@Ondřej-Šutera

First of all, thank you so much to all of your small team for building this amazing app. Calling it an app doesn’t do it justice however. It’s very rare that I can use an app on a desktop or mobile that teaches me so much as I use it for something I’m relatively good at.

And my reference to a small team is definitely a compliment. But I know how that impacts the roadmap.

Like Apple, Fitbit, and a couple of others, Garmin has made a commitment to providing health and sport connections to the wrist that are becoming really quite amazing and helpful. Not just for Sport but medical, safety and other benefits

Garmin is a massive company, but their innovation is like a start up. Garmin customers share the same profile as Windy customers in that they’re outdoors and needing to predict the environment.

Based on Garmin reported revenue for the fitness and recreational watches segment, and estimating the ~$400 average value for the watches, Garmin sells somewhere over 5 million watches per year. This would be lucrative market for Windy to consider.

It may also be something that Garmin itself would finance as it would make their product better. Not sure what kind of partnerships they would support.

I truly believe that a Garmin integration would boost the number of Windy premium users and potentially dramatically. Garmin watches are not cheap, and neither is the intent of their users.

I hope you’ll consider this when prioritizing roadmap to create a Garmin API so we can improve the weather and Insights at a glance and twist of the wrist .

Thanks so much for all that you do. This really is one of the better apps I use on a daily basis.

As a weather geek, primarily from offshore sailing, but more recently just short local trips by boat or knowing when I have a window to hike in the mountains, I really appreciate your app. I used to compare four different weather apps that I knew were using different weather data sources, then would learn which were better for precipitation, or temperature, or wind. None are great at all three. And as I move around to different regions or countries, I have to relearn those places as well. Having the ability to see all on one page without checking each application one at a time is a dream come to life.

Thank you for the great initial product and also thank you for continuing to add components and iterate. Like radar and satellite recently

This product feels like it is made by a small, very competent and nimble team I hope it stays that way! And that it meets all the dreams and aspirations of every one of your team members. Please don’t sell to the big companies if that will stifle that growth

Hi.
Let me start by saying, once again, how much I value Windy and promoted among my sailing friends. Here are a couple of suggestions that would make it better for me at least. Probably others too

I know you are considering compatibility with CarPlay and Garmin so just another vote here for being able to use Windy on both of those platforms.

One of the things I like the most about Windy is the handful of models that I can compare. I have learned over time that in certain areas some models are better than others. Like GFS is best for precipitation, but horrible for predicting temperature. ECMWF is great for wind speed but not as good for precipitation. Over time, I have learned to bias these based on experience.

But it isn’t the same in locations as close as 10 miles away. You could do a validation of these based on forecast to actual history. At least one other weather app for sailors does this. You could take it one step further than them, by highlighting the model that is shown to be most accurate for the weather type (like wind) in that location. This would save me a few taps, which is always the sign of a great product

Another way to save a couple of tops would be to give the option to remember the Location, weather model, and “display as “ settings as the default view when I start using the app. I generally use the same “display as” in my location but showing it with the best validated model would also be helpful.

Thanks!

@davidshore
Wish I had changed that last “better” to “best” :-)

@Filip_K yes, it is, I have mMRadar working with CarPlay. Would vastly prefer Windy especially if I could choose the models

Hi.
Let me start by saying, once again, how much I value Windy and promoted among my sailing friends. Here are a couple of suggestions that would make it better for me at least. Probably others too

I know you are considering compatibility with CarPlay and Garmin so just another vote here for being able to use Windy on both of those platforms.

One of the things I like the most about Windy is the handful of models that I can compare. I have learned over time that in certain areas some models are better than others. Like GFS is best for precipitation, but horrible for predicting temperature. ECMWF is great for wind speed but not as good for precipitation. Over time, I have learned to bias these based on experience.

But it isn’t the same in locations as close as 10 miles away. You could do a validation of these based on forecast to actual history. At least one other weather app for sailors does this. You could take it one step further than them, by highlighting the model that is shown to be most accurate for the weather type (like wind) in that location. This would save me a few taps, which is always the sign of a great product

Another way to save a couple of tops would be to give the option to remember the Location, weather model, and “display as “ settings as the default view when I start using the app. I generally use the same “display as” in my location but showing it with the best validated model would also be helpful.

Thanks!

@Filip_K yes, it is, I have mMRadar working with CarPlay. Would vastly prefer Windy especially if I could choose the models

@Suty I am not a professional driver, but would very much appreciate this. Having overlays for snow and precipitation in particular.

sorry that that video has no audio. I tried a couple of times and clearly selected the microphone on button, but it hasn’t worked.

Absolutely love Windy and tell all my sailing friends who also love it now

I’ve got a couple of bugs that would love to get squashed. I am unable to load the new version of radar+ and my beta version isn’t showing the clouds, just the radar. Let me know how to reset the app, other than starting and restarting which I’ve done so that I can get the new version and give you feedback on that.

If you look at the video my screen, you’ll see that I also have a bug where I press the home button and then a saved location and I get some random spot a few hundred miles south of the location. When I go to save location it works properly. This is a minor issue and easy to work around, but I just thought I’d let you know

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HzkDSeRACjwyWnTy7

@davidshore
Wish I had changed that last “better” to “best” :-)

@Ondřej-Šutera

First of all, thank you so much to all of your small team for building this amazing app. Calling it an app doesn’t do it justice however. It’s very rare that I can use an app on a desktop or mobile that teaches me so much as I use it for something I’m relatively good at.

And my reference to a small team is definitely a compliment. But I know how that impacts the roadmap.

Like Apple, Fitbit, and a couple of others, Garmin has made a commitment to providing health and sport connections to the wrist that are becoming really quite amazing and helpful. Not just for Sport but medical, safety and other benefits

Garmin is a massive company, but their innovation is like a start up. Garmin customers share the same profile as Windy customers in that they’re outdoors and needing to predict the environment.

Based on Garmin reported revenue for the fitness and recreational watches segment, and estimating the ~$400 average value for the watches, Garmin sells somewhere over 5 million watches per year. This would be lucrative market for Windy to consider.

It may also be something that Garmin itself would finance as it would make their product better. Not sure what kind of partnerships they would support.

I truly believe that a Garmin integration would boost the number of Windy premium users and potentially dramatically. Garmin watches are not cheap, and neither is the intent of their users.

I hope you’ll consider this when prioritizing roadmap to create a Garmin API so we can improve the weather and Insights at a glance and twist of the wrist .

Thanks so much for all that you do. This really is one of the better apps I use on a daily basis.

As a weather geek, primarily from offshore sailing, but more recently just short local trips by boat or knowing when I have a window to hike in the mountains, I really appreciate your app. I used to compare four different weather apps that I knew were using different weather data sources, then would learn which were better for precipitation, or temperature, or wind. None are great at all three. And as I move around to different regions or countries, I have to relearn those places as well. Having the ability to see all on one page without checking each application one at a time is a dream come to life.

Thank you for the great initial product and also thank you for continuing to add components and iterate. Like radar and satellite recently

This product feels like it is made by a small, very competent and nimble team I hope it stays that way! And that it meets all the dreams and aspirations of every one of your team members. Please don’t sell to the big companies if that will stifle that growth