playing long range forecast models
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@lookingatwindy Could you please share the screenshot to get a better view about the thing you are looking for. It would be best to display it on the desktop, so we can find it in the mobile app for you.
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@Ondřej-Šutera oh sorry been touching grass for a few days I'll try to capture what I am talking about today
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@lookingatwindy ok this might be long winded, but I'll make a few posts w/ images which hopefully makes it clear, so here goes:
the attached image "windy10daywindforecast.PNG" shows the 10 day wind forecast for a 'favorited' location in Mid-Atlantic, USA region.
all of the windy.com images are using the default model, ECMWF model.
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I then switch to the Radar and Satellite: Weather Radar layer, and the animation switches to Forecasting a much shorter timeframe loop (only 1 hour, or 6 hours, or 12 hours forecasted).
I seem to remember windy.com used to have the same long timeframe loops (10days) for this layer (and I think many others), the last time I visited the site (maybe a year ago?).
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Here is a competitor, windy.app, that on their free live map shows a 10 day forecasted precipitation animation like windy.com used to (am I on crazy pills - i really thought windy.com had this)
one really nice thing those folks have done is to keep an archive of PAST weather, so you can go back in time, VERY COOL!
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As a set of app suggestion items:
- Being able to view any layer that is validly built thru the selected forecast model (or otherwise available based on data) for long range forecast, out to (10 days) thru an animation would be great. I think everyone that uses these types of applications understand that the accuracy of the forecast model decreases with time into the future...
1b) As many layers as possible :), but precipitation (rain, snow etc.), WIND, of course, radar, satellite, temperature, pressure, waves, lightning, dew point, UV index, currents & tides, sea temps, weather warnings, lightning, swell size would be a great start.
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being able to change the time increment for the forecast animation, say from very discrete at 5 minutes up to 6 or 8 hours per step would be PHENOMENAL. maybe this doesn't make sense beyond the 1st 5 days? Im no meterologist, so I defer to you all :)
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To have Real weather History available would be great, and would draw a ton of users to your platform I'd bet... an archive going back as far as data is available should be the goal, but even a single year would be amazing
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@lookingatwindy Windy.com has never had any forecast data for 10 days in radar layer, since these data are basically observations so only past data are provided in that layer.
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@lookingatwindy said in playing long range forecast models:
Being able to view any layer that is validly built thru the selected forecast model (or otherwise available based on data) for long range forecast, out to (10 days) thru an animation would be great.
As I already said, the animation of any layer up to 10 days for the longest forecast, works for me by pressing the play button. So there is a bug at your end. Due to browser / device ?
You could try on desktop to use the L/R arrow keys that allow to move step by step through the time line. -
@idefix37 ah yeah my bad - it's not radar data, but precipitation data via "Rain, thunder" menu item. does the "Rain, thunder" summarize all types of precipitation under it including new snow, or is that totally separate?
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@lookingatwindy
The “Rain, thunderstorm” include all type of precipitation.
https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays
