Understanding the Compare Forecast Feature in Windy.com

[davidmcafee]

I use the ECMWF model for clouds to determine what nights would be good for astronomy. However the ACCESS model by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology was slightly better at predicting how much rain actually fell over Adelaide during a day of heavy rainfall (48 mm) - June 22nd 2023. Was interesting to see the different rainfall predictions for each model and how they faired over the course of that day.

[toddmpeterson]

I live in Reno, Nevada and HRRR is the best one for me. NAM is a close second.

[oliv_reg]

Nice post/remark of you: I use 90% ECMWF (european) and 10% GFS (american) in order to spot where they agree and where they diverge for the reasons you explained :-)

[hryciuk]

ACCESS - seems to give the most realistic forecast for Australia

[Tony Milligan]

I use Windy Premium whilst in Mauritius and find it really helpful.

[wild2fly]

I use the ECMWF model for its smaller resolution. :) But its good to keep the larger ones in mind. ;)

[rajedmaglinte]

@Korina said in Understanding the Compare Forecast Feature in Windy.com:

ECMWF

[lukstankovic]

@Korina I mostly use the ICON-D2.

[jiber]

@Korina

I usually prefer ICON-D2. If I don't like its prediction, I also look at ECMWF :-)

Btw, is there any chance that Windy would also display the Aladin model?

[mischak24]

@Korina Depending on the region, but mostly ECMWF is the winner :-)

[geomwo]

I refer to the ECMWF most of the time. This is because most of my users use VFR and cloud ceiling is well captured by ECMWF.
My hope is that one day in future we have a model with a kilometre or less resolution.

[bob 18]

Here in Switzerland in the Alps I use the ECMWF weather model and have good experience with it.

[RR LEGEND]

@Korina My most used weather forecast model is ECMWF

[seabee 0]

Living in Vienna, Austria, my standard model is ECMWF for a longer-term overview, and ICON-D2 for maximum accuracy in the short term.

[dodohjk]

Weather radar and Satellite are my favourite "models"!

but to be precise I would say ecmwf default given that it historically verifies better, and then check the others models if i care a little more

[Danyel Extremet]

Basicamente uso dos modelos aunque , el principal y mejor se adapta a mi region de Argentina es el ECMWF, y luego GFS

[prazskyhvezdar]

I mostly use ECMWF followed by Meteoblue :)

[RandyT]

I live in So. Cal, and tend to rely on ECMWF for the wind, but GFS for swell forecast. That said, I actually use the compare function a lot, and if those two vary greatly, majority rules.

[felipehv]

@Korina I use and compare all of them, but the one I use the most is ECMWF.

[patrikoyo]

The model I use the most is ECMWF. It better fits my area.