Legend for different color clouds
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I love this app but lack of legend makes it difficult to understand different layers of clouds. Is that information available or any setting on app I can set? I really want to learn and understand how it works but having a hard time. Please help.
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@sunilsharma0825
You can see the different cloud layers,
if you activate "more layers" ...
"high - medium - low clouds".
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Thanks a lot for your reply. This is how i usually have my screen set up but it's hard to tell difference between high, medium or low clouds in this setting. I wish there was a color legend that was displayed as well. May be it's lack of knowledge on my part but it's hard to tell what all the colors are trying to show.
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@sunilsharma0825
If you consider the Cloud base layer, you’ll get an idea of the clouds altitude. However the base altitude seems only displayed when cloud base is between 0 to 5000ft. You may also consider the Cloud tops layer.Cloud base
Cloud tops
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@sunilsharma0825 I would also like to know what the little blue dots represent on your snapshot. I haven't been able to find these mentioned anywhere.
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@n758bk
This is rain.
At bottom of @sunilsharma0825 screen shot, you see the rain amount scale, with:
Unit in mm
Qty .....1.5 - 2 - 3 - 7 - ....
Colors .....blue - green - yellow - red....
The small dots display the amount of rain predicted for the next 3 hours according this color range. -
You can also find a good description of layers here:
https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays
Regarding the "Clouds" layer. Like Idefix said, you have to consider 2 info in the same layer :
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Clouds coverage in percent from 0% (sand/gold) to 100% (white) of the sky covered by clouds.
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Rain or snow (depending on temperature) accumulation in millimeters for the next 3 hours from the selected time. This varies from 0 mm (no dots) to more than 50 mm (purple/light pink dots).
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