Wind Animations

[Veracis]

Particles now randomly crossing screen: generally upward motion: bears no relation to pressure isolines. Unusable.

Paul.
Blackview BV6200 Pro / Android 14.

[idefix37]

@Veracis
Please could you show a screenshot.

[Synthya]

@idefix37

In reply, I took a screenshot, but I see no option to upload it.

Trying to confirm the same issue, where the wind animation tails all move the same direction from south to north, globally, north pole to south pole, anywhere in between, anywhere, any altitude.

This is after the most recent update. Before, the wind animation tails actually showed the direction of wind flow.

[idefix37]

@Synthya
You can upload a screenshot

[Synthya]

@idefix37

[SV Amani]

@Synthya I second that, having the same issue. Wind particle animation is either absent, erratic, or (when zoomed far out) a physically impossible global south-to-north gale. This is a major bug that makes the app unusable.

[SV Amani]


Here's my screenshot. Umidigi Bison 2 with Android 12.

[Synthya]

@SV-Amani

Confirmed; this also holds true at any altitude - I checked, as sometimes ground/surface level wind directions can differ from those at other (higher) altitudes.

[SV Amani]

So, I've seen this bug reported in at least 5 different threads for as many days now, but nobody from Windy has weighed in yet. Are they aware of it? If not, is there a mechanism (other than posting here) to let them know?

Fortunately we're not underway sailing right now - if we were this would be a major safety issue, and an urgent reason to familiarize ourselves with alternatives (ahem).

[SV Amani]

Correction: the first time this bug (presumably) was reported was 16 days ago: https://community.windy.com/topic/43612/wind-particle-animation-@-diff-directions-@-diff-zoom-levels

[Synthya]

@SV-Amani

From "Topic" to "Bug Report" - I suppose it's now "official"?

[SV Amani]

Not until it's "Replicable". I'm disappointed by the total lack of response.

Fwiw I found an every in the error console - not sure if it's related:

{
"errorID": "appsflyer-init-failed",
"overlay": "wind",
"runningPhase": "2_dependenciesResolved",
"timestamp": 1773013277605,
"runningMinutes": 0,
"type": "customLogError",
"msg": "AppsFlyer init failed",
"url": "https://app-webview.windy.com/#/15.659/-89.004/ecmwf",
"ver": "49.0.1",
"target": "mobile",
"platform": "android",
"device": "mobile",
"latestBcast": "store: overlay wind (66ms ago at 1773013277539)
bcast: rqstOpen detail (66ms ago at 1773013277539)
store: unresolvedErrors (28ms ago at 1773013277577)
store: unresolvedErrors (28ms ago at 1773013277577)
store: unresolvedErrors (27ms ago at 1773013277578)",
"network": {
"downlink": 10,
"downlinkMax": null,
"effectiveType": "4g",
"rtt": 0,
"saveData": false,
"type": "wifi"
},
"module": "AppsFlyer",
"stack": "Error
at returnResult (:947:32)
at win.androidBridge.onmessage (:922:21)"
}

[Emma peel]

I am having the same issue with snake lines moving from bottom to top. No relation to wind direction !

[kubapelc]

Hello!

Thank you for reporting this issue! Our current guess is that this only occurs on the PowerVR GPUs in your specific phone models. We're sourcing a comparable phone for debugging now, as the issue does not show up on any of our current testing phones.

[SV Amani]

Thanks for the update! Good to know you're on it. I'll try to give a more precise description of what exactly I'm seeing: the particle animation shows a wind field that:

• depends on the zoom scale,
• is nearly (but not exactly) the same across the globe,
• is most often near zero, but sometimes strong,
• has a southerly bias (the stronger, the more southerly), and
• at medium strength shows a zig zag pattern.

Looks to me (computer guy myself) like misaligned floats.

[QLB]

@SV-Amani
I have exactly the same issue mith my Android Redmi 9A

[QLB]

I have the same issue from 2/3 days with my Redmi 9A

I am in Ushuaia and have to sail to Peru in 2 days.
Please help me

[capitani]

Me too have the same issue from 2/3 days with my oppo54s

[SV Amani]

@QLB I've just been able to downgrade Windy on my phone to a previous working version, 48.1.2, through apkmirror.com (or you can use apkpure.com). The process is a bit involved - you need to download their installer app, and click your way through multiple ads - but it works.

[Junior Pioquinto]

Me to same issue of my phone Redmi 6A