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    • K
      keyeffdee last edited by

      Hey
      We are currently extremely depending on waves on our job. We have a limit on 1,5 meters significant.
      The values shown in the app or webpage is it maximum, average or significant waves?

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        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @keyeffdee last edited by

        @keyeffdee
        Significant wave height
        i.e. the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest third of the waves.

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        • K
          keyeffdee @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by keyeffdee

          @meteo-gr thanks then windy is just what I need 👍

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            Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @keyeffdee last edited by

            @ivo
            I think you have to change the definition, here:
            https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays/1

            Is significant wave height, not mean wave height.

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            • TZ
              TZ Administrator last edited by

              Confirm that "Waves" mean Significant wave height. Description corrected.

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              • giodolif
                giodolif @Gkikas LGPZ | Premium last edited by

                @gkikas-lgpz
                I think it is necessary to correct this definition of "mean waves heght" here too:

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                Best wishes

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                • Korina
                  Korina Administrator @giodolif last edited by

                  @giodolif Hello, significant wave height is also defined as "mean wave height" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_wave_height

                  Korina

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                  • giodolif
                    giodolif @Korina | Premium last edited by

                    @korina thank you for your quick reply. Windy.com is an amazing tool for many many users from a wide range of uses. So that I think it is worthy to be accurate on using technical words. Note that, the "significant height" is the same as "mean wave height of the highest third of the waves". If you don´t want to use "significant wave height", it is not correct to substitute it just with "mean wave height". The true "mean wave height" is actually around 64% of the "significant height". ac51eac7-2ed0-4d7e-94c1-65ed883e15c9-image.png . Best wishes.

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                    • Korina
                      Korina Administrator @giodolif last edited by

                      @giodolif I will correct the description to "Significant wave height". Thank you for inputs.

                      Korina

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                      • giodolif
                        giodolif @Korina | Premium last edited by

                        @korina thank you very much for help improving Windy.com. I´m meteorologist and I´ve recently explainned to my instagram followers about this tricky details regarding waves height forecasts, citing Windy.com. My profile: @hashtag.ceu Best wishes.

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