I'd vote for Japan Meteorological Agency's Global Spectrum Model (GSM). This is a global model with a resolution of 0.1875 degrees (approximately 20 km).
This way it benefits both Japanese locals and also global forecasters.
I'd vote for Japan Meteorological Agency's Global Spectrum Model (GSM). This is a global model with a resolution of 0.1875 degrees (approximately 20 km).
This way it benefits both Japanese locals and also global forecasters.
Hi Windy team and other Australian users.
Today I nearly fell off my chair after my jaw hit the desk.
The Windy team has added the ACCESS-G data into it's service!!
I'm so thrilled to have all the best forecast models rolled into one weather service website (the best weather provider by far).
:) :) :)
Well done Windy team for implementing the BoM data into Windy!!!
Happy forecasting to my fellow Aussies!
Hi Windy team,
I'd like to say thank you for adding another global model the the Windy service!
Windy has been my go to for weather forecasting for years now and with the introduction of a new global model to help better compare weather events It has become even more powerful!!!!!!
Thank you for adding ICON for us to use in Australia!
Hopefully we'll see more global models added to windy soon (Fingers crossed)!
Hi Windy Team,
I've been looking into the possibility of adding weather data from the Australian BoM service into the Windy service and have come across these web pages from the BoM.
It does seem that a lot of data is free to use from the below links (which is great!).
FTP Public products:
http://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/anon-ftp.shtml
and
http://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml
It also seems that Windy can use the data without any cost:
http://www.bom.gov.au/metadata/catalogue/license.shtml
BoM also seems to make the Himawari-8 satellite data free to use.
http://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml#satellite
I'm assuming this is how WillyWeather distributes its forecasting using BoM data:
https://www.willyweather.com.au/nsw/sydney/sydney.html
It would be AMAZING to have here in Australia the BoM forecast along side the ECMWF, GFS, ICON and Meteoblue forecasts.
This would help keep users from Australia within Windy :)
Thanks again to all your amazing team at Windy!!!!
Hi Windy team,
I love the new improvements to the 'Compare panel' (1hr toggle & highlighted time vertically).
Another suggestion to improve the 'Compare panel' would be to lock the left hand side info panel so that when a user scrolls along the timeline on a small screen they still know which information correspondence to each row.
Thanks again Windy team :)
@korina Thank you Korina, I love Windy and hope one day (soon hehe) to see the Australian Bureau of Meteorology weather forecast data in Windy. :)
I'm blown away with how much data is free to use!
Hi Windy team,
Another website I check for satellite imagery is https://zoom.earth/ because it has a few functions that Windy doesn't have (yet) haha
I know adding these functions into Windy would greatly help with weather forecasting and attract more users to stay within Windy for an over all experience.
Two functions that zoom.earth uses that I'd like to see Windy also add are:
1 - True colour global satellite imagery from the same sources that zoom.earth uses (NOAA GOES, JMA Himawari-8 & EUMETSAT Meteosat) that are updated every 10mins.
2 - HD satellite images produced twice daily from Suomi-NPP, and MODIS Aqua and Terra.
Hopefully we'll see these functions added into Windy in the near future?
Thank again Windy team :)
Hi Windy team,
Are there any plans in the short term to add the UKMO global forecast model to the Windy platform?
I believe it has a resolution of 17km:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/data/global-atmospheric-model-17-km-resolution.pdf
The UKMO global resolution could be better here:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model/weather-forecasting
Here is the portal for the data:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/data
Another global model would help make Windy more attractive.
Windy is the best platform for weather information because of its great UI layout!
Thanks again Team! :)
@Korina The main overlay a lot of users would like to have is Satellite & Radar please.
Another layer which would benefit users is Satellite & Rain overlay so that forecasters can confirm if Models are aligning with weather events.
Thanks @Korina :)
@idefix37 It would certainly be useful on the desktop.
I believe it would be useful for on mobile also because you can still see a full day beside the column (3hr view).
The column could shrink down to the icons (Time, Temp, Wind etc) to allow for more space for the forecasts?
I've noticed that Rainviewer has added a clever new feature that maybe Windy might implement in a future.
https://www.rainviewer.com/blog/new-layer-in-rainviewer.html
"What’s the secret? For the new layer, we get rain and snow data not from radar but from geostationary weather satellites (GOES-16). These advanced satellites can take infrared pictures of clouds and measure the temperature, height, and pressure of the cloud tops. The higher and colder the cloud with lower pressure at its top, the more likely it is to “spill over” its water content as rain or snow."
I know this feature as certain limitations but it's clever in compiling different data sources to display an outcome.
It's always interesting to see other weather service providers use of information.
I would love to see Windy implement clever "AI" features into Windy which would be alongside the main forecast models.
@Suty Thanks Suty, I've noticed that a few other websites are adding AIFS to their global forecast list.
Meteologoix has a few global models.
Meteoblue is Windys close competitor in regards to UI and large list of models offered.
Pivotal is another website giving a range of models.
@anthony10 The question is, will Windy add AIFS as another forecast model to Windy?
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/dataset/aifs-machine-learning-data
For people interested:
Medium-range data of the latest beta version of the Artificial Intelligence/Integrated Forecasting System (AIFS) are also available at a resolution of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees.
Medium-range data of the latest beta version of the AIFS are also made available at a resolution of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees. This is the resolution at which the AIFS is currently run. More information on the AIFS, including a link to access the data, is available on the AIFS machine learning data page.
“We're excited about the next step for the AIFS on the road to a full operational system, giving users data to test and use," says ECMWF’s Machine Learning Coordinator, Mat Chantry.
I’m wondering if there have been any further developments regarding the implementation of true colour imagery from Himawari in Windy’s satellite layer.
Currently, I rely on zoom.earth for Himawari’s true colour satellite images as well as daily HD images from Aqua and Terra satellites (personal preference).
Given that zoom.earth displays true colour, I’m curious if Windy could easily incorporate true colour alongside its existing layers.
https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=-29.5,158.5,4z/date=2024-02-21,08:20,+11
@jeremy-au I agree with the past/future radar prediction to flow as one continues animation.
Also adding a trigger to separate the two radar layers would be a great addition.
Hi all,
I'm wondering if it is possible to visually display the events of El Niño & La Niña on Windy?
I often see websites displaying graphs with each global country's predictions (see below).
https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/enso/current/?enso_tab=enso-sst_table
It would be great to see a visual representation of the current & forecast.
Visual examples: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/el-nino-southern-oscillation#:~:text=During an El Niño%2C wind,from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.)
This might be a silly idea, but I'm interested if other users might want to see climate drivers better displayed on Windy?
@Bryant-Almany Wow, I would definitely want this feature added to Windys radar layer. I'm look ing at https://www.rainviewer.com/weather-radar-map-live.html radar display and it is VERY useful.
I particularly like the snow displayed on the radar image.
@Suty So there is no way to overlay these two layers together?