How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts
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@Mohsin-Raza-Lashari Hi. The update is currently available only to beta testers. The update will be available for the public probably next week.
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@MarkNagy merci je verrais prochainement si tout fonctionne parfaitement
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This feature is not working properly on my device. See thread here
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This is a fantastic update real-time storm and rain alerts are a game-changer for staying safe and prepared. Love how precise the lightning detection is, and the customization options make it super user-friendly. Great work, Windy team.
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@tomacat said in Unable to enable "Live alert": No device token available for notifications.:
Live Alert mostly push notifications when my mobile network changes. For example, when my mobile Wi-Fi switches to data traffic, it suddenly reminds me of a storm or precipitation, and the notification is too late.
happened again, the alert notification only push when WiFi network change.:(
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i saw it, it was really helpful, i was like a real weather expert when i saw that notification, but none of my friends knew haha
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Are these alerts supposed to work for my exact current location or for my saved "favorites"? At the moment I seem to be getting alerts for all of my three saved favorites - which is confusing when there is heavy rain approaching one of them, but the radar is completely clear where I am actually located.
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@seabee-0 said in How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts:
Are these alerts supposed to work for my exact current location or for my saved "favorites"?
The live alerts for Storms (thunderstorms) or Heavy rains are set at your location as you can see in the setting window. They work on mobile devices and use their build-in GPS for the location.
These alerts are based on observations in the vicinity by lighting detection for Storms or by radar for Heavy rains.
The standard alerts for Wind, Rain, Temperature… are based on forecast in the next days by a weather model at some of your favorites that you selected. -
@idefix37 Thanks for the response! That's exactly what I would have expected, but on my Pixel 8 Pro v46.1.0, I am still getting alerts that don't match my current location. Just now "Heavy rain likely to start in the next hour" with this screenshot. The alert matches my favourite location further west (where indeed I was this morning), but the map clearly shows my current location in the east.
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@seabee-0
Checking the past 12 hours radar data, the rain was moving to the east. So it was not wrong if you received the alert for your position in the east. -
@idefix37 Yes, but not that far "in the next hour". I am certain I am receiving these alerts for the wrong place. Specifically probably for Salzburg, although I am now in Vienna - both in Austria. I have received about three more of these alerts since I last wrote - none of them made sense for my current location, but they matched the radar situation at the other location. So far, I've tried clearing cache, which hasn't helped.
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I can't help you further because I don't know the conditions that trigger a heavy rain alert in terms of distance and amount of rain.
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@seabee-0 Hello, you are right and this seems to be wrong. I will try to contact my colleagues to get further info about the case, but to be sure. Do you have allowed GPS information for Windy all the time, correct?
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@Suty Thanks! That's right, exact localisation is allowed all the time for Windy, not just when using the app.
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@Nicole-Dolezalova mam nadzieję, że mogę Cie tutaj o to zapytać. Chciałabym kupić Windy Premium z jednego powodu. Powiedz proszę czy to możliwe aby coś takiego ustawić. Chciałabym otrzymywać notyfikacje np. 30min przed tym jak wiatr w mojej okolicy zacznie wiać w konkretnym kierunku. Czy jest to możliwe? mieszkam niedaleko wysypiska śmieci i Chciałabym wiedzieć wcześniej aby móc zamknąć okna w mieszkaniu zanim wiatr zacznie wiać w moją stronę z nieprzyjemnym zapachem. Będę wdzięczna za odpowiedź. Marta
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@Marta-Kordowska said in How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts:
mam nadzieję, że mogę Cie tutaj o to zapytać. Chciałabym kupić Windy Premium z jednego powodu. Powiedz proszę czy to możliwe aby coś takiego ustawić. Chciałabym otrzymywać notyfikacje np. 30min przed tym jak wiatr w mojej okolicy zacznie wiać w konkretnym kierunku. Czy jest to możliwe? mieszkam niedaleko wysypiska śmieci i Chciałabym wiedzieć wcześniej aby móc zamknąć okna w mieszkaniu zanim wiatr zacznie wiać w moją stronę z nieprzyjemnym zapachem. Będę wdzięczna za odpowiedź. Marta
Hello, you need to create an account at Windy.com to have the possibility to set your customised forecast alert - for your case please keep in mind, it is still forecasted wind and not the actual one.
In case you have an iPhone, I suggest setting the nearest weather station as your mobile widget (you will see real-time data) and enabling the forecast alert as well. I would suggest to use ECMWF or MBLUE as forecasting models.
Inside the Windy Premium account you can see the comparison of forecasts and which one is the best overall for your location.Have a nice day, Niki
Premium feature here:
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@Suty said in How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts:
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If I can contribute in any way, I think it's better to do it in the saved favorites rather than the current location.
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@Suty i had the same problem as @seabee-0. 2 august 2025 15:45 St-Raymond, Québec, Canada a good storm drop 15mm in 30 minutes, i receive the Thunderstorm alert but i was 181 km (road distance not plane distance) away from St-Raymond wich is in my favorite.
Where i was, 1850 Rue de FontaineBleau, Drummondville, Qc, J2B8T7, there was no rain or thunderstorm close to me.
I was able to see me on your app on my phone at the correct location, GPS is set to Allowed GPS all the time. And i also receive an alert that look like "Heavy rain is coming", it was true for my favorite location St-Raymond but false for where i was. -
@DanQcCa Hello, what mobile/OS are you using? We will try to investigate further. Live Alerts are currently unavailable for your favorites so that should not be the case. Were you moving on that day possibly leading to loss of internet connection? Thank you and have a nice day, Niki
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@Nicole-Dolezalova Google Pixel 9 Pro XL/Android 16.
Maybe my "new" location was not pass to the Alerts system. If the refresh of my location in the Alerts system is higher than 3h, the situation can be considered as ok
I will add that my Google Pixel Watch 3 was giving me the weather in your app V43.0.2 on my watch for St-Raymond but i was 181 km away! The exact location of the thunderstorm.
Even if i open Google Maps on my phone, open your Windy software V46.1.0 on my phone and my watch, alerte continue to enter for St-Raymond. I can see that your Google Maps and your App locate me correctly.
But the alert was for the location i was 3h and 181Km before.
Not a big problem, alert are not often, and it's a good things.-Internet was not good at the destination but it was working.
I really like that new functionality. Thanks a lot
