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)!
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?
@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. :)
@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/).
Hi Windy Team,
I'm super excited that premium users have access to all 4 ECMWF run times.
A small UI suggestion I would add is to visual highlight which is the current run time (please see below) this would make it easier at a glance to see.
LOVE YOUR WORK WINDY TEAM!
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!
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
@ergun_33 unfortunately this isn't part of Windy Premium. :(
Hi Windy team,
I've been noticing this issue a few times now.
Snow is forecasted to happen at this location but on the Basic view the amount on snow (cm in depth) isn't showing.
Only when I switch to Meteogram view do I then see the depth of snow forecasted.
Thank you again Windy Team!!
Another good point to add BoM data is that it has a global forecast called:
ACCESS-G Global (approx 25km) 6 hourly to 240 hours (10 days).
ACCESS-R Regional (approx ~12km) 3 hourly to 72 hours (3 days).
ACCESS-C+ Cities (approx ~4km) 1 hourly to 36 hours (1.5 days)
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/about/about_access.shtml
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
Australian Bureau of Meteorology ACCESS-G (Global 25km) model
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/about/about_access.shtml
@callmedash Thank you! hopefully we can get more Aus weather fans to join in! :)
@anthony10 Another weather service that also displays BoM data visually is Weatherzone (again I'd much rather use Windy as its more refined).
@anthony10 Another weather service I've been using that visualizes BoM date is Meteologix (I'd much prefer Windy if it was integrated hehe).
They use the 10 day forecast available from the Bureau of Meteorology ACCESS-G model.
Just adding another link that explains the domain areas that the ACCESS models produce.
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/chart_explanation.shtml
Ideally It would be great here in Australia to the the 'ACCESS-Australia' integrated into Windy. :)
Hi Windy Team,
As this amazing service moves forward with more powerful ideas I'd like to suggest another useful option.
Satellite overlays with certain options would be really helpfully.
Adding layers like:
Pressure, Particle animation, Radar, Rain/Thunder, Temperature etc.
Please see example from below using Weatherzones Layer feature.
Thank you Windy Team :)
Press release - "The GFS resolution will increase by doubling the number of vertical levels, from 64 to 127. Improvements to atmospheric physics will enhance snow and precipitation forecasting capabilities in this latest upgrade as well."
Has NOAA release the upgrade as of now?
Do these upgrades take affect within Windy straight away?
Thank you