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    • Korina
      Korina Administrator last edited by Korina

      We have significantly improved our radar for the United States and implemented a new data source into the map

      Starting today, users can expect greater radar range, better resolution and more frequent radar image updates while using the Weather radar layer in the US.

      Here is a little comparison between old and new radar view over a couple of areas, where the difference is the most noticeable:

      US West

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      US East

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      We are happy for the improvement and we hope that our users will find it beneficial.

      More radar updates are planned for the foreseeable future.

      https://www.windy.com/-Weather-radar-radar?radar,35.281,-103.198,4,internal

      Korina

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      • weatherfan
        weatherfan last edited by

        Yes, the new radar does seem to look better.

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        • heinemandavid
          heinemandavid last edited by

          Glad you guys are continuing to improve my experience ! I can't get my lightening strikes to make sounds like they used too ! Please advise on how I can get this feature back on !

          DCH

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          • Korina
            Korina Administrator @heinemandavid last edited by

            @heinemandavid Hello, what OS do you use iOS or Android? Only the sound does not work or also the vibration?

            Korina

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              meso ari | Premium last edited by

              @korina said in IMPROVED: Better radar resolution for the US:

              greater radar range, better resolution, and more frequent radar image updates. pwr of 3?

              halleluja, my prayers were answered. It's been a long time ... lest flash player yep! flash EOL ANTIQUATED WAS NOT COMPATIBLE after a while ..so bye that year during Christmas Be gone 'ole pastel radar be gone

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                meso ari @heinemandavid | Premium last edited by

                @heinemandavid
                Hi David-
                Sounds just like what I have! It's your device's (PC /cell etc.) sound amplification. Try turning up volume control(s) until you can hear some sound.
                I know ... I am experiencing the same here, US located,my radar lightning "click sounds" were so faint.
                Sooo...Pump-up the volume

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                  michelizzi | Premium last edited by

                  Thank you for continually making real improvements!

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                  • mmcguirk
                    mmcguirk | Premium last edited by

                    You folks are amazing... helluva job!

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                    • Korina
                      Korina Administrator @heinemandavid last edited by

                      @heinemandavid @meso-ari Hello, the lightnings strikes and sounds will be added back in the upcoming app update 36. It should be released within a few weeks.

                      Korina

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                      • Aidan 4
                        Aidan 4 last edited by Aidan 4

                        @korina Hi...Love the app and use it often as a registered user. Thank you.

                        As well as the other guy, I too don't get vibrations during lightning strikes on this phone (Android 11, Galaxy G13)

                        With vibration notifications allowed.

                        BUT....

                        It's still working on my older Moto G Play also with Andriod 11

                        I can't see where I might have disabled it within the app, so I'm thinking it may be my new phones' notifications setup.

                        I love Windy....and know dozens and dozens of other fans in the paramotor World.

                        If I had one ask to make for a software update it would be to allow me to choose 'NAM'....or any model....and save it so the app always opens with my choice...until I change it.

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                        • Korina
                          Korina Administrator @Aidan 4 last edited by

                          @aidan-4 Hello, the lightnings strikes and vibrations will be added back to the app with our next update which will be released within a few weeks.

                          Regarding the default model, you can already save default model together with layer. First of all, choose the desired layer with model, then go to settings -> Start-up layer and location -> Start-up layer -> and choose "use last overlay". This will save the current selected layer and model as default.

                          Korina

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                          • weatherfan
                            weatherfan @heinemandavid last edited by

                            @heinemandavid The sound DOES work for lightning hits.

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                            • weatherfan
                              weatherfan @Korina last edited by

                              @korina As for further radar improvements, I would love to see a real-time hail tracker. It seems like hail tracking is only available on TV, like the Weather Channel. Suppose you are away from your TV. Hail tracking generally is not available online. It would be nice if Windy made hail tracking available, as hail storms are a threat, especially in spring and summer.

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                              • Korina
                                Korina Administrator @weatherfan last edited by

                                @weatherfan Hello, thank you for suggestion. Hail tracking is usually done by meteorologists, that is why it is not available on Windy. We visualize forecast based on local and global models.

                                Korina

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                                • weatherfan
                                  weatherfan @Korina last edited by

                                  @korina Well, radar tracking has ALWAYS been done by meteorologists, too. Sure, radar tracking has only been available on Windy for several years. That doesn't matter. If radar tracking is available on Windy NOW, and meteorologists have always done it since weather radar was invented decades ago, and if lightning strikes are available now, on Windy, certainly there's got to be a way to make hail tracking available. We certainly have the technology to do it. If it's done on TV like the Weather Channel, it could be done online. You can't just wave that "meteorologists do it" card around as an excuse NOT to do it. Like Nike says "just do it!!". I think WE should have the ability to do hail tracking; satellite, radar, lightning, and wind speed forecasts, those things have always been done by meteorologists. That includes hail tracking; and that only has been available in the last, say, 10 years or so. That became available on The Weather Channel once they had the technology to do it, and it was at an affordable cost to them, and they were able to incorporate it into their real-time 5-minute radar scans. I am sure the same could be done HERE on Windy. The techno-geeks might be able to figure that one out someday. All this is just my opinion. Thanks for getting back to me and acknowledging my suggestion!! Oh well, if hail tracking is not going to be one of whatever radar improvements down the road, I will just have to settle for the Weather Channel's hail tracking on TV. I am surprised that hail tracking is NOT available on the Weather Channel's Local On the 8's weather or even LocalNow, a Weather Channel-related "cousin" you get online. I am also surprised they don't make lightning data available on TWC or LocalNow, but that's a whole other issue and that is not up for discussion HERE. Only Windy is up for discussion, not TWC or LocalNow. Once again, Korina, thank you for your feedback!! I look forward to hearing from you again!!

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                                  • bigern70
                                    bigern70 @weatherfan | Premium last edited by

                                    @weatherfan I think Windy should integrate the NOAA warnings (includes HAIL warning) as well as have the option to display various weather products as a layer per radar site or composite.

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                                    • Korina
                                      Korina Administrator @bigern70 last edited by

                                      @bigern70 Hello, we already display warnings from national agencies, have a look at the Weather warnings layer.

                                      Korina

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                                      • AJthePianoman
                                        AJthePianoman | Premium last edited by

                                        Great job, team!!!

                                        Corrales

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                                        • jaythom1969
                                          jaythom1969 last edited by

                                          Windy is such a great app already. At some point you will ruin it with continuous mods. Just saying.

                                          JT

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                                          • Korina
                                            Korina Administrator @jaythom1969 last edited by

                                            @jaythom1969 Hello, this was a simple improvement of our radar. What issue do you have with it?

                                            Korina

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