Color for wind speed inconsistent between map and timeline
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Hi,
the color shown for the wind speed is inconsistent between the map and the timeline shown below the map.
In the attached screenshot you can see, that the GFS model shows green on the map, while in the timeline both mean wind and gusts are in the orange range for the selected location, that is placed in the green region on the map. This happens for other models as well.
This is very misleading.
Can this be configured or fixed, so that the colorscale that is shown in the timeline matches the colors shown on the map?
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@Ftjwinfs said in Color for wind speed inconsistent between map and timeline:
Hi,
Can this be configured or fixed, so that the colorscale that is shown in the timeline matches the colors shown on the map?!
You can configure the color scale in the map as you like.
In Settings see Customize color scale at bottom of this menu.
https://community.windy.com/topic/10336/customize-the-color-scales-of-windy-layers?_=1719568261450 -
Ok, thank you. But this seems to e tedious task...
But do I really have to do this manually? It thought it would be an obvious thing, to keep colors consistent between map and timeline. Having this as default would be a great thing.
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So you may try to use my own customized color scale for wind.
You just need to past the code as explain in this link.https://community.windy.com/topic/7233/wind-colors-for-sailors-and-for-everyone?_=1590219576787
My own customized color scale is not far from the color scale in meteograms
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Thanks a lot, I will give it a try.
I'm still wondering, why this is not consistent out of the box.
@Suty , what do you think of making the colors consistent by default?
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@Ftjwinfs We can consider this in upcoming plans, but I wouldn't consider that as a important update since it can be adjusted by the user.
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@Suty Would be great to consider this. From my perspective the natural default should be consistent colors. If a user wants something different, he can modify the color scale.
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@idefix37 I just imported this color scale, looks good on the map.
But how to apply this color scale to the time line as well?
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To apply this color scale to the timeline ?
Sorry I don’t understand what you mean.
Could you be more explicit or show a screenshot ? -
When I import the custom color scale, the new colors are applied to the map only, not the timeline shown below the map.
See attached screenshot: The time is set to 4:00 am on sunday, on the map I see green, while in the timeline I see orange/red.
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@Ftjwinfs
I showed to you that this customized color scale is quite close to the one used in the point forecast tables, but not exactly the same (see my screenshot here above).
There is no way to modify the color scale in the point forecast tables that you call a timeline…
If you are a perfectionist, you may change the steps of the scale in the map. (My color scale is based on Beaufort scale).
The map is only based on one model, and from your screenshot we don’t know which is the model. -
@idefix37 said in Color for wind speed inconsistent between map and timeline:
The map is only based on one model, and from your screenshot we don’t know which is the model.
True, but all are in the orange/red range.
So I will try to modify the map color scale to match the colors of the timeline.
@Suty , are the values of the timeline color scale available somewhere? Otherwise it would be very tedious to try to reconstruct this color scale.
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@Ftjwinfs HI, no we don't provide any exported data of these scopes.
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Are the numeric values of the default color bar of the timeline seen as a "secret"?
It would be very helpful, if these values could be shared. Knowing these values would allow the user to modify the colors of the map to be consistent with the timeline.
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Have you tried to customise your color scale in the map according to this wind color scale in meteograms ? (that you call the timeline).
It should be very close to the scale you are looking for. This is not the official scale, but only my estimate.
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@Ftjwinfs Hi, did you check this feature?
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