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That may well be, but as an English speaker, and the language being used is English, the appropriate meaning of “basic” is “forming an essential foundation or starting point.” As Windy has the ECMWF model as it’s default, the impression of the description on the Windy forecasts is that the GFS is somehow inferior, simple, limited. In fact, in several ways, the GFS gives a more useful service to me as a sailor than ECMWF.
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RE: Windy description of GFSposted in General Discussion
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Windy description of GFSposted in General Discussion
Windy describes the GFS as a “Basic model.” This is incorrect. The GFS calculates in a 13 km grid at 127 levels with a ceiling of about 80 km. Calculation of the physics is highly complex. Can I suggest that Windy re-phrases it’s comments.