@idefix37 That's a very good question, I wasn't aware of the situation on the Meteoblue website. Thanks for pointing it out.
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RE: An idea to create some basic layers based on METEOBLUE forecast model
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RE: Lightning symbols in Rain/thunder layer for all weather models
@Filip_K Thanks for the comprehensive reply. Out of curiosity, how do the NOAA models decide to show a thunderstorm forecast in the detailed forecast panel for a location? Maybe could that decision algorithm be implemented to show the lightning symbols in the layer, instead of using an explicit parameter from NOAA (which isn't provided)? Thanks again!
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Lightning symbols in Rain/thunder layer for all weather models
Hello! I still remember when the Rain/Thunder layer for the models of the ICON family didn't have any lightning symbols in the areas where thunderstorms were forecasted. These lightning symbols were later added, and this was a much appreciated addition, because one can see at a glance where thunderstorms are forecasted in an area.
I'd like to suggest that something similar should be done with other weather models, such as the North American ones (GFS, NAM, HRRR, HRDPS), especially because North America is particularly prone to severe thunderstorms. Visualizing the lightning symbols in the Rain/Thunder layer would immediately help North American users understand where the thunderstorms will potentially be without clicking each area with precipitation to see the detailed forecast panel.
I don't know how the lightning symbols were added to the models in the ICON family, but maybe this could be done in any model by adding a lightning symbol at a location in the map if the corresponding detailed forecast panel shows thunderstorms.
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An idea to create some basic layers based on METEOBLUE forecast model
Hello! Thank you for always improving Windy! I'm well aware that the METEOBLUE forecast model in the detailed forecast panel is a non-gridded model. However, maybe the information reported for METEOBLUE in the Basic tab of the detailed forecast panel could still be used to create a few METEOBLUE map layers. Indeed, every point in the globe has a detailed METEOBLUE forecast, reporting temperature, precipitation (with type), wind and wind gusts. Now, in principle one could think of constructing a few layers (wind, wind gusts, temperature, rain/thunder + some derived ones, such as wind accumulation, rain accumulation, new snow, precipitation type), where for each location in the map one sees the corresponding value reported in the METEOBLUE detailed forecast panel.
In other words, these METEOBLUE based layers would serve as a graphical representation of the data present in the METEOBLUE detailed forecast panel. I think this graphical representation would be particularly useful to understand weather evolution and patterns. Could this be potentially implemented?