<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[More useful tools for weather geeks. The list of Windy plugins]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Windy Plugins, a great way to extend the functionality of <a href="https://www.windy.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Windy</a> (if you're not familiar with Windy, it's an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization that is 100% free).</p>
<p dir="auto">To load a plugin, simply insert its short name to <a href="http://www.windy.com/plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">www.windy.com/plugins</a> (or access it via <em>Install Windy plugin</em> menu item)</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>This page will be updated with new plugins regularly. <em><strong>Developer?</strong></em> You can <a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7017/develop-windy-plugin-to-extend-functionality-of-windy">code your own plugin</a> too!</strong></p>
<h3>Airspaces</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>airspaces</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7242/we-have-first-plugin-here-thanks-rittels/1">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/windy-airspaces.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: Airspaces plugin by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>;" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">The first ever Windy plugin! The name says it all. Airspaces plugin adds <strong>airspaces</strong>, the portions of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, to any map on Windy. It extends the picker with airspace's info.</p>
<h3>Density Altitude</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>da</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7568/density-altitude/1">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/windy-da-plugin-qnh-temp-humidity-dew-point.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: Density Altitude plugin by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">Extends the picker with <strong>density altitude</strong> data. The density altitude is the air density given as a height above mean sea level. The density altitude can also be considered to be the pressure altitude adjusted for a non-standard temperature.</p>
<h3>Flight Planner</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>fp</code> (<a href="https://www.windy.com/articles/weather-forecast-flight-planning-and-air-spaces-at-once-a-great-extension-for-pilots-9071" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/articles/flight-planning.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: Flight Planner plugin developed by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">Weather forecast, flight planning and airspaces at once. A great extension for pilots. To get started, <a href="https://www.windy.com/articles/weather-forecast-flight-planning-and-air-spaces-at-once-a-great-extension-for-pilots-9071" rel="nofollow ugc">read this short tutorial on how to use Flight Planner</a>.</p>
<h3>iWaethar Stations (South African Weather Stations)</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>iw</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7674/windy-plugin-iw">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/iweathar-co-za.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: iWaethar Stations plugin developed by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">It's great feature to have observed weather data and the forecast at your fingertips, just as you have it on Windy. On other hand, it's not trivial to set up a weather station properly and wrong setup can easily kill the reliability of the reported data.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>iWeathar Stations</strong> plugin solves this problem for <strong>South Africa</strong>, providing data from <a href="http://iweathar.co.za" rel="nofollow ugc">iweathar.co.za</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">Once you'll load this plugin, you can access iWeathar weather stations via context menu (right click on a map). Click on the station to open its details in the left pane.</p>
<h3>SA Weather Service Warnings</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>saws-warnings</code> (<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/windy-plugin-saws-warnings" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/south-african-weather-warnings.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: iWaethar Warnings plugin developed by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">Similarly as the <strong>iWeathar Stations</strong>, another plugin by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a>, <strong>SA Weather Service Warnings</strong> plugin  provides the data from <a href="http://iweathar.co.za" rel="nofollow ugc">iweathar.co.za</a>, in this case the weather warnings.</p>
<h3>SkewT</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>skewt</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7541/windy-plugin-skewt-now-running-with-ecmwf-data/1">plugin's page</a>) <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/johnckealy" aria-label="Profile: johnckealy">@<bdi>johnckealy</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/skew-t-sounding-diagram.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: SkewT plugin by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: johnckealy" />@<bdi>johnckealy</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">Although Windy has its own <em>Sounding diagram</em> built in, you may prefer a Skew-T style diagram. Then you'll love the SkewT plugin by John Kealy. Great for thunderstorms forecasting.</p>
<h3>Sun position</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>sun-position</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/9017/sun-position-plugin/1">plugin's page</a>) <em>coded by @jacobjo</em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/sunrise-sunset-sun-position.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: Sundial, sunrise and sunset times by @jacobjo" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Sun position plugin adds <em>sundial</em> to Windy's picker. Moreover, if you'll activate the Sun Position layer, you'll get details about <strong>sunset and sunrise times</strong>. <a href="https://www.windy.com/articles/track-the-sun-s-position-and-sunrise-sunset-times-with-windy-9024?temp,32.176,-73.037,3,i:pressure" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more...</a></p>
<h3>Trajectory</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>traj</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7888/anybody-working-on-a-trajectory-plugin">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/windy-trajectory-plugin.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: Trajectory plugin by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">For hot air ballooners and aviation geeks, <strong>air trajectories</strong> are the tool of choice. Trajectories show the air movement for the selected altitude level. Now available on Windy.</p>
<h3>WaterWatch (USA river flows)</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Short name</strong>: <code>waterwatch</code> (<a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/8495/river-flows/2">plugin's page</a>)  <em>coded by <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a></em></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/waterwatch-streamflow-plugin.jpg" alt="photo: Windy.com; desc: WaterWatch, a streamflow plugin developed by &lt;a class=" aria-label="Profile: rittels" />@<bdi>rittels</bdi>" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /&gt;</p>
<p dir="auto">Watch the rivers flow. <strong>WaterWatch</strong> plugin extends any Windy layer with real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year (United States). Data by USGS, see legend below.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://gallery.windy.com/albums/a/streamflow-ptile_dot.gif" alt="photo:USGS;desc: Streamflow datapoints legend" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/topic/9030/more-useful-tools-for-weather-geeks-the-list-of-windy-plugins</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:23:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.windy.com/topic/9030.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:55:20 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to More useful tools for weather geeks. The list of Windy plugins on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 22:52:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/katrin1410" aria-label="Profile: Katrin1410">@<bdi>Katrin1410</bdi></a> It's mostly a) via right click menu or b) "More layers" at right bottom of the screen</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/26514</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/26514</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[pavelneuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 22:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to More useful tools for weather geeks. The list of Windy plugins on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:24:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">HI, installed a few of the great plugins, but am unable to find them in windy,.How can I use them ?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/26504</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/26504</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katrin1410]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:24:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to More useful tools for weather geeks. The list of Windy plugins on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:52:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rittels" aria-label="Profile: rittels">@<bdi>rittels</bdi></a> <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/johnckealy" aria-label="Profile: johnckealy">@<bdi>johnckealy</bdi></a> @jacobjo what are your <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/handles" aria-label="Profile: handles">@<bdi>handles</bdi></a> on Twitter? ;)</p>
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