Windy.com URL Parameters

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If you want to link to Windy.com from your application, use following URL format. All lat, long are in simple number format, but they MUST have decimal part present. So for example latitude 50 degrees, must be written as 50.0.

There are two types of URL:

The first type of URL opens detail of location, loads a plugin or do some other serious action. This type of URL uses path (for example www.windy.com/LKPR).
The second type of URL defines how the map will look like and uses query string (for example www.windy.com/?temp,50.1,14.14,6).

Both types of URL can be combined, so you can open Windy with forecast detail on the right side and define parameters of the map on the left side.

Open weather detail

https://www.windy.com/lat/lon

Opens weather detail in RH pane.
Example: https://www.windy.com/46.445/9.533

https://www.windy.com/ICAO

Opens airport detail with METAR, TAF in RH pane. ICAO must be valid airport code, either in lowercase or uppercase.
Example: https://www.windy.com/KICT

Define state of the map

State of the map is defined in a query string, that has following format https://www.windy.com/?overlay,level,time,lat,lon,zoom,d:picker

Except for lat,lon,zoom that are required and must go in this order, all are other params are voluntary and can be defined in any order.

https://www.windy.com/?lat,lon,zoom

Centre and zoom a map to specific coordinates.
Example: https://www.windy.com/?36.908,-93.049,8

https://www.windy.com/?lat,lon,zoom,d:picker

Center and zoom a map to specific coordinates, but adds a marker in coordinates. It can be useful for linking to Windyty from ship-tracking, or other tracking application.
Example: https://www.windytv.com/?36.908,-93.049,8,d:picker

https://www.windy.com/distance/lat1,lon1;lat2,lon2;lat3,lon3

Opens distance & planning tool with a track.
Major improvement is also the fact, that now you can share or even open Windy with some track, just by constructing track in URL. The format is simple. Just use semicolon separated coordinates, where lat and lon are separated by comma. Example:

https://www.windy.com/?overlay,level,lat,lon,zoom

Opens defined overlay at desired level.
Example of values for some of overlays are: wind, temp, pressure, clouds, rh, gust, snow, lclouds, rain, snowcover, waves, swell, wwaves, swellperiod.
Allowed values for levels are: surface, 975h, 950h, 925h, 900h, 850h, 750h, 700h, 550h, 450h, 350h, 300h, 250h, 200h, 150h. So far, only a few overlay support higher levels.
Examples: https://www.windy.com/?temp,36.908,-93.049,8 and https://www.windy.com/?wind,900h,36.908,-93.049,8

https://www.windy.com/?model,overlay,lat,lon,zoom

Opens Windy with selected model and overlay
Example: https://www.windy.com/?arome,gust,50.083,14.467,5

https://www.windy.com/?lat,lon,zoom,i:isolines

Opens Windy with selected isolines
Example: https://www.windy.com/?50.050,14.400,5,i:pressure

https://www.windy.com/?lat,lon,zoom,p:off

Opens Windy with disabled particles animation

https://www.windy.com/?time,lat,lon,zoom

Opens forecast for a defined time. Time is in UTC, must have following format YYYY-MM-DD-HH, where HH has following allowed values: 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21, and we do not support past time. If you decide to make queries with defined time, make yourself sure, that required time has its data file on our server, not to create a lot of 404 errors. Remember we do not store history data.
Example: https://www.windy.com/?2015-11-23-15,36.908,-93.049,8

https://www.windy.com/screenshot?50.083,14.467,5,i:pressure

Launches Windy in screenshot making mode, where query string has the same meaning as usual. Can be used in association with annotations or high particles.
Examples: https://www.windy.com/screenshot/annotation:5c57db5a4d91730008f908d5;?50.083,14.467,5 and https://www.windy.com/screenshot/annotation:5c57db5a4d91730008f908d5;highParticles:true?50.083,14.467,5