weather radar in Indonesia
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Hi @Ирек-Сафин, thank you for confirmation. Currently it seems that, the app work only from Indonesia. I'm in contact with BMKG and I hope to get access to the data. It seems to be commercially available (according to BMKG's catalog), but the price is unbearably high.
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@Filip_K There's a big difference between the actual weather and what the app shows. It's raining outside right now, and BMKG is reporting it, but Windy shows no rain. If I understand correctly, the app will simply guess the weather without BMKG data?
It turns out that in this region there is no alternative service provider that would broadcast the weather, rather than guess it. -
@Ирек-Сафин said
If I understand correctly, the app will simply guess the weather without BMKG data?
It turns out that in this region there is no alternative service provider that would broadcast the weather, rather than guess it.Weather radars are not used to predict the weather, but to observe rain.
Weather forecasting is based on weather models like the ones Windy uses (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, ACCESS). So without radar, Windy doesn’t “guess” the weather. Windy shows the forecast provided by major weather centers through their weather models. However these models don’t display exactly where it is currently raining. But they provide a forecast for the current and the next days.
Select Rain, thunder layer
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@Filip_K Any updates?
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Hi @ekowahyu, unfortunately, no. We are in contact with BMKG and we're hoping to negotiate a deal to get access to the radar data.
This might take few months though, since the data is not publicly available anymore.
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@Filip_K hi can you try to contact IMD because Imd the issues I may every 20 to 4 min but the internal images update every 10 minutes can you try to get a deal with them to get the internal image
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Hi @Rs-Parjapati, already tried, many times. We haven't had much luck.
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@Filip_K may be next time could do that but if you somehow done it windy will be the most accurate weather app in every way
the advantages are
Radar layer In India updates every 7 to 10 min
Access to velocity and cc for future layers
And bharat forcast system with six km resolution
And even you can get access to new inaugurated radar images before they are in the public feed -
@Filip_K If Windy wants Indian radar data, it must stop talking to IMD and go above it. The real authority sits with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, which controls data policy and can force IMD to comply if it approves a controlled pilot. The smartest pressure points are MoES itself, a formal clarification under India’s open data policy (NDSAP) to force written justification for radar secrecy, and NDMA by framing access as early-warning dissemination for public safety. A quiet backdoor already exists through IITs and IISc, which legally receive IMD radar data under research MoUs and can partner with Windy for pilots. Chasing IMD site heads, forecasters, or contact forms is wasted effort. IMD will never voluntarily open radar data — the decision must come from above, and it must be framed as controlled public safety dissemination, not “open data like the US.”
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Kami akan meminta kepada BMKG Indonesia untuk menyetujuinya
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