason you are getting a slightly different outcome.

                                          Korina

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                                            stevescothern last edited by

                                            Useful addition for glider pilots to summarise the ifo from other layers, airgram and meteogram. Thermal strength is important, as is cloudbase, perhaps these could be combined on one layer with colours for strength and contours for cloudbase?

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