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    How to setup an alert for *no rain* ?

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    • KorinaK Offline
      Korina @samik83
      last edited by

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

      Korina

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      • hurricanehunter1H Offline
        hurricanehunter1 Meteorologist
        last edited by

        thanks btw

        hello how you guys doing :D

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          michroz @Korina
          last edited by

          @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!

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          • KorinaK Offline
            Korina @michroz
            last edited by

            @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.

            Korina

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            • justinlimboJ Offline
              justinlimbo
              last edited by 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." šŸ¤”

              Might be different though for farmers and the like.

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              • S Offline
                sebster | Premium
                last edited by

                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

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                • KorinaK Offline
                  Korina @sebster
                  last edited by

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

                  Korina

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                  • windyladW Offline
                    windylad
                    last edited by

                    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 :)

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                    • W Offline
                      WolfPilot
                      last edited by

                      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!

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                      • KorinaK Offline
                        Korina @WolfPilot
                        last edited by

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

                        Korina

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                          marksalz
                          last edited by

                          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.

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                            Kaleena Hayashi
                            last edited by

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

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                            • haligH Offline
                              halig | Premium
                              last edited by

                              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

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                              • SutyS Offline
                                Suty Windy Staff @halig
                                last edited by

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

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                                • SiyfionS Offline
                                  Siyfion @Suty | Premium
                                  last edited by

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

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                                  • Adrian d4305c46-b0cc-4fbf-b541-5e2b5727ad0dA Offline
                                    Adrian d4305c46-b0cc-4fbf-b541-5e2b5727ad0d | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    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".

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                                      gonsior @Suty
                                      last edited by

                                      @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....
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                                        Tantrum goffy | Premium
                                        last edited by

                                        Another vote for ā€œno rainā€ on alerts
                                        Pretty useless as it is for outdoor sports.

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                                          t4n017 | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          6 years and you still didn't add this feature? There's no excuse.

                                          I don't want an alert to go kitesurfing if it's gonna rain, or worse, there will be a thunderstorm.
                                          You already have alerts in place, you already have the "at least" threshold for rain. How hard can it be to add an "at most" option?

                                          I won't renew my subscription if this isn't implemented.

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                                          • willriceW Offline
                                            willrice
                                            last edited by willrice

                                            +1 for an [at least] / [at most] dropdown to be added to the alert system GUI... it need not be more complicated than that for my use case (paragliding)

                                            surely now is an ideal time for this to be implemented given the migration to a new alerts notification system?

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