IMPORTANT: For Eastern Mediterranean last 2 years, the true average wind has ALWAYS been WINDY APPS: GUSTS not WIND. I am glad that I am on a ship and not sailing around here on a small yacht using WINDY. You MUST address this. WIND is app 90% of time. Gusts is app 10%. But according WINDY is the reverse. Come on Guys…. This error could cost lives.

Yours truly,
Sean

Captain Sean Whalley, MV Salmo Salar

@Suty Please do not obfuscate. Most users just look at WIND including my Ships other Captain. But the true wind is nearly ALWAYS much higher and consistent with WINDY APPS GUSTS which few look at because they correctly albeit to their peril, assume this will only be for a very short time. // I think it may boil down to your company not consulting professional Mariners (like me) and you’ve just been lucky and got away with potentially disastrous misleading wind and therefore wave, forecasting. It’s ALWAYS 15-25 % more than your WIND prediction. Hence why I only look at GUSTS. fyi I’ve often been in near gale force conditions where your app is giving Force 4-5. That’s dangerous if you’re in a small boat. Sean

@Suty I can only tell you what I have observed. All WINDY’s obfuscation re models etc is just a distraction from the fact they have got to rename GUSTS - WIND and remove WIND because there is no name for something below average!!!

@Suty I can only tell you what I have observed. All WINDY’s obfuscation re models etc is just a distraction from the fact they have got to rename GUSTS - WIND and remove WIND because there is no name for something below average!!!

@kkorona 👍will check out Windfinder. Perhaps Windy’s forecasters are Surfers vs Sailors. Important note: ALWAYS x 2 their APPS Wave height. Sean

@Suty Please do not obfuscate. Most users just look at WIND including my Ships other Captain. But the true wind is nearly ALWAYS much higher and consistent with WINDY APPS GUSTS which few look at because they correctly albeit to their peril, assume this will only be for a very short time. // I think it may boil down to your company not consulting professional Mariners (like me) and you’ve just been lucky and got away with potentially disastrous misleading wind and therefore wave, forecasting. It’s ALWAYS 15-25 % more than your WIND prediction. Hence why I only look at GUSTS. fyi I’ve often been in near gale force conditions where your app is giving Force 4-5. That’s dangerous if you’re in a small boat. Sean

IMPORTANT: For Eastern Mediterranean last 2 years, the true average wind has ALWAYS been WINDY APPS: GUSTS not WIND. I am glad that I am on a ship and not sailing around here on a small yacht using WINDY. You MUST address this. WIND is app 90% of time. Gusts is app 10%. But according WINDY is the reverse. Come on Guys…. This error could cost lives.

Yours truly,
Sean

Captain Sean Whalley, MV Salmo Salar