Request to Add 1000-500 hPa Thickness Layer and Temperature Display at 1000 hPa with Geopotential Height

alidiap

Dear Windy Team,
Best regards,
I am [ali], a regular user of the Windy.com app and website, and I greatly appreciate the efforts you put into providing such an excellent and accurate tool for weather forecasts and atmospheric maps. The app has become an essential resource for me and many weather enthusiasts and those interested in meteorology.
I would like to suggest adding some new features that I believe would be very useful for advanced users, particularly in analyzing air masses and weather forecasting:

Adding a layer or tool for Thickness between the 500 hPa and 1000 hPa pressure levels:
This layer is very important in meteorology, as it helps identify cold and warm air masses, analyze the likelihood of snow or rain precipitation, and better understand weather dynamics. Currently, geopotential height is available as isolines, but adding a colored layer or dedicated isolines for thickness (such as the 540 dam line or others) would be a valuable addition.
Displaying temperature at the 1000 hPa level along with the geopotential height for this level:
Please add the ability to display temperature at 1000 hPa, in addition to the geopotential height isolines for this specific level. This would help in more accurately analyzing the lower atmospheric layers, especially near the surface.

I know that some of these features have been requested by other users in the forum (such as previous requests for 1000-500 hPa thickness), and I hope these suggestions will be considered in future updates.
Thank you for this wonderful app, and I look forward to seeing new improvements!
Best regards,

Gromit Garden

Yes Please!
This definitely gets my vote as well. During the recent cold-snap over UK and Europe, I found myself switiching away from the Windy app and instead go to directly to the data source:

ECMWF: https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/medium-thickness-mslp/overview/valid_time?projection=opencharts_europe

For GFS, I go to https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/gfs and select Chart Type: "HGT 500-1000"

So please can we have these layers available in Windy.

Many Thanks