Disabling Radar and Satellite forecasts
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Hello,
I'd like to propose an option to disable the forecasted radar and satellite imagery. Most of the time, these forecasts are inaccurate and don't reflect the real-time conditions I'm trying to observe.
Specifically, when I want to view the current satellite image, it often displays a forecast instead, which I find completely unhelpful. Satellite imagery is inherently dynamic and changes too rapidly to be accurately forecasted with any reliable degree of accuracy, unlike radar, which can be predicted with more consistency.
Therefore, I'd like the ability to:
Toggle off all forecasted radar imagery.
Toggle off all forecasted satellite imagery, while still having access to real-time, current satellite images.
This would allow for a more precise and useful view of present weather conditions.Regards, WorldwideCycloneTracking
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S Suty moved this topic from General Discussion
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@WCT Hello, we appreciate your feedback and there are some changes in progress right now, planned for the next release.
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@WCT I second this 100% and have actually suggested it myself in the past. It is clear from plenty of comments on radar forecasts that a lot of people don't actually understand the difference between the past and future halves of the radar scroll bar - even requesting longer radar "forecasts" of up to a week. A toggle for forecast mode on/off might help clarify that the radar scroll bar is not a continuum of the same concept. I know the current red half of the bar should already clarify that, but even I find it hard to really only stay in the left part of the bar when checking radar. It's one of my few annoyances with Windy that the present radar image isn't better separated from the forecasted image. It is literally a miniscule movement of a finger between a scientific measurement and a probability model..
It's great to hear that there might already be something in development - thanks!
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Completely agree that there should be an option to disable radar forecast. The radar animation seems to eventually get stuck on it and then I have to either manually move the slider back to historical or refresh the page. I like this app but it's little things like this (and the default zoom level) that really make me question if should continue as a subscriber unfortunately.
