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    Maximum altitude of the thermal (Potential of height of the Thermal - Mixed Layer Height)

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    • Alvarnegro
      Alvarnegro | Premium last edited by

      Yes! I am a obsessed by the weather, paraglider pilot. ;)

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        reichel last edited by

        Cant wait to see this feature...

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          titorezzoli | Premium last edited by

          Cant wait!!

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            A Former User last edited by

            I wonder if Tucker Gott knows about Windy?

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            • razimcbazi
              razimcbazi @TZ last edited by

              @TZ 3+ years have passed - any luck on this feature?

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              • vicb
                vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                That would be a really nice addition for free flight pilots !

                Is this data provided by the weather models ?

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                • Korina
                  Korina Administrator @vicb last edited by

                  @vicb Hello, thank you for suggestion, once we gather enough feedbacks, we may add it.

                  Korina

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                  • vicb
                    vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                    Thanks @Korina

                    I sent those info to Marek:

                    It seems like the parameter we are looking for is HPBL (see https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gfs/gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf00.grib2.shtml variable #109) and some description of the Boundary layer in https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/web/gfs/documentation section 1.2.2
                    It's not exactly clear to me if this parameter HPBL is part of the GFS variables.

                    ECMWF seems to have it too: https://apps.ecmwf.int/codes/grib/param-db?id=260083

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                    • Boris Stähly
                      Boris Stähly Paraglider @Korina | Premium last edited by

                      @korina said in Maximum altitude of the thermal (Potential of height of the Thermal - Mixed Layer Height):

                      once we gather enough feedbacks, we may add it.

                      Hi Korina, there are 30 thousand paraglider pilots in Germany alone... I am pretty sure that most of them would be very pleased if Windy would offer thermal analysis and free flight specific information. How can we pilots give you the feedback that you need for adding the layers?

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                      • Korina
                        Korina Administrator @Boris Stähly last edited by

                        @boris-stähly Hi, thank you for your interest, there is no certain date, when this might be developed, but it is on list of future ideas.

                        Korina

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                          mikkokaar Developers @Korina | Premium last edited by

                          Boundary layer would be an interesting part to see visualized.

                          You could make it premium, label it experimental and stash it in some weird container where it can live even if it was buggy or otherwise non perfect, and subject to change or removal later on.

                          Then it'd be a matter of defining a scale and creating & serving tiles for a specific parameter of a model right? You could also add more parameters for experimentation without perhaps committing to them fully. Might even generate the tiles runtime, even if that was slower, just to make it easier to experiment with parameters and see what would finally make it's way to the actual list of layers

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                          • vicb
                            vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                            Check https://community.windy.com/topic/16458/windy-com-introduces-soaring-forecast

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