How to setup an alert for *no rain* ?

macdev

@Gkikas-LGPZ You're right but I guess they don't have it yet https://community.windy.com/topic/5644/maximum-precipitation-in-alerts

AndyMLiverpool

@TomSlavkovsky Is there any news on this at all Tom? Much like the rest of the community, and for obvious reasons I would like to be alerted when there is NO rain, rather than when there is an x amount of rain as a minimum... :)

samik83

Any news on this?
The "no rain" criteria would be quite helpfull. I'd assume most people who use this app are checking aviation weather.

Korina

@samik83 Hello, there are no news yet, but it is definitely on our to-do list for a right timing.

hurricanehunter1

thanks btw

michroz

@Korina - The settings for Alert are really ''not enough''. It is nice to know it is in your to-do list, but we understand the adequate interface for Alert construction is not an easy design job to do and it will almost certainly look either too complicated or too limiting. Somebody wants ''at least'', other want ''no more than''. Somebody wants ''AND'', other want ''OR''...
I have a suggestion:
Why don't you guys publish the RULES, which people could use directly in their URLs to construct their Alerts the way they need? Or just give an additional text control where capable people could write something SQL-like.
Like me - I'd prefer minimum rain rather than ''no rain''. And also, since the forecast is changing with the time, it would be great to have the alert time configurable.
Thanks!

Korina

@michroz Hello, thank you for your feedback. Such option would be indeed complicated.
Once we collect more feedbacks from users, we will think about the best design possible.

justinlimbo

Ok. Here is some more user feedback. 😊
For most outdoor activities/sports where wind or weather in general is important (that's why you have the alert function, right?), it makes more sense to have a no rain or max rain alert.

My wild guess would be it's just a very small minority of people who would activate an alert and say "ok, i'll just go out hiking/kiting/flying/sailing/fishing when it rains at least 5mm for three hours." 🤔

Might be different though for farmers and the like.

sebster

I'm also missing the "no rain" option for alerts.

Indeed, it's for doing outdoor activities: such and such wind, and NO rain...

Would be VERY useful to have.

Regards,
Sebastiaan

Korina

@sebster Hello, thank you for suggestion, we will think about it.

windylad

I would like to throw my vote in for this feature too.

I would rather say alert me when no or little rain is due, not the other way :)

WolfPilot

Reviving from the dead ...
after a year this is still not implemented.

You wanted to collect user input and the come up with something.
Your alerts are useless for all the pilots and people who rely on dry surfaces.

The only thing the "at least" function you have is worth something is as farmer or if you want to ride powder.

Please, finally implement a "no rain for X" or a "at max" feature for rain alerts!

Korina

@wolfpilot Hello, this has not been our priority so far, we have been working on more important tasks.

marksalz

No Rain would also be a great option for me. A poor work around has been to not select the fully cloudy under maximum clouds option in the temperature, weather alert but to select the other 3 options. Not perfect but works most of the time.

Kaleena Hayashi

I would like to reply to say this is still a very important feature that is helpful for pilots

halig

Same question. As a new premium user. I need a "maximum rain" option. The actual "at least" is useless for mayority of users, excepts farmers

Suty

@halig We are still planning to release a new update of alerts, it should be available in the first quarter of the year, hopefully.

Siyfion

@Ondřej-Šutera great to hear! I can’t begin to tell you how useful this request (when implemented) will be to us flying folk! 🪂

Adrian d4305c46-b0cc-4fbf-b541-5e2b5727ad0d

That's good news!

I know it's probably out of scope, but it would be super helpful if that update of alerts was able to include filters on wind direction, minimum cloud ceiling, and visibility. Those would be really useful features for flying alongside the ability to filter on the "maximum rain".

gonsior

@Suty Excelent!
I hope that there will be possible to set multiple alerts for one place, each with different conditions, for example:

alert if temperature is below 0C
if it's above/equal 30C
if there is heavy rain
if snows
if wind blows
etc....