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    • idefix37I
      idefix37 Sailor Moderator
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      I agree too for a pressure layer in altitude (Geopotential layer) not only as isolines.

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      • Liam.pankhurstL
        Liam.pankhurst Meteorologist | Premium
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        Lift Index for forecasting thunderstorms, or a thunderstorm potential layer too

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        • Yves70Y
          Yves70 Meteorologist @Liam.pankhurst | Premium
          last edited by

          @liam-pankhurst
          You can already use the CAPE index layer to help you to predict thunderstorms

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          • Liam.pankhurstL
            Liam.pankhurst Meteorologist | Premium
            last edited by

            Local Australian Weather Models

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            • idefix37I
              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Liam.pankhurst
              last edited by idefix37

              @liam-pankhurst
              Windy will probably not add all Australian weather models. Could you let us know which one you would like. Global, régional, high resolution one, with precise reference.

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              • Liam.pankhurstL
                Liam.pankhurst Meteorologist @idefix37 | Premium
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                @idefix37 Yeah no worries. There are only 2 main Australian models. These are ACCESS G and ACCESS C. I think all the info can be found here http://www.bom.gov.au/nwp/doc/access/NWPData.shtml

                If any more info is needed please let me know, adding these models would be very useful for weather forecasters like myself in Australia.

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                • anthony10A
                  anthony10 @idefix37 | Premium
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                  @idefix37 I also have a post from a while back that has all the Australian BoM information.

                  https://community.windy.com/topic/15397/australia-bureau-of-meteorology-free-data?_=1635229491579

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                  • anthony10A
                    anthony10 @idefix37 | Premium
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                    @idefix37 Here are the 3 free datasets being used for Australia

                    ACCESS-G Global (approx 25km) 6 hourly to 240 hours (10 days).

                    ACCESS-R Regional (approx ~12km) 3 hourly to 72 hours (3 days).

                    ACCESS-C+ Cities (approx ~4km) 1 hourly to 36 hours (1.5 days)

                    http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/about/about_access.shtml

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                      gerkow | Premium
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                      Would like a screenshot function in app

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                        lihui3007
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                        Hello, can you use wind poles and wind plumes instead of wind direction and wind speed?

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                        • idefix37I
                          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lihui3007
                          last edited by idefix37

                          @lihui3007
                          Could you be more explicit and show examples about what you mean.

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                            lihui3007 @idefix37
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                            @idefix37 said in Propose a NEW LAYER / FEATURE You'd like on Windy:

                            @lihui3007
                            Could you be more explicit and show examples about what you mean.

                            I hope you can replace the particle animation of the wind with a wind pole and a wind feather.[for example]
                            DC0AE6F5-6896-4519-9385-B53E9380EFE5.png

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                            • idefix37I
                              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lihui3007
                              last edited by idefix37

                              @lihui3007

                              OK, this is called wind barbs on weather maps.
                              Ever since Windy was created in 2014, animated particles for wind direction and colors for wind speed were the developers' choice. So I doubt they will use wind barbs now. This graphical way of showing wind speed and direction was useful when weather maps were printed.
                              If the color scale for wind speed does not suit you, you can customize it to your liking:
                              https://community.windy.com/topic/10336/customize-the-color-scales-of-windy-layers?_=1683468546095

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                                lihui3007 @idefix37
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                                @idefix37

                                Thank you very much for your answer.I use it for weather chart analysis, which is more convenient for me to do weather chart analysis. It is recommended to add this option.

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                                  lihui3007 @idefix37
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                                  @idefix37
                                  I mainly want to increase the display wind field, the color does not have to change.

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                                    matthbo | Premium
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                                    Hi, as a surfer I use Windy a lot for planning where to go on my next trips. A great feature would be a wave period layer, which very often is better than the wave height in predicting if there are going to be good waves at a certain spot.

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                                    • zenderZ
                                      zender | Premium
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                                      Water vapor mixing ratio (mass per dry air), and specific humidity (mass per total air)

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                                        GreenLightning | Premium
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                                        1 Ragweed, Oak & other pollens. Should probably go in the "Air quality" section.

                                        2 The only other feature missing is "Feels like". In other words: effective temperature considering also the humidity, wind, precipitation and whatever other variables affect your perception.

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                                          Illek @Michal.Koldinsky
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                                          @Michal-Koldinsky the Windy app NEEDS to be able to show the current temperature of your favorite/main location in the status/notification bar (top of screen) for mobile devices. This is a basic feature in the majority of weather apps. I can't believe this is not included (and not possible [?] according to older moderator responses) in the Windy app.

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                                            tgebhard | Premium
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                                            How about a Foehn layer?
                                            From my perspective pretty simply by differentiating surface pressure on both sides of a mountain ridge and very useful for the flying, surfing and sailing community.

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