Min-Max daily Temperature
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Hi!
Since you added the Drought layer, the app has become increasingly useful for analyzing the agricultural situation in the world.
If you are planning to move towards agri layers, I would find the "maximum/minimum" daytime temperature layer extremely practical.This serves 2 main purposes: to see if crops in temperature-sensitive countries are not expecting daytime heat; and to monitor potential freezing in fields without snow cover during the winter.
Currently, there is only the possibility to gradually study the temperature regime of each region separately, clicking through the time period slider in search of the highest/lowest temperature; or to going through a detailed temperature breakdown for a specific point on the map.
But there is no way to look at the entire planet and quickly assess potential problem areas.
I can imagine that this is not a priority in development and it is a rather specific request, so I would just like to understand whether Windy considers this direction as a likely one for future development.
Thank You!
P.S.
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@Khaustov
This layer is based on EFI (extreme forecast index) from ECMWF. It compares the forecast of the 3 parameters (temperature, rain, wind) with their M-climate which is not exactly identical to the Normal (30 years averaged) but probably not that different.
More information here:
https://confluence.ecmwf.int/download/attachments/95063314/Forecasting_Extremes_Jan2018.pdf?api=v2http://aqua.upc.es/anywhere-catalogue-v2/?product=extreme-forecast-index
Note Windy shows only the EFI map, not the SOT.
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@Khaustov
I must add that your idea of maps displaying daily max and min temperatures (Tx and Tn) would be useful, not only for agriculture. And they would be useful too in the widget / short 4 days forecasts.
