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      stitch Meteorologist | Premium
      last edited by

      What can I say - Brilliant!!! You guys continue to impress. A very handy feature......thanks!

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      • IsaacVilàI Offline
        IsaacVilà | Premium
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        Fantastic! Thank you so much!

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        • gillie 0G Offline
          gillie 0
          last edited by

          Excuse my stupidity .. but what is sounding forecast and what is it used for... I am just someone who has a real interest in the weather, so please , try and keep it simple ;-) Thanks

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            aadhaar | Premium
            last edited by

            This is really good. Could you also include actual readings as well. I'm sure you can get the data from airport weather stations.

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              Wojtek1952
              last edited by

              Super sprawa.

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                krchnavy | Premium
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                Great idea - but http://www.xcmeteo.net has been a much better display for some years (for paragliders), although unfortunately it comes from the GFS.
                Paragliders and other non-powered airplane pilots are mainly interested in how powerful the thermal will be, what will be available and where the cloud base will be - and it is hard to recognize from your charts. They need to see the chart in detail up to a maximum of 4000 - 5000 m. What temperature and wind will the 13,000 m be likely to be interested in transport aircraft pilots.

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                  krchnavy | Premium
                  last edited by

                  Maybe there could be 2 versions of the chart up to 13000 m and 5000 m ...

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                  • kekertK Offline
                    kekert Windy Staff @krchnavy
                    last edited by

                    @krchnavy there is such detail, just use the zoom in lower right corner

                    kekert

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                      Pedro Diestre
                      last edited by

                      Well done. Thanks a lot to @TZ sk

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                        Hisham
                        last edited by

                        Gud job guys

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                        • Gkikas LGPZG Offline
                          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @gillie 0
                          last edited by Gkikas LGPZ

                          @gillie-0
                          Sounding is a diagram that shows the vertical distribution
                          of temperature, humidity and wind into the atmosphere.
                          Usually the observations are made by radiosondes
                          (instruments carried into the atmosphere by a weather balloon).

                          Weather models can give us forecast data of the same parameters
                          so we can prepare "forecast soundings".

                          Soundings are used by (glider) pilots to know thermals, winds aloft, icing forecast etc
                          and by meteorologists (and weather enthusiasts) for rain/snow forecast,
                          fog forecasting, turbulence, cloud bases/tops, thunderstorms etc

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                          • klima235K Offline
                            klima235
                            last edited by

                            Excuse me, but how can I do select a diferent pressure levels?.

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                            • sonsnixS Offline
                              sonsnix
                              last edited by

                              How do I open it? I can't seem to find it....
                              By the way, Airgram seems to be much faster now, great job!

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                                guy_bottlaender @Gkikas LGPZ | Premium
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                                @gkikas-lgpz totally? we all expect some improvement ;)

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                                • Gkikas LGPZG Offline
                                  Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @guy_bottlaender
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                                  @guy_bottlaender
                                  Yes!
                                  Pilots expect turbulence/icing forecasts,
                                  farmers, soil temp. at varius depths and soil trafficability
                                  mariners, sea/lake ice cover,
                                  fighter pilots, absolute humidity (for targeting with IR weapons)
                                  people with allergies, pollen forecasts
                                  etc etc :-)

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                                  • Mike_HM Offline
                                    Mike_H @ivo
                                    last edited by

                                    @ivo
                                    Hi, that's great, makes the package complete.

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                                    • Mike_HM Offline
                                      Mike_H @ivo
                                      last edited by

                                      @ivo
                                      I'm guessing the two diagonal grey lines DALR and SALR ?

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                                      • Tomber42T Offline
                                        Tomber42 Moderator @klima235
                                        last edited by

                                        @klima235 said in Windy offers Sounding Forecast:

                                        Excuse me, but how can I do select a diferent pressure levels?.

                                        there is a high slider om the right side

                                        Greetings from Tomber

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                                        • Mike_HM Offline
                                          Mike_H @ivo
                                          last edited by

                                          @ivo
                                          The moveable line showing altitude, wind speed, dewpoint and temperature is really useful but seems to be erratic or even random in it's behaviour, if you can get that right it will be perfect!

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                                            mxxlcs29 | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            This tool is great for basic assessment of the wind profile. It would become powerful if the data displayed on the chart could be exported at some resolution like 500'/1000' to feed physical models for, say, high-altitude balloon trajectory planning. Any possibility of such a function to be deployed?

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