@Piper-J3
On ForeFlight, I understand that these altitudes are the top of the radar echo, not exactly the top of clouds.
Anyway, on Windy the Satellite layer displays the cloud top temperature which is a direct information on the cloud top altitude and so on the severity of thunderstorms (orange and mainly red)
@Piper-J3
These are actual clouds. Satellites show actual clouds.
Your title is Weather Radar. Weather radars show actual precipitation.
All the other layers are visualization of forecasted data, but not observed data.
So to which layer do you refer?
@rekel
You probably refer to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) which is a cylindrical tangent projection but with the axis of the cylinder perpendicular to the North-South axis?
This projection has many disadvantages:
https://gisgeography.com/utm-universal-transverse-mercator-projection/
@Piper-J3
You get it if you choose INFRA+ with the satellite view
https://community.windy.com/topic/8820/windy-launches-satellite-layer/16
@Jibi
At least concerning the Wind, you can use Reported wind which are weather stations observations and compare them to the wind forecasts at actual time. I find the Wind layer forecast quite good.
(with customized colors)
@drake19
Hurricane Michael hit USA and Central America in October 2018 !
@01JollyRoger
BTW have you checked that Pressure is ON ?
@orome
There is no user guide available. So if you have precise questions about the Meteogram we will to answer them.
@jidanni
If you find a real bug, of course you can report it in the « Bug reports » section.
But for example your message above about clock icon is absolutely not a bug !
And of all the messages you posted, most are not bugs but just negative comments.
Hope you have understood the community message.
@electronweather
Oh sorry I should have seen that your post was in the API section
@postman01
Jet-streams are high speed winds which are observed in the high troposphere.
So in Windy, if you select the Wind layer and move the altitude slider to an altitude corresponding to 300 or 250 hPa, you get a « jetstream layer »
For example today, the ECMWF shows this wind field at 250 hPa. (here with customized colors)
In addition You can display Geopotential isolines.
Click on More layers... in the right menu
@jidanni
You have left here about 50 messages all critical.
You cannot be positive from time to time??
Do you feel better in the morning when you have found a way to criticize one or two more things? I hope that around you you have created a wonderful world without any flaws (in your opinion)
As told @jmh2002 you take the risk to be definitely banish from this forum.
@RangdeBasanti
You are right, the cyclonic activity in the Atlantic is very low this year. But it could change this autumn according to this article:
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/All-Quiet-Atlantic-Dry-Stable-Air-Rules?cm_ven=cat6-widget
@Huw-Griff
Yes exactly. I have modified the wind layer colors for a more intuitive perception. The steps of this color scale are based on the Beaufort scale that mariners know. But every one can understand it easily.
If you like these colors, here is the way to use these settings:
https://community.windy.com/topic/7233/wind-settings-for-sailors
@Huw-Griff
They have changed strategy and are now sailing crosswind to bypass the anticyclone by the South. At this point of sail the speed has increased significantly
@x_320
Weather radars locate precipitation like droplets of rain, snow or hail.
Lighting strikes are detected by interconnected networks of spaced sensors.
Tornadoes are rotating column of high speed wind below thunderstorm cloud. There is no sensor or device able to detect them. Only an analyse of risk can be done by Meteorological Services.
https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/detection/
As shown in this page the signature of a tornadoe is often a hook shape in the radar image. You may try to find it on Windy Radar. But in any case it is better to rely on National Weather Service warnings.
@kstoehr24
So what you want is a Routing App, like SailGrib or Squid Mobile apps or similar (they are several).
https://www.sailgrib.com/
https://www.squid-sailing.com/en/
One of the problem is that Windy would have to include polar plot or polar diagram for many models of sailing boats, racing and pleasure boats, including for your boat otherwise you would be very disappointed.
What is a polar plot? (Click on Fig.1 and scroll)
https://www.mysailing.com.au/cruising/what-use-are-a-yacht-s-polar-plot-for-cruising
This is a large library to update regularly.
