Have you seen Windy on your local TV Channel? Let us know!

[Gkikas LGPZ]

Today (14 Oct) windy on TV5
https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/toutes-les-videos/documentaire/la-quete-des-vents-saison-3-la-quete-des-vents-s03-ep01-autriche-le-foehn
at 21:00

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[idefix37]

Yesterday on the website of RPT Portuguese TV. (rpt.pt), the news were focusing the landfall on ex-Leslie Hurricane.

[ivo]

[idefix37]

Seen on France-Info website about hurricane Willa. (France-Info is the major broadcasting continuous news radio in France)
They advise to follow the track of this tropical cyclone on windy.com.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/inondations/carte-suivez-en-direct-l-evolution-de-l-ouragan-willa-qui-se-dirige-vers-le-mexique_2998143.html

(CEPMMT is ECMWF in french)

[idefix37]

Today, weather information from Ouest-France newspaper website, about the « Course du Rhum » a sail race across the Atlantic from St Malo (North Britanny) to La Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles). Departure Sunday 4th Nov.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_du_Rhum

[Gabou971]

Today on french TV for the transat race "Route du rhum" !

[idefix37]

@gabou971
Yes I’ve seen it.

[jmh2002]

Yes, and Windy is also appearing on multiple YouTube channels that are covering the Route du Rhum too.

[TomSlavkovsky]

@jmh2002 @Gabou971 is it available online somewhere?

[Nicolas.A]

Windy at one point was on the weather channel but that was a pretty rare time

[siim]

@tomslavkovsky

France 3 Bretagne was the TV channel

[idefix37]

@tomslavkovsky
On same channel at 1’10
https://actu.orange.fr/societe/videos/route-du-rhum-la-meteo-s-annonce-execrable-VID0000002IelG.html
For English speakers who love sailing, I recommend this one.
A weather map is shown at the end, but not very clear if it’s from Windy.

And this one from Phil Sharp Racing. Here no doubt it’s a Windy screen.

[jmh2002]

Among others I'm mostly following these channels for the Route du Rhum:

• World on Water (sailing channel, english): https://www.youtube.com/user/mobydk2/videos

• Gitana Team, Ultim Tri (sailing channel, french/english): https://www.youtube.com/user/gitanateam/videos

Unfortunately much destruction has already been suffered by the leading boats, with multiple retirements due to damage.

In general Windy is now everywhere, used on many many maritime related news videos, especially across europe.

[igor 320]

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[jmh2002]

I'm not sure that this is Windy actually (unless it has been customised) - the fonts, colours, and small details look a bit different:

[TomSlavkovsky]

@jmh2002 It's not Windy, it is Windfinder app.

[jmh2002]

Thanks! :)

[Lakeguy]

Yes. I’ve seen the Windy format used on a local TV station.

[jmh2002]

Today on World on Water again (sailing channel, english) as part of the RORC Transatlantic Race coverage there was 5 minutes of Windy from around the 11 minute mark in the video:

Here I managed to find the original article and video on the RORC website: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/race-updates/weather-predictions-for-the-start-five-minutes-with-nacho.html

Windy is everywhere :)

[jmh2002]

Sailing Kittiwake (sailing channel, english):

Windy users on passage in a small sailing boat from Menorca to Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea.

Windy screenshots seem to have been downloaded before departing as they stated earlier in the video they have no internet when at sea.

Flat calm most of the way which can be a plus and a minus depending on the situation.

These sailors said they were very happy with the Icon 7km forecast, which they found to be very accurate.

In the past I was fortunate to do a direct run from the South of France to Ibiza in similar flat calm conditions, absolutely beautiful, but a little faster at 320nm in around 8 hours.

Yes, an average of around 40kn, but no of course it was not in a small sailing boat like this. Both types of experiences can still create a lot of smiles... :)