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!

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.

https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Activities/nwp.html

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!!!!

@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,

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! :)

Completed my survey :)

I've just noticed some small design changes while using Windy but something that catch my eye was this 'Previous update' marker in the detail section.

Does this mean Windy is now showing the 6 hour intervals for ECMWF forecast for premium users?

@Gkikas-LGPZ Hi Gkikas,
I'm not sure which Satellite service is Windy using to provide its images.
I'm hoping they'll use the Himawari-8 data and images as the quality is amazing (Please see our governments satellite service http://satview.bom.gov.au/).

@Tomber42 I would also like to see the FV3 being shown in the Clock info panel, something like (GFS - FV3) just to be more clear. :)

Hi Windy Team,

As an avid user of Windy, I was hoping that you might share any new features that are being added into Windy for 2023?

Anything that would get the Windy community excited about?

Thanks again Windy team :)

Re: 3D mode - Satellite

Any further news about implementing Satellite & Radar into the 3D view?

Absolutely love this idea! It would make it easier at a glance to compare the differences between the models.

Also, the ability to select different layers across those 4 panels would be incredible!

Vote +1 from me.

@Korina I can confirm that the new UKMO-10 is a global 10km resolution forecast model (6 day forecast length).

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model/weather-forecasting

Also being used on other weather platforms:
https://www.meteoblue.com/en/blog/article/show/39965_Highest+resolution+global+model+-+UKMO+10+km

@dodohjk 10km UKM02 global model would be great! Hopefully Windy has this on their sort list! :)

@Korina Any news about implementing new satellite layers to Windy
(True Colour, Radar overlay, Ice/Flood/Fire, Enhanced Infrared etc?).

I'm really excited to see Satellite added to the 3D view too.

Completed my survey :)

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! :)

Hi Windy team,

I’ve noticed that the ACCESS model forecast for Australia hasn’t updated for over a 24 hours (usually every 6-7 hours).

The ACCESS data is still updating on other platforms so maybe it’s a glitch on the Windy servers?

Thanks again Windy team :)

Hi Windy team,

Would it be possible to lock the panel on the left so that when we scroll on mobile we can still see the relative models against the forecasts?

Thanks Windy team :)