Understanding the Compare Forecast Feature in Windy.com

anchoragemarina

ECWMF for east coast of Australia and South Pacific wins hands down.

alps1980

I use the Meteoblue as this is the most accurate for the location where I live. Living in a small alpine valley in Austria right to the main ridge of the alps forecast can be tricky. Especially temperature forecasts are very different between the models most of the time.

wiredcam

@Korina the ECMWF is what I predominantly use especially for my PPG flying here in South Africa 🇿🇦

futureoman

@Korina
In my country, Oman, ICON then ECMWF are working perfectly.

xcguide

@Korina Hello I tend to trust more the GFS and météo blue model.
The fact that we can easily compare the different model is great feature. Thanks for that! Nice cap by the way...

Der Direktor

@Korina ECWMF works good for me in central Germany - occasionally I take a look at the comparison. 👍🙂

gdc.photowords

@Korina On the east coast of Australia, at least between Hobart and Sydney, the ECMWF consistently underestimates the wind speed (being used for sailing) by 5 to 10 knots. This is a large discrepancy for a sailboat. The Access 12 model does a much better job.

tdenkrew

@Korina i use most of the time meteoblue :)

jsamuli

Here in southern Finland I use ECMWF and it seems pretty accurate. Thanks for the great app!

Samungli

@Korina
ECMWF for winds and lower levels data below 850mb.
GFS for upper levels. This combo works very well in India-Pakistan region.

MG

UKV for short range and ECMWF for long rage.

Kočí

@Kdorina Dobrý den. Nejvíce používám odrazy radarů a jelikož jsem z Čech tak nejvíce používám CHAMU nebo Windy jen škoda že to je čím dál víc okleštěné.

sergio muller

@Korina fof Italy/the Med I give a look to ecmw in advance, then arome in he short terrm

fmherschel

@Korina In Germany I use ICON-D2 which fits very good. But very often I also use the compare function to check, if one of the other models has different predictions.

scorpion528

@Korina a
ECMWF, I'm in Florida and use to track hurricane and t-storm. I love windy ❤

jrek

I rely mostly on the "compare forecasts" feature to check what predictions models agree on and this works quite well. I think ECMWF is my favourite, depends on the region. However, nothing beats actually looking at the radar and satellite imagery to get a feel for what's happening in the next couple of hours :)

Aljaž Stošicki

Mostly ECMWF. ICON for reference. Used for Adriatic Sea.

mporta71

Northern Italy, Adriatic sea: Icon proved to be the most accurate 99% of times.

Tatic

Hi there, fellow Windymen and women!
I'm living by the Adriatic Coast and working mostly around Central/Eastern Europe, including the Alps. As a filming industry professional I rely heavily upon my Windy Premium, from day to day, sometimes even hour to hour, as well.
Most of the time I compare the two models: ECMWF and ICON D2, favoring one depending on the area I am at.
If I would have to give crude statistics and decide on which one I use the most, that would be ECMWF.
Thank you Windy for being there, and keep up the good work!
All the best
Davor

piccerillo

We use Icon EU for forecasting sailing conditions in the Med. We will double check NEMS the on the day.