Some rain radars in Australia flashing over timelapse

Maharg

Rain radar time lapse flashing on a number of Australian locations. Has been happening for several days. Radar from the BoM is fine.

Korina

@maharg Hello, could you please enclose a screenshot?

TZ

@maharg Hi, I think that I know what you are talking about. It seems that composite images that we are using contain only data from the specific time and some radars are still only 10-minute (others have 5-minute interval). So these radar images appear only in every second composite AU image. We will look at this issue.

Maharg

@tz Yes, that sounds correct, thank you.

Maharg

@tz It only seems to happen in two locations — around Coffs Harbour and around Broome. As I live near the former, I'm hoping you might find a fix soon. The radar images on the BoM website are fine.

thorpey

@maharg

The BOM images are indeed fine but they are every 10 mins. So, our view of this on Windy appears to be "flashing".
It is annoying because Im sure only a few months ago it was working smoothly and for a couple years before that!
To me, who uses Windy several times a day every day, its only been an issue for a couple months. I too am in the Coffs harbour district which I imagine is covered by the Grafton Radar.

thorpey

@thorpey
here is a video showing the flashing around Coffs harbour area compared to the rest of the composite of NSW

thorpey

@tz
Hi, have you looked into this issue and getting close to a fix?

Regards,
thorpey

Maharg

@tz Still hoping you might fix this. It's my only criticism of an otherwise excellent app.

Korina

@maharg Hi, we will look into this.

thorpey

@korina
Hi has anyone looked into this as promised??

I posted a video of the flashing images last Nov 2021

Maharg

I notice this problem has finally been reduced. The flashing isn't happening, but the transition isn't as smooth as elsewhere, presumably because the Grafton radar refreshes every ten minutes rather than the five of most other radars. Did you fix it, or was it just luck?

Korina

@Maharg Hello, our radar provider remains the same; it is possible that the overall radar data was improved.