@stitch It would've been cool to make a parcel ascent... the issue was that the skewt is transparent, so I'm not sure how to make parts of it clickable. Hopefully I'll figure it out someday!

Same here! It is indeed an honour, and thanks for sorting that with ECMWF. By the way, I've just published the latest version of windy-plugin-skewt (vn0.4.0). @ivo would you prefer to just keep one stable core version of each plugin, or are you happy to incorporate plugin updates over time?

@stitch sorry it took so long, but I've added that fix you asked for, the one relating to the forecast obscuring the skewt. It wasn't as elegant as I'd hoped, I just made it smaller! However, I've now also added a zoom function for the lower part of the sounding. :)

I noticed you had added a parcel trajectory too @vicb; I was wondering, how does it work? The parcel seems to have an origin temperature that is different from the surface temperature, so what is it based on?

Hi all,

I've just finished my placement at MetService New Zealand and I'm ready to get back to some plugin fun! It's a real shame about the ECMWF data loader, though knowing EC, I guess I can see their point of view.

@vicb and I talked very briefly a few weeks back about collaborating. My suggestion would be this: how about if @vicb and I were to work on a new skewt/better sounding hybrid plugin? We could incorporate the best of both, have a nice zoom feature, a tick box for paraglider settings, cloud, options for wind arrows or barbs, mouseover data, mintra lines, customisable wind limits, etc.

We could ask @ivo about the best way to write it so that it fits easily into the windy codes as a fully functional internal windy plugin, and not just an external one (are there really that many casual windy users who know about external plugins anyway?). Since @ivo is quite busy, now might be a good time to do it. And I'm sure @Gkikas-LGPZ and @rittels would be happy to help us test it properly.

@vicb, if you prefer to keep better sounding and skewt separate, that's totally fine too. I'll start working on the new version of skewt if that's the case (I still haven't implemented the code suggestions you gave me ages ago, I plan to get into that stuff this week). But having one mega plugin that does it all and is fully available within the main windy site would be super cool, and I'd personally really get a kick out of seeing my work used like that.

This is all a huge learning experience for me as an aspiring meteorological developer, and it's awesome for me to have the chance to contribute in these ways to my favourite weather site :)

Thoughts?
@ivo @TomSlavkovsky @rittels @vicb @Gkikas-LGPZ @marekd

Hey @stitch, sorry to be so neglectful of updates! I'm super busy with a research job at the New Zealand MetService right now, but that'll be over in 2 weeks and I plan to get back to some dev work. I can see the issue you mention when I use chrome, but hadn't noticed it before since I use firefox for dev. I'll see what I can do, gotta learn about cross-browser compatibility sometime :) I want to add an option to zoom the skewT near the surface too. Thanks for the heads up, I'll post here when I push the next version.

@vicb yes I was referring to you. Definitely let's chat soon, it would be good to avoid overlap. How do I load the plugin? I can't find it anywhere in the menu (Same problem you had haha).

Hi @stitch ,

Thanks for the comments and the in-depth look into this. I've actually had this reported to me by another user, and the issue should be fixed. Is the plugin loading as version 0.2.6? The isobar labels should be green in this version.

I've got in touch with a developer who's going to help out with some of the coding, and plan to have a robust plugin by version 1.0. As a meteorologist, I'm learning the dev side of things as I go, so patience is appreciated; as are the bug reports. I'll look into your comments in more detail when I have the chance, but for now please make sure you're using version 0.2.6, as the specific issues you mention should have been fixed.

John

The Candian model is actually very good, and just as free and available as GFS. It outranked GFS in accuracy, at least in the last article I read. I'd love to find a better source of accuracy-ranking for NWP models if anyone knows of one. Also, the UK Met Office have now started putting the output of their Unified Model on AWS. The UM ranks just behind ECMWF, it's a great model. The data on AWS is 24 hours behind, but this shows their progress in data dissemination. Not sure what costs would be involved but check out this as an FYI:

https://github.com/MetOffice/aws-earth-examples/blob/master/README.md

As far as AROME vs HIRLAM, I'd say AROME is the way to go :)

Haha thanks @rittels! Seems the only issue was my impatience. It's working now. :)