Help us to test Windy.com in offline mode

Caefix

Yesterday´s download is gone. I hoped, the new mode could bridge some days of offline conditions 🌊⛵🦈 or 🏔< with the saved data.
ECMWF is always part of the package, full range 10 days & global.
🌰🐿🍃 All data is available for surface level only, at least one upper level was quite useful.

Another observation: Offline the slider isn´t limited to the range of the model.

WCT

2 days, 1 layer and 1 model only worked, gonna try again with 10 days, 5 layers and 2 models.

ivo

We have fixed some issues and next week (around 11.1.2024) should be deployed.

Seems like, we are able to prevent stuck downloads in Chrome & Safari, but FF is unable to finish download.

WCT

@ivo And what about Opera? I had to reload the page to complete download several times...

K Weather

Hello Windy Team,

I am using Chrome version 109.0.5414.168 (Official Build) (64-bit)....I know this one is old but in this, the Download stuck at 54.8%. I tried downloading : Wind + Rain-Thunder + ECMF data for 3 Days for Sailors for the shown region in the screenshots attached. Umm....the 2 screenshots are attached.

This was my quick look and a quick feedback for the known bug :)
As and when I find something, I will post :)

Thank you.

Lochmatter

@K-Weather hi guys, same here! Version 120.0.6099.217 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit)
thx. greets

trebwaf

I'm running Chrome Version 119.0.6045.214 (Official Build) (64-bit) on a very underpowered Chromebook (n3060, 4MB, 32GB).

All of my downloads failed (even gradually reducing number of days) until I went to chrome://serviceworker-internals/ and manually started the Windy service worker. After that all of them worked.

There's a message in the service worker logs but I'm not sure it's related:

Console: {"lineNumber":0,"message":"Access to fetch at 'https://ims-s.windy.com/account/images/1599902-profileavatar.png?1688824588440' from origin 'https://www.windy.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.","message_level":3,"sourceIdentifier":1,"sourceURL":""}

Caefix

3rd day without any success (bing), new message:

Caefix

😃💾 Today the 4th try was fine. Can I save the file until the next (larger) download happens completing?

Caefix

Offline Mode :)) https://i.windy.com/a/548xr/5n2av0.mp4

idefix37

I had not tested Offline mode until the website was available on iPad, in addition to the app. When sailing I only use this device or my mobile phone.
The Offline mode works really well for me for a first test, and it is very easy to use.
There is only one point that questions me: what is the use of the square on the map? It might suggest that this is the area in which the weather map will appear after loading, as other apps work in offline mode. In @ivo pictures it is said as “downloaded area”.
But it’s not the case for me, nor in other users screenshots. We get the data full screen.

idefix37

EDIT

I see that the square allows me to roughly locate the downloaded area.

idefix37

Just an inconsistent display.
I downloaded Wind and Waves for 2 days.

The timeline for Waves is OK

The timeline for Wind seems showing 10 days available, which is not the case of course.

Ponyo Nauta

I discovered this feature today, and I'm very happy; this, along with weather routing, will make Windy the perfect weather app, making expensive sailing-focused apps obsolete.

Some comments, comparing with the experience using GRIB files:

looks like a bigger area than the red square is downloaded? it would be useful to be able to limit the area to reduce data size.
it would be good to know in advance the amount of data that will be downloaded (important for remote, satellite communications)
download progress bar could include amount downloaded, speed, ETA

Thank you for implementing this!!

idefix37

@ivo
Further to previous tests, it seems that Route planner is now working with the offline mode on iPad. I’ll test it in future sailing week ends.

idefix37

@ivo
As said in a previous post, the time line for wind should be shorten as I set the offline mode to be loaded for only 2 days. The timeline for waves is correct, not that of the wind.

Wind:

Waves:

I admit it is a small detail.

andrewsfisk

Work on a weather routing algorithm for sailing and let it use the ACCESS model and you'll blow PredictWind out of the water...

Caefix

@ivo FF seems fine now. Why has WCT 'Ready for' 8h 48m (9h), here it´s max 6h.?

@WCT said in Help us to test Windy.com in offline mode:

Caefix

Today my internet is horrible, I mean best to test offline mode.

Is the altitude slider expected to be working now?
Only surface data seems to be available, like weeks ago when You offered it for testing.

(Here no altitude expected :)

Edit: I can´t switch to Icon or Icon-D2 when the connection is broken, it works immediately, when net comes back.

It seems, that the "service worker 👷‍♂ ", a browser tool only available ONLINE is needed to switch the models. It can also get lost when switching online/offline mode.

Now I have the SW-icon, but nevertheless can´t swich to offline.

After all that exercices it also can happen, that I can´t open the menu nor switch models, with or without SW👷‍♂, on or offmode .

moewind

Any Chance to add clear air turbulence to the downloadable layers for pilots?