Weather radar prediction timeline
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Hi everyone,
Being an airline pilot that uses windy as a secondary tool to support official weather predictions, being able to Select the time of the animation of weather radar for something like 3h (between 6h and 1h as we have now) would be great.Thanks
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@José-Filipe-Fernandes
Hi, I understand you are talking about the forecast section of the Radar animation (the red timeline).
This “predicted radar” is just an extrapolation of the last image of the radar loop. Do you really think you would get a reliable forecast of precipitation from an radar picture that is 6 hours old ? Specially in case of convective weather ?
You'd better look at the Rain, thunder layer. -
@idefix37
Yes, I am talking about the red prediction bar. Assuming the prediction uses wind intensity and direction to calculate the probable path of the weather, 3h would be very helpful, not so much to see the intensity of the weather but more the path.I also think windy is an extremely powerful tool that could be more tailored to Comercial aviation. The IFR options are extremely poor. So much can me done.
