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To me, this looks like most of these changes are no new features to premium users but instead features removed from the free version.
Am I getting this right?

It is quite impressive to see (once again) how a change in management can make all the difference in the success of a product.

While the founder of Windy was a pilot and kitesurfer in need of a great weather tool, it is very obvious that the new leadership is not using their product for any real purpose, like i.e. flight preparation. Otherwise they would have figured out on there own, that the new UI broke the tool.

But as they already demonstrated with the app changes: they will not listen to the users.
So it is now time for me to move on.

@David-Polášek said in Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features:

to make Windy easier to use when you know how to use it.

Ok, so now it is me who does not know how to use your great, new UI. And it is not you who broke a perfectly working system.

Dear Ivo and team,

thanks a lot for integrating this modell.

DWD writes
"Based on model runs at 00, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18 and 21 UTC, ICON-D2 provides new 27-hour forecasts every 3 hours. The model run at 03 UTC even covers a forecast period of 45 hours."

Currently, Windy tells me
"Updated 6h ago (ref 06Z)
Next update expected at: 03:28 PM, in 0h 58m 5s
Update interval: 6 - 7 hrs
Reference time: 2021-11-10T06:00:00Z"

Could you please explain?

Best regards, Daniel

@Filip_K Wow, thanks. I must have been blind - I never noticed that.

Obviously it is very unlikely that there are "no clouds" next to a voxel of low cloud base.

I assume that it is either a renderer error, or (more likely) an artefact of the model output that clips all clouds that are < 50% coverage.

Either way, the usability of this data layer for VFR flight planning is very limited.

Wow, that was fast. Thank you very much indeed!