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    • anthony10A
      anthony10 | Premium
      last edited by anthony10

      Hi Windy team,

      I've been noticing this issue a few times now.

      Snow is forecasted to happen at this location but on the Basic view the amount on snow (cm in depth) isn't showing.

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      Only when I switch to Meteogram view do I then see the depth of snow forecasted.

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      Thank you again Windy Team!!

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      • idefix37I
        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @anthony10
        last edited by

        @anthony10
        On the contrary it seems to me that there is no issue: 50% of snow with 50% of rain water make at the end only water, and no snow cover.

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        • anthony10A
          anthony10 | Premium
          last edited by

          Just thought I'd share another example of snow being depicted on the map view but not displaying similar amounts in the detail panel.

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          Usually, you would see snow symbols and 'cm' amounts.
          [example below]

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          I just find it interesting.

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          • anthony10A
            anthony10 @anthony10 | Premium
            last edited by

            @anthony10 Here is another example with ICON.

            Is there some kind of discrepancy with the graphical information presented on the map versus the panel detail?

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            • idefix37I
              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @anthony10
              last edited by idefix37

              @anthony10
              Since you post frequently on the forum, could you please crop your screenshots, as it is almost impossible to verify the numbers you want to discuss. Your older posts in this thread are OK but not the latest ones. We don't need to see your entire screen and the weather picker doesn't need to be in the center of your large screen. You should pan the map and crop it.

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              • anthony10A
                anthony10 @idefix37 | Premium
                last edited by

                @idefix37 Hopefully this is what you mean?

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                • idefix37I
                  idefix37 Sailor Moderator @anthony10
                  last edited by

                  @anthony10
                  Thank you, your screenshots are clear now.

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                  • WeatherMan10W
                    WeatherMan10 @anthony10 | Premium
                    last edited by

                    @anthony10

                    Might be wrong on this one, but is it just that snow can not lay above 0c (or it will melt) hence making that amount of rain

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                    • anthony10A
                      anthony10 @WeatherMan10 | Premium
                      last edited by

                      @WeatherMan10 You could be right, I guess the dev's might know more about this.
                      From my understanding, the map picker/pointer shows the total over a particular time period but when I open the detail panel the 'cm' snow forecast doesn't correspond with the picker.

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                      • anthony10A
                        anthony10 @anthony10 | Premium
                        last edited by

                        @anthony10 This is from the GFS forecast.

                        I mention this issue because we need the pointer to inform us about the amount of snow over a specific time period.

                        The detail panel does not display the amount or timing of the snow event.

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                        • WeatherMan10W
                          WeatherMan10 @anthony10 | Premium
                          last edited by

                          @anthony10

                          Just a hunch;

                          Was looking and found that 4.7cm can accumulate in 1hr and the forecast will show 4.7mm of rainfall at 3c. From the sounding, it only turns warm in the last 1000ft or so, so my guess is:

                          ECMWF (or other) will predict snow falling but as it is a few degrees over freezing it will have the snow touching the ground but due to it being warmer than 0, it will melt so it shows that same amount as rainfall

                          What do you think?

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