Meteogram in new sotfware has different altitude scale
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@jadiez Hello, I compared the old version of Windy before the recent major update with the new one and I can't see the difference in the Meteogram visualization.
The old one:
The new one:
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@Suty
Thanks for your prompt response. -
@suty
You are right in your pictures. I think I was not clear enough in my explanation, so I would like to amplify on the idea. When I look at the meteogram of an aerodrome like SKMD or SKRG for instance; in the previous software the horizontal lines for the different altitudes are 3000ft, 6400ft, FL100(10,000 ft.) FL180 and FL300. The first 3 altitudes up to 10,000 ft allows to observe the information much in detailed for a VFR pilot that does no fly as high.
With the new software if you look at an aerodrome's meteogram, the horizontal lines are at 1000ft, FL115, FL150, FL200 and FL300. As you can observe it jumps from 1,000 ft to 11500 ft. in a short distance, not allowing to visualize detailed information for a VFR flight like previously where you were able to observe from the ground to 10,000ft. in a much bigger scale -
@suty
aerodrome meteogram with new software
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@suty
aerodrome meteogram old software
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@suty
Is it possible to come back to the old software broader altitude scale for aerodromes meteograms for better VFR analysis? -
@jadiez Hello and thank you for further explanation. I was a bit confused since we talked about two various plugins in our app. I will discuss this change with the team this Tuesday.
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@Suty
Thanks a lot for your support. I hope something can be done. -
@suty
I must have looked at another meteogram, and wrote inaccurate information, but in the new software the altitude scale for the Aerodrome meteogram is 1,000ftAGL, FL100, FL130, FL165, FL200 and FL300. My concern is still the same, which is that it lacks detailed and a broader scale up the 10,000ft. It jumps from 1,000ft. to 10,000ft, making it not very good for VFR flying. Sorry for generating confusion. -
@jadiez Hello, did you check more of those airports? It varies with the airport.
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@Suty
You are right!
Thats why initialy I saw some values and wrote them down accordingly and when I looked again some other day it had some different values, because I had changed aerodrome.
Nevertheless the reduced scale for lower altitudes still prevails which is my concern as you are aware. Thanks for the support. -
@steven15 Not right now, but we still consider this adjustment.
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@Suty
If not now, when are you planning to return back to the more detailed aerodrome meteogram at altitudes below 10,000ft as you had in the previous software? -
@jadiez We will discuss potential changes at the beginning of the next week.
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@Suty
Great Thanks!! -
Here in the UK many mountains are in the 800-1200m range, so the 900m meteogram level was very useful for assessing cloud cover.
The meteogram feature was the reason I subscribed to your service and have recommended it to many other hikers.
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Greetings from Chamonix! New altitude scales made meteogram cloud view completely useless for critical clould information for moving on mountains. Thousands of people alone in this region rely on it, so could you please revet the change of the altitude scale on meteogram or make it configurable.
Kind regards,
active mountaineer
