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    • idefix37I Offline
      idefix37 Sailor Moderator @tuancho
      last edited by idefix37

      @tuancho
      Do you mean how can you use these Sounding features ?

      Radiosonde measurements from sounding stations are available in the list of POIs in the menu.

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      Sounding forecast is provided by right click on mouse

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      Both features are also available in the mobile app.

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      • A Offline
        aotte | Premium
        last edited by

        Hi,

        I use the sounding option a lot for flight planning. It is a great tool and its handling has been improved over time. Thanks for that.

        In the latest version, the altitude shown on the left side when moving with the cursor along the curve is in meters and not in feet.
        The CCL and LCL on the bottom are also in meters.

        Can this please changed back to feet, i.e. tie the units to the global app setting?

        All other altitudes in the app are given in feet.

        Thanks

        Nepomuk

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        • Gkikas LGPZG Offline
          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @aotte
          last edited by

          @aotte
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          • A Offline
            aotte @Gkikas LGPZ | Premium
            last edited by

            @Gkikas-LGPZ
            Ahh, ok there is an altitude and elevation setting. The elevation was set to "ft" and the altitude to "m".
            I haven't had that issue before, so I reckon one of them was recently introduced?! Would be interesting to learn what use case benefits from having different units for elevation and altitude.

            Another topic. It would be great to have the option of changing the left axis from pressure to altitude.

            Nepomuk

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            • Abdulrahman AlakadiA Offline
              Abdulrahman Alakadi | Premium
              last edited by

              Thanks for your big efforts, if cape and other thermodynamic indices are added it will be great such as total of totals and cape and so on

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              • JohanjaniJ Offline
                Johanjani @Gkikas LGPZ
                last edited by

                @Gkikas-LGPZ said in New sounding with radiosonde measurements:

                @santiam
                The switch turns the sounding diagram in a "skew-T" form.
                That means that isotherms (constant temperature lines) are “skewed” to the right as they go up in altitude.
                For a tutorial on "skew-T diagram",
                read https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/convective_parameters/skewt/skewtinfo.html

                Thank you! The switch turns the diagram into a "skew-T."

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                • C Offline
                  cdtwang | Premium
                  last edited by

                  Awesome, awesome job. Hands down one of the best apps ever!!! I only just discovered the zoom view! Thankyou for making this info accessible.

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                  • A Offline
                    alidiap | Premium
                    last edited by

                    Why not provide the model with a layer thickness of 1000-500 hPa and provide the model with a layer height of 1000 hPa and its temperature always with the temperature at sea level and its pressure?

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                      PepitoDeVL | Premium
                      last edited by

                      Hi
                      I can't find the answer to my question. Why is the wind direction with the arrow at the right side different of the direction when you point the red curve ? ! As you can see, It says wind comes from 10° and the arrow shows 45°. What am I missing ?
                      Thanks
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                      • Gkikas LGPZG Offline
                        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist
                        last edited by Gkikas LGPZ

                        @idefix37
                        6 km/h 10° is about wind.
                        And the wind arrow shows wind from East at 20kt.
                        Normally it must show 36km/h 90°.
                        I tried to replicate it but I couldn't.

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                        • Gkikas LGPZG Offline
                          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @Gkikas LGPZ
                          last edited by Gkikas LGPZ

                          ...... probably the wind shown (6 km/h 10 degrees)
                          is the wind on surface.
                          Location's elevation is 632m but sounding's data are for 949 hPa=583m.
                          So, the model's wind at 583m in the free atmosphere is from east at 20kt
                          but as 583m is lower than surface (elev. 632m) it shows surface wind.

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                          • WeatherInThePegW Offline
                            WeatherInThePeg @marekd | Premium
                            last edited by

                            @marekd I've been using the Windy sounding more and more and it's been a great help. Two things I'd love to see that would help with precipitation forecasting:

                            • An option to display the calculated wet-bulb temperature; the trace will always sit between Td and Ta.
                            • An option to display the calculated Frost Point temperature. This is equivalent to dew point but based on relative humidity with respect to ice rather than liquid water. It is often between Td and Ta but can be higher than Ta in cases of supersaturation with respect to ice.

                            These would be a huge help and should be able to be derived from the existing Ta and Td measurements in the sounding.

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                            • Domenico eD Offline
                              Domenico e | Premium
                              last edited by

                              Where can I find some explanation or help?

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                              • tianch_zhangT Offline
                                tianch_zhang | Premium
                                last edited by

                                hello, This is a suggestion,the basic data of the sounding is already there, how to process the data, the processed content can refer to the SPC sounding part of the content (see the red box part), of course, this kind of content display can be a membership.
                                Hope to get a reply from Windy!

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                                • W Offline
                                  wtranco | Premium
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,
                                  congratulions for the great job!
                                  I wonder if with LCL, CCL it would be possible to add CAPE and CIN,.
                                  thank you very much

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                                  • W Offline
                                    wtranco @marekd | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    @marekd
                                    congratulation for the great job!
                                    I wonder if it is possible to add , with LCL and CCL, also CAPE, CIN and some additional parameters as Lifted index, K index .
                                    Thank you very much

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                                    • M Offline
                                      mtedesco203 | Premium
                                      last edited by

                                      There is a bug with Rhode Island's Port Judith radiosonde... when you click it, the map repositions to Australia. Can this be corrected?

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                                      • hkoppertH Offline
                                        hkoppert | Premium
                                        last edited by

                                        The tool itself is very nice. But it appears to show only data on pressure levels. Which kills important vertical structures, especially inversions, In order to make quantitative use of this tool, I propose to use data on model level instead.

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                                        • Sharon OlivaS Offline
                                          Sharon Oliva @Szabolcs Gavallér
                                          last edited by

                                          New sounding with radiosonde measurements provides real-time data on atmospheric conditions such as temperature, humidity, and pressure. It helps in weather forecasting and atmospheric research by collecting vertical profiles of the atmosphere.

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                                            DMByass | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            I love the soundings, but mine have changed to a black background which makes the various lines invisible. I can’t find a way to change it back to white background, is there a way?

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