I agree with @Lady-Rover. I'd like to describe the problem from my personal perspective.
- The color shade encodes some variables (let's say
Thermals) that are not visible in the time series view. To see certain variables, we have to see the color shade. - The maximum zoom level at which the color shade is still visible is often too coarse to recognize and/or set a particular location of interest. Therefore, while search or setting a specific location, we typically lack info on some relevant variables.
While @idefix37's resolution argument is entirely valid, the loss of the color overlay still causes some annoyances:
- Functional/UX/UI: To see both the forecast and the color shade for a precise location, we have to first zoom in and then zoom out again. In desktop view, that's not a big deal because we can pin a location on the map. On mobile, however, it's super annoying, because we have to carefully zoom out again keeping the location of interest in the crosshair to not mess up our forecast (which btw might have a finer resolution than the color overlay...). Sometimes the zooming even glitches, throwing me off the desired location completely and forcing me to pan and zoom again.
- Visual: The color scheme of the detailed map is completely different from the color scheme of the overlay (which you allow us to configure down to the finest details). Hence, it is impossible to set a pleasant color scheme for high-ish zoom levels. Also note that the affected zoom levels are not even unusual but most typical for activities like biking, gliding, hiking, sailing, etc...
Thus, it would be awesome if we could configure Windy to always show the color overlay. For me, this would be a tremendous UI improvement.