@Suty I often check the update time for different models. It is now more work to do so.
The recent interface changes, as others are writing above and below, are a big disappointment.

@jan-heitmann
I would disagree. That's for the tv weatherman. Fronts are only sometimes distinct, more often it is a gradual change of air masses. Where to put the 'line' is somewhat arbitrary.
The wind and temp. maps give a good idea of the changes.

@David-Polášek: Correct, the rain acc tab has become a drag.
The previous method was easier to use but I see the drag method can offer more information.

@Joseph-Heckler
Working normally now. Perhaps had something to do with reported Google outage.

@Chinook19
Chiming in.. In my case I recall receiving email notification of pending charge for re-subscribe. No complaints.

@Joseph-Heckler
Working normally now. Perhaps had something to do with reported Google outage.

Similar here. Almost nothing works except current radar and sat. I'm not techy but this has never happened before. Error messages appear instantly. Restarting computer didn't help. Thank you.

@Suty I've studied the forecast radar, and satellite. It's obvious that it simply extrapolates the current conditions and movement speed. As we know precipitation, especially thunder showers, morph into areas of greater or lesser intensity, sometimes very quickly and unpredictably. So there's that.
The satellite forecast could be improved if cloud altitudes were taken into account. I've observed where high clouds were moving much faster than low clouds. The forecast satellite seems to extrapolate areas rather than altitudes- causes an inaccuracy.

@pdonatto Clear evidence, the West is finished.

@Vio-Oprea said in Changing the default forecast provider:

I live in Europe and for me ECMWF is not the best data provider for forecast I can get in Windy. I have always charged from default to another data provider, so I think it would be a good idea to implement a choice for user from default to favorite. When my favorite data provider doesn’t exist for a specific zone of the world then the app can switch automatically to default.

Thank you

I would like to be able to choose my default model. The ECMWF is the least useful of all of them. It is less precise and has the longest update cycle. I always have to immediately click to HRRR or NAM to see what I want to see, and then repeat when I go back and forth from the sat. or radar. to a forecast map. Plus, being the American that I am, I don't trust the Europeans to predict my weather (only joking).

@David-Polášek: Correct, the rain acc tab has become a drag.
The previous method was easier to use but I see the drag method can offer more information.

@Suty I often check the update time for different models. It is now more work to do so.
The recent interface changes, as others are writing above and below, are a big disappointment.

@jan-heitmann
I would disagree. That's for the tv weatherman. Fronts are only sometimes distinct, more often it is a gradual change of air masses. Where to put the 'line' is somewhat arbitrary.
The wind and temp. maps give a good idea of the changes.

I look at Windy everyday. If I was paying attention it could have saved us some grief. We had a flash flood. After the damage was done I noticed the 'watches and warnings' maps. We were listed in a flash flood warning zone. If I was on the ball we could have moved some things out of the way.

• • • To the subject of premium...I am considering it but unsure of how much different it would be than the free side. It would be nice if Windy offered something like a 24 hour free trial. It would help me decide.