@br33z3r said in radar future forecast:
I find it maddening because the term "Forecast model" is an expression used by meteorologists for predicting weather on their radar map, so I find Windy's use of the same expression disingenuous.
Sorry to say you are wrong. The “weather forecasting models” used by meteorologists do not predict a radar map (except simulated reflectivity). Weather models predict rain, wind, temperature, humidity, cloud cover, etc.
A radar is a tool for visualizing current precipitation, nothing else.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radar
The radar does not predict future precipitation (rain, snow or hail). So why do weather apps display the so-called “future radar”? It's just an extrapolation of the radar loop, using an algorithm that assumes that the rain from the last hour viewed by the real radar will be the same for the next hour but moving with the same motion!! You don't need a weather model to do this.
Windy, under pressure from users, now offers this type of “future radar”.
All you have to do is select the Radar layer and then click on the red timeline.
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