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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
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        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
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          @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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            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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              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
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                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
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                      @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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                            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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                              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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                                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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                                        Obair2
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                                        Hi, How can we access the radiosonde live tracker. We've launched todays 14/05/25 0000Z radiosonde and we still getting the SKEW T diagram from the 12th. Is there something we are missing?? Please let us know.

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                                          APfeiffer @marekd | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          First of all, I want to say thank you so much for this great feature!

                                          I use it a lot and like that cloud forming is indicated with a grey bar on the left side. In the picture below you can see cumulus clouds predicted to form at around 800 hPa:.
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                                          If i zoom in the Graph, the grey bar indicating the clouds is no more visible:

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                                          Ideally, the cloud visualization would remain unaffected by zooming and would still appear on the left.

                                          If I want to share a screenshot of the graph, it would be nice to have the name of the weather model and the date and the time of the prediction displayed.

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                                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @APfeiffer
                                            last edited by idefix37

                                            @APfeiffer
                                            Name of the location and the model is displayed if you take a screenshot and crop it correctly before sending it as a picture.
                                            Otherwise how can you share it ?

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