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      mxxlcs29 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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        meteoalfonso last edited by

        Awesome! Thats very useful tool for all forecasters, stormchassers, etc. Thanks a lot!

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        • Capt.A330
          Capt.A330 last edited by

          Great! Congratulations to all staff of Windy!

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            CHISPAZO Earthquake last edited by

            Great idea! Thank you so much.

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              robocops last edited by

              Thank you.

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              • ionisse
                ionisse last edited by

                Excellent job! Very useful !

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                  Fx-EDDH Meteorologist last edited by

                  I am impressed by every new feature you implement but this outshines everything! Thank you very much for this tool!
                  For optimal forecasting performance I would appreciate an option to change the diagram type from Stüve to Skew t-log p. In addition, dry and wet adiabatic lines would be very helpful for better estimating instability (see picture below for an example). Do you plan to add these options?
                  0_1540673460740_vertical sounding example.PNG

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                  • pavlos wind
                    pavlos wind last edited by

                    very comfortable, cool!

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                    • klima235
                      klima235 @Tomber42 last edited by

                      @tomber42 Yes. I found it. Thanks !!!

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                        Chobotnatec @gillie 0 | Premium last edited by

                        @gillie-0 The whole diagram shows dependency of various things depending on height and temperature. The right colored line(red ) is predicted temperature based on height. The left (blue line) shows dew point i.e. temperature at which will condense water in given height. If those two lines are in any point close to each other it will meant that at this height there will be clouds/fog, further they are apart there is smaller probability of clouds.

                        Then there are two grey lines the shallower one shows how much would cool the air with height if there were no condensation (i.e. not in cloud) the steeper one shows how it would cool if condensation would occur i.e in a cloud. Now imagine you have the bag of air and you fly with it. It will cool quite fast when going up because of expansion (gases cool down when they expand) and it would cool exactly along the shallower grey line, up until you would hit dew point (the water would start to condense), and from that point it would cool along the steeper grey line.

                        And that is it. Now you can predict storms;), if your bag would cool slower than the red line with height, it would get warmer relative to surroundings and warm air goes up so it would be warmer and warmer, and it would go faster and faster up and thats how storms are created, a lot of warm air goes up with all the moisture which then goes down as rain.

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                          Chobotnatec @Fx-EDDH | Premium last edited by

                          @fx-eddh there are dry and moist adiabates but only two (those two grey lines)

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                            TZ Administrator @Fx-EDDH last edited by

                            @fx-eddh said in Windy offers Sounding Forecast:

                            Stüve to Skew t-log p

                            Yes, we are considering switching between these "coordinate systems".

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                              liharts last edited by

                              LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!

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                              • Gkikas LGPZ
                                Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @TZ last edited by

                                @tz
                                I "vote" for skew-T log-P !

                                Question: On the bottom line of sounding forecast,
                                the "model altitude" turns red if the difference from real alt. >200m ?

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                                  TZ Administrator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by

                                  @gkikas-lgpz Exactly, it is warning, that in such cases the sounding can be misleading.
                                  The biggest problem is in mountainous regions - like in Greece in this picture:
                                  0_1540885756842_sounding-alt-diff.jpg

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                                    stitch Meteorologist @TZ | Premium last edited by

                                    @tz ... I've only really used SkewT professionally with Stuve taking a little getting used to.

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                                    • Ashishweb
                                      Ashishweb @aadhaar last edited by

                                      @aadhaar I agree with you. It is quite difficult to guess the current situation in an area in windy. There are some companies that provide current data for many locations. Windy should include this thing and display with the observation time. This would help us very much as some of the times at a particular location in windy, we see that it's raining there, whereas in reality there exists a clear sky.

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                                        lello72 last edited by

                                        bellissimo grazie

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                                        • Gkikas LGPZ
                                          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @Ashishweb last edited by

                                          @ashishweb
                                          windy already provides realtime weather observations for many locations.
                                          e.g. for airports, click on the airplane symbol

                                          0_1540929740813_1c9cb6e8-04dd-4114-b51e-f2276540f871-εικόνα.png

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                                          • RkamilC
                                            RkamilC Drone Pilot | Premium last edited by

                                            I like it. Great!!!

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