Current vs forecast

[pburns001]

When time set to current or past time does Windy display observed conditions, e.g. actual observed cloud cover, or forecasted conditions for that time?

[idefix37]

@pburns001

You probably mean 3 or 4 hours before the current time. This is not the observed weather. This is what the model has predicted since its last update. So it is predicted conditions for that time.

But you can compare these predicted conditions to the reported ones at a nearby official weather station (select Reported wind or Reported temperature).

[pburns001]

@idefix37 Thanks very much

[daniella846]

And I thank idefix37 for that. I'm still just getting the hang of windy