Average weather forcast
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You have the "compare weather" option which is really nice, but it would be nice if you could calculate an average and display it at the bottom of the compare tab. At least with temperature and wind speed it would be nice, even if not doing an average for actual weather forecast, the temp and wind would be nice.
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@Matuko Of course, it wouldn't take long for you to calculate it yourself. For example: add up all the temperature forecast numbers from all the available models for one timeframe. Then divide that number by how many weather models are in the comparison chart, and there you go. An average forecast number that takes literally less than 30 seconds.
Hope this helps
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@Matuko
@theradarguy
The "average" temperature (or wind, or rainfall)
(as it comes from the addition of values of different models
divided by the number of wx. models),
is not necessarily more accurate than the temp. given by a single model.For short range forecast, we (meteorologist) preffer to compare
real-time observations with model data
to determine which model is "on track" with the real situation
("Model of the Day" approach).For medium range forecast,
combination of information from different models
(or different runs of the same model)
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I think this would be a useful feature for 3d+ forecasts, either a simple arithmetic mean or perhaps a more sophisticated average, or possibly a max or min. I use wind forecasts a lot for planning work with cranes where there's a limit of ~10m/s for most operations. Trying to plan 5days in advance, it would be v. useful having some measure to gauge likelihood of cancellation against. Trying to do arithmetic means long hand over a week's worth of forecasts every day would be v. time consuming; currently we just compare go on gut feeling. I think @Matuko has a good idea.
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@Yelspa
Your reasoning is strange to me. I have no crane driving skills. But it seems that if you consider the average wind speed over 5 days, it will not ensure that for part of a day you will not have a wind forecast higher than 10m/s. I would prefer to set an alert for this wind limit in the Alert setting. You would be warned several days in advance of a risk of strong wind.
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@idefix37
.... and can put an wireless anemometer on top of the crane like in sailboats!
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@Gkikas-LGPZ
This is the best for wind strength observation, but not for planning the jobs.
