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    • S
      stitch Meteorologist | Premium
      last edited by

      Hi @marekd ,

      could you check the "Freezing Level" line/trace in the cross-section display for the correct plotted height?

      I have attached a screen shot (below) showing the EC forecast freezing height at Cootamundra (see picker) as 3000ft.
      The cross-section freezing height line is up near the 2000m/6000ft level at the same point. The height of the topography is ~420m.

      It doesn't look right????

      ![alt text](15aebdf3-524e-4e7a-9b0e-a8f4e34cc11a-image.png

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      • L
        leerunge | Premium
        last edited by

        Hi, First off thanks so much for the hard work on Windy, it's my favorite weather app/site and I'm always recommending it to friends!

        Would it be possible to import .kml or even better google maps routes (or something similar) for long distance road trips to get the wx along the route? The point by point works but it would be far easier to just import based off a currently planned route from a .gpx or .kml.

        Thanks!

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        • LalalaralynL
          Lalalaralyn
          last edited by Lalalaralyn

          Does this mean you can plot out an ideal path based on weather criteria? Because I've been using the app to find the coolest place to camp each night as I make way through the desert, and it's pretty tedious. Can I now say, "this is my destination" and "find the relative coolest point along the route" (taking into consideration the temperature at 10pm, and also at 10am the next day)? That would be rad if I can do that!

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          • LalalaralynL
            Lalalaralyn @marekd
            last edited by

            @marekd How do I use this? I don't see "distance & planning" anywhere in the menus...

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            • SpirareS
              Spirare | Premium
              last edited by

              Great job...however I could not find how to set distance in nautical miles (NM) for boats !?!

              Sergio

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              • siimS
                siim @Gkikas LGPZ
                last edited by

                @Spirare

                @Gkikas-LGPZ said in Windy launches Route Planner:

                d78795c7-300f-4dbb-bd5e-e708fe2a5900-εικόνα.png

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                • SpirareS
                  Spirare | Premium
                  last edited by

                  Got it !
                  Great, I like this new feature a lot...used it to plan our passage across the Tasman Sea from Hobart - Australia to Nelson New Zealand last May.
                  Regards,

                  Sergio

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                  • bobbymcdB
                    bobbymcd | Premium
                    last edited by

                    How can we modify Boat's speed/Sailpolars ?

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                    • marekdM
                      marekd Administrator @Gkikas LGPZ
                      last edited by

                      @Gkikas-LGPZ It is not so easy. It depends on values around, on geopotential height, on the decrease in value with height and more... But here is a picture with imprinted values. Hope it is what you need :-)

                      Screenshot 2019-08-08 at 17.32.25.jpg

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                      • Gkikas LGPZG
                        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @marekd
                        last edited by Gkikas LGPZ

                        @marekd
                        Thank you.

                        I thought it is something like this (where the green shades depict R.H >70%)
                        472b8926-6f2b-4524-b7c6-56260a338b23-εικόνα.png

                        In Windy's VFR route planner the grey shades seem to stand for R.H. aprox. >90%

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                        • edson.eustachioE
                          edson.eustachio @edson.eustachio
                          last edited by

                          @marekd I saw you guys have changed the behavior of mapping and planning feature to keep the point position visible while we drag it over the map. Now the new feature is perfect for my experience.

                          Thanks a lot and congratulations again!!

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                          • nicotomN
                            nicotom
                            last edited by

                            It's very interesting and relevant but i would prefer the distances in nautical miles for the boat.

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                            • W
                              w.schroeder | Premium
                              last edited by

                              Thank you very much for this excellent program and the features enculded. In the new feature for the routes or waypoints you show the weather along.
                              A servere problem for pilots (IFR) is - to know the tops where you get out of clouds. So if it would be possible to show the clouds (bottom to top layer) along the route it would be phantastic.

                              Best Regards
                              Wolfgang

                              w.schroeder

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                              • Gkikas LGPZG
                                Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @nicotom
                                last edited by

                                @nicotom
                                https://community.windy.com/topic/9013/windy-launches-route-planner/52

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                                • Gkikas LGPZG
                                  Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @w.schroeder
                                  last edited by

                                  @w-schroeder
                                  Cloud tops and bases are already provided in route planner.
                                  Unfortunatelly the forecast models are not so good on these parameters.

                                  8629faa8-1973-4e49-9c85-1a0e21c9b906-εικόνα.png

                                  Personally, I read these data with caution (fog forecast, too).

                                  Although cloud top forecast is difficult to compute,
                                  cloud tops computations for "now" (real time) is easy, using INFRA+ satellite images and soundings.
                                  https://community.windy.com/topic/8960/suggestion-ability-to-change-units-in-infra

                                  I hope developers will add the ability to read cloud top temperature, using the picker.
                                  https://community.windy.com/topic/8820/windy-launches-satellite-layer/22

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                                  • mhaberlerM
                                    mhaberler | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    super useful - I look forward using this in winter for long-distance balloon rides!

                                    a suggestion:

                                    for "Share", would it be possible to include the use case ("Car, hiking", "VFR flight", "Boat") in the link to be shared?

                                    reason: when briefing a bunch of pilots, everybody should see the same view without further clicking around

                                    thanks!

                                    Michael

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                                    • ZeppZ
                                      Zepp | Premium
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for this useful feature. Is it possible to also include the relative time/speed? It's because when I plan a route I always see "covered distance - time - weather"

                                      Say, if I leave at 06:00 and after 4 hour I cover 25nm, all I can see is the distance bar, yet I cannot see the time hence weather forecast at 10:00 on that particular position

                                      I hope I explained myself well

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                                      • U
                                        Ulrich Begemann
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello

                                        The routing function looks very promising. But for a sailor it is uninteresting to know how the actual weather is at the destination 300 nm away for example. It would be great, if on the basis of a speed indication of the boat the weather would be determined, which is to be expected with the arrival of the boat at the respective place.

                                        Regrads

                                        Ulrich

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                                        • GuileG
                                          Guile @marekd | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          @marekd Thanks for the up grade and the great new tool.If possible, could we have a nautical mile option for the boating ?

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                                          • mhaberlerM
                                            mhaberler | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            some drumbeating: https://blog.mah.priv.at/index.php/2019/08/14/custom-cross-sections-with-windy/

                                            great job, folks!

                                            Michael

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