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    How to setup an alert for *no rain* ?

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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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        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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                • M Offline
                  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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                          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-b541-5e2b5727ad0d | 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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