<![CDATA[Change default forecast model]]>Hi there

I could not find any setting to change the default forecast model. Windy always starts with ECMWF but the ICON is much more precisely and any time I change to ICON and close the app than open it it is set back to the EC…

Just on the widget I can change between three models as default.

iOS App.

Many thanks

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/21050/change-default-forecast-modelRSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 01:33:13 GMTMon, 27 Jun 2022 19:34:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:12:39 GMT]]>@soundoner I so want this feature. Changing default forecast has been promised for nearly 3 years now. Loads of other updates since, none I needed BTW. How hard can it be to do. It seems so fundamental to the app! Ideally we could set it up so that there is a hybrid model too, say Mblue for first few days and a longer range model that looks past the first 3 days.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/208055https://community.windy.com/post/208055Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:12:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:52:01 GMT]]>@mpeenstra this is something that is annoying for me as well.

I never have a need to see the ‘basic’ model. Ideally for me the default display would be ‘meteogram’ for aviation use. An ability to set the default ‘display as’ on app open would be fantastic!

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/207379https://community.windy.com/post/207379Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:52:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:49:22 GMT]]>@Sackelrapp its still not working. i want have my default ON my mobile and my Mac Icon EU.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/207299https://community.windy.com/post/207299Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:50:30 GMT]]>This feature (see title) is asked since June 2022. Perhaps, it's very difficult to do.... or perhaps, there is a collusion between Windy and ECMWF providers... A due date or a definitely negative answer could be less disappointing and more appropriate.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/207285https://community.windy.com/post/207285Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:33:15 GMT]]>@Suty I am very interested in this capability also. In the settings on my phone (Android) I see the setting for "Startup layer and location". The layer changes what animation I see on the screen (I changed it to Waves), but it does not change the type of forecast. I have to tap "Display as:" every time I open the app, and choose Wave and tide. I would think that any boater would need to do the same.
I would greatly appreciate this functionality being added.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/201671https://community.windy.com/post/201671Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:33:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:19:27 GMT]]>@Kostiantyn-3 Hi, it is still planned, hopefully it will be made soon until the end of this year. I will push this in a discussion with colleagues.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/197470https://community.windy.com/post/197470Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:19:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:19:18 GMT]]>@Korina said in Change default forecast model:

@sackelrapp Hi, we will add this option to the upcoming update

No motivation to pay for app without such option (
Please, add ability to fix change model globally

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/197413https://community.windy.com/post/197413Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:19:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:12:47 GMT]]>@Korina said in Change default forecast model:

@sackelrapp Hi, we will add this option to the upcoming update, which should be released within a few weeks. If you set for e.g. ICON model in the widget, you will also see ICON in the detailed forecast if you open Windy through widget.

Hi,
Two years later, is this option available; is it possible to set the default forecast model once for all?

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/193452https://community.windy.com/post/193452Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Mon, 04 Jul 2022 10:00:43 GMT]]>@cailte Hi, you need to refresh the page to get all texts translated.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112591https://community.windy.com/post/112591Mon, 04 Jul 2022 10:00:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:09:22 GMT]]>@yudi_67
Hi, you are probably talking about the tropical depression Bonnie
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep4.shtml?start#contents

You can visualize its future track with Wind accumulation. It is not (yet) shown in the Windy Hurricane tracker.

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Displayed with customized colors.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112523https://community.windy.com/post/112523Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:09:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 12:55:09 GMT]]>@korina hello korina I greet you from Mexico I know this has nothing to do with it, but I would like to clarify a doubt, I live in acapulco de juarez Mexico it has just rained very hard, I am an officer of air ground operations and meteorological capacity, checking the Windy application one of My favorites by the way is that I see close to the Guatemalan elites with the Pacific getting closer I don't know if it's exactly a tropical storm or a hurricane, I hope you can clear my doubts, I send you many regards

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112522https://community.windy.com/post/112522Sun, 03 Jul 2022 12:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 11:33:53 GMT]]>@cailte
Am I right? This is Czech language ?

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]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112517https://community.windy.com/post/112517Sun, 03 Jul 2022 11:33:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:59:20 GMT]]>@cailte
OK I see it when I select Cestina language, but still in english, not translated.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112511https://community.windy.com/post/112511Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:28:44 GMT]]>@cailte
And what is your language?
I have checked with my own language. It is not translated, still in English, but it’s there.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112506https://community.windy.com/post/112506Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:28:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:29:29 GMT]]>@cailte
You should get that. It’s not what you get?

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]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112500https://community.windy.com/post/112500Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:29:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:05:10 GMT]]>@sackelrapp Hi, we will add this option to the upcoming update, which should be released within a few weeks. If you set for e.g. ICON model in the widget, you will also see ICON in the detailed forecast if you open Windy through widget.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112317https://community.windy.com/post/112317Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:56:36 GMT]]>@idefix37 But this is a very boring point. Why its not easily possible to set the default model?
I only want to start Windy via the widget because I see this on my Homescreen and if i wanna have more information because the small widget indication was interesting I will klick on it and get more information.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112010https://community.windy.com/post/112010Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:56:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:43:18 GMT]]>@Cailte

First choose the model and layer you want to set as default. Then in Settings -> Start-up location and layer -> Start-up layer > Use last overlay. It works if you don’t start Windy with the widget.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/112008https://community.windy.com/post/112008Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:43:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:30:34 GMT]]>@sackelrapp
Yes, it does not work when you open the app with the widget, even with the widget set for ICON.
I don’t understand when you say ‘I want to have weather radar … but with ICON’
Radar layer is not linked to a weather model.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/111848https://community.windy.com/post/111848Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:30:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:29:08 GMT]]>@idefix37 Thanks for the fast reply.
That does not work. It starts again in the EC…
I just want to have Weatherradar every time I start it (klicking on the widget to see the actual weather for my location and in the background weatherradar). But with ICON.

These are now my settings:
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The widget is set to ICON:
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Klick the widget to open windy:
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]]>https://community.windy.com/post/111847https://community.windy.com/post/111847Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Change default forecast model on Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:20:36 GMT]]>@sackelrapp
Hi,
select ICON and then in Settings > Start-up location and layer > Start-up layer > Use last overlay.
Next time Windy will start with this model.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/111846https://community.windy.com/post/111846Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:20:36 GMT