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      Milan_01 last edited by

      Hello, I like windy but cannot find the model orography (model terrain elevation) in the meteograms. It is important, because model reprezentation of orography differs from the actual one, sometimes considerably. Am I missing something?

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        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Milan_01 last edited by idefix37

        @Milan_01
        You have the possibility to get the model altitude for a location when you choose Sounding. Click on mouse right button.

        38DB03E9-8844-496D-ACFE-5628CCFCAB4C.jpeg

        In this example, there is a big difference between the location altitude (571m) and the model altitude (1045m). This means that temperature, snowfall ... will be wrong for this place.
        Unfortunately, this information is only available for ECMWF model. So, I agree with you, it should necessary to have this information for all models, in the Meteogram, because it’s important in mountains.
        To get a better forecast, I use to find a near location with the same altitude and a right model altitude, then put it in my Favorites with a new name. But that’s not possible everywhere.

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          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @idefix37 last edited by

          @idefix37
          @ivo
          Something like that?
          9bd703ba-b150-4188-a750-687991791e82-εικόνα.png

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            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by idefix37

            @Gkikas-LGPZ
            Exactly, that should be useful, for each model.

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              Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @idefix37 last edited by

              @idefix37
              I've suggested that 2 years ago
              https://community.windy.com/topic/4513/what-elevation-for-spot-forecasts/9

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                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by idefix37

                @Gkikas-LGPZ
                I remember because it’s one of my concerns about high-altitude weather forecasts, but your suggestion was not taken into account

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                  Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @idefix37 last edited by

                  @idefix37
                  @TomSlavkovsky
                  I would like to raise the matter of showing model's altitude into meteograms
                  as I proposed here
                  https://community.windy.com/topic/7929/model-altitude/3

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                  • idefix37
                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by

                    @Gkikas-LGPZ

                    I strongly support your request

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