How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts

[idefix37]

@seabee-0

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.

[Suty]

@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?

[seabee 0]

@Suty Thanks! That's right, exact localisation is allowed all the time for Windy, not just when using the app.

[Marta Kordowska]

@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

[Nicole Dolezalova]

@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:

[Moran1974]

@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.

[DanQcCa]

@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.

[Nicole Dolezalova]

@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

[DanQcCa]

@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

[Nicole Dolezalova]

@DanQcCa Thank you very much, I have forwarded your issue to our Android developer to see if we can do something on our side to help you. Have a nice day, Niki

[Chhagan Gavtar]

@tomacat આ એપ્લિકેશન જે પ્રમાણે બતાવે છે એ પ્રમાણે વરસાદ નોંધાયો નથી ખોટી માહિતી આપે છે આ એપ્લિકેશન હાલમાં બતાવવા પ્રમાણે વરસાદ જ બીલકુલ નથી

[Kupol]

Hi. Подскажите, где смотреть атм. фронты?

[Raouf GUEDJALI]

@Kupol said in How to activate your Live Storm and Heavy Rain Alerts:

Hi. Подскажите, где смотреть атм. фронты?

[老刀2002]

I have paid the purchase amount, but my account still cannot access membership benefits. Please help me resolve this issue.

[idefix37]

@老刀2002
You probably need to check this post

[FlyingTart]

Hi, I’m trying to activate the Storms and Heavy Rain alerts, but the switches are still greyed out after I changed the Location permission to Always, and enabled notification.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and I also rebooted my phone, but the issue still persists.

Thanks for looking into it.

Version 48.1.2
iOS 26.2.1

[Kevin Cooper 2]

I have location services turned to always and notifications turned on my iPhone for the windy app, but I can toggle on heavy rain and thunderstorms toggle

[nanolab nano]

@Kevin-Cooper-2 I’m having an issue with the weather app. I tried turning on Storms and Heavy Rain alerts, but the switches are completely greyed out.
What I’ve done so far:
Set Location permission to Always ✅
Enabled Notifications ✅
Uninstalled & reinstalled the app on website 🔄
Restarted my phone 🔄
App version: 48.1.2
iOS: 26.2.1
Anyone else run into this? Any tips or fixes would be super helpful!
Thanks in advance 🙏

[riverlee_web_design]

Thanks all for your sharing and support

[Sam Wolfenden]

@nanolab-nano exactly the same for me - all greyed out. iPhone 17 pro iOS 26.3