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    • grantonthefly
      grantonthefly last edited by

      The plugin is incredible Viclo, thank you

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      • vicb
        vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

        Happy that you like it @grantonthefly

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        • grantonthefly
          grantonthefly last edited by

          Hopefully, we will get the functionality to able to load it from the windy quick menu on desktop instead of from menu bar everytime. Are you able to access your plugin on mobile?

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          • vicb
            vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

            The fastest way to load the plugin is to visit https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding then you click on load an done.

            It also works on mobile if you use a browser - unfortunately it doesn't work with the mobile app for security reason.

            Note that because almost nobody knows how to load plugins in a mobile browser the plugin is not well suited for mobile yet but that's something I plan to work on over the coming month.

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            • idefix37
              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @vicb last edited by

              @vicb said in Sounding Plugin - for paraglider pilots:

              It also works on mobile if you use a browser

              Hi, I use an iPad with the mobile browser (chrome) from time to time. How to load plugins by this way?

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              • vicb
                vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                @vicb said in Sounding Plugin - for paraglider pilots:

                visit https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding

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                • idefix37
                  idefix37 Sailor Moderator @vicb last edited by idefix37

                  @vicb
                  Thanks, your link works for me to get the Sounding Plugin on mobile browser on iPad.
                  Then further to this plugin, I have finally found how to get all plugins via mobile browser. Bookmark this URL on mobile browser, not in the app:
                  https://www.windy.com/plugins?47.398,0.704,5

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                  • MarkRD
                    MarkRD last edited by

                    Hi @vicb,

                    I noticed that the cloud level altitude (on the right) and the altitude scale (on the left) don't seem to match up. Do they use different units, or represent different things?

                    Screenshot 2020-10-01 at 13.10.34.png

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                    • MarkRD
                      MarkRD @MarkRD last edited by

                      Seems to perhaps be more noticeable when the zoom is off...

                      Screenshot 2020-10-01 at 13.14.50.png

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                      • vicb
                        vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                        Definitely a bug. I created https://github.com/vicb/windy-plugin-sounding/issues/6 and will work on it soon. Thanks for reporting.

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                        • vicb
                          vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                          Hey @MarkRD could you please let me know what location and time lead to the bug ? I have problem to reproduce the issue.

                          The could base altitude that is see matches the actual altitude in my tests (when you hover on the graph you can see the altitude on the horizontal bar and the cloud base matches that at +/- 100m but that is due to rounding error).

                          What you pic shows is different. 3100m as no reason to be below 3000m.

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                          • MarkRD
                            MarkRD @vicb last edited by

                            @vicb The location was S26 10'09'', E28 0'35''. Unfortunately, I don't know which GFS forecast time it was for exactly but it would have been for one of the hours yesterday (1st Oct 2020) - I'm not sure how to get the time slider to go back a day on windy.com.

                            I will keep an eye out for if I see something like it again (all my sounding plots today look fine with the cloud base altitude reflecting values within the vertical axis as one would expect). If I do see it again, I will add a comment on your issues page with more complete information (location, date, model, forecast hour etc) - apologies for that.

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                            • MarkRD
                              MarkRD @vicb last edited by

                              @vicb I posted another instance I found on your github issue page. I hope it helps. I'm a bit suspicious that it happens with the same altitude again (in a different location).

                              I've only ever seen it happening with the GFS model, not ECWMF yet, if that is of any help.

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                              • vicb
                                vicb Paraglider @MarkRD | Premium last edited by

                                @MarkRD Thanks a lot.

                                As I replied on github you have identified a bug in the plugin. It comes from the fact that the relation between altitude and pressure is not linear.

                                I need some time to think about the best possible fix. Probably a few days.

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                                • MarkRD
                                  MarkRD @vicb last edited by

                                  @vicb No rush! Thanks for a cool plugin.

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                                  • vicb
                                    vicb Paraglider @vicb | Premium last edited by

                                    The plugin now works better on mobile and tablets.

                                    As a reminder plugins do not work on the installed mobile apps but you can use them by loading windy in a web browser on your mobile or tablet.

                                    Visit https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding to load the plugin on a mobile device.

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                                    • rittels
                                      rittels Code contributor @vicb | Premium last edited by

                                      @vicb

                                      Excellent! Works well.

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                                      • Yves70
                                        Yves70 Meteorologist @rittels | Premium last edited by

                                        @vicb
                                        How do you select another location than the favorite, without closing the plugin ?

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                                        • Yves70
                                          Yves70 Meteorologist @Yves70 | Premium last edited by

                                          @vicb
                                          Sorry, I found it, it is still possible to open it via the picker

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                                          • vicb
                                            vicb Paraglider | Premium last edited by

                                            Thanks for the nice feedback @rittels - and thanks for your help !

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