We are excited to announce the return of 3D mode to Windy.com. Although standard mercator map can be useful tool for detailed weather observations and forecasting, 3D mode can give you the "big picture".

What is new:

• 3D Globe displays all the weather layers, except Radar, Satellite and Weather warnings
• Maximum zoom is set to an equivalent of 6 on 2D Windy
• 3D Globe is being released only for desktop, mobile version will come later
• Favorites are included, but other POI features are excluded from the first BETA version

Access the 3D Globe by clicking on "3D" button under your profile picture.

The missing features and elements will be gradually implemented in next development phases and the existing ones will be improved.

3D Globe is being released in Beta version, available for all our users. In the later stages, 3D Globe will be part of Windy Premium only.

Enjoy and let us know what you think!

Update: 21st of May, 8:00 a.m. UTC

After hammering India and Bangladesh, Amphan is forecasted to move north-northeastward and weaken into a depression later today. The maximum sustainable winds, which may be carried by the storm, are 50 km/h (27 KT).

Thunderstorms with gusty winds are likely to occur over Bihar and isolated places such as Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

Due to the correct timing of rescue teams deployment, there is a minimum human loss.
The worst damages has been concentrated in the West Bangal districts and Sunderbans, which suffered immense destruction.

Update: 20th of May, 4:00 p.m. UTC

The super cyclone Amphan hits India and Bangladesh with its landfall between Indian town of Digha and Hatiya Islands in Bangladesh. Storm is dumping heavy rain and damaging winds on Kolkata leaving a trails of destruction. Reported damages are destroyed houses, power cuts and downed trees.

Cyclone is now moving at 31km/h (17 KT) near 22.2N 88.3E, roughly 25 NM from Kolkata with maximum sustainable winds 138 km/h (75 KT) and gusts 166 km/h (90 KT).

Amphan will move north-northeasterly passing trough the Sunderbans and gradually weaken.

Update: 20th of May, 8:00 a.m. UTC

TC Amphan was moving at 25 km/h (14 KT) near 20.5N 87.9E approximately 129 NM South-Southwest of Kolkata in the last 6 hours. Maximum sustained winds were 157 km/h (85 KT) and gusts 194 km/h (105 KT), which makes it a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane and the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal.

Anticipated landfall still remains for Wednesday evening hours local time (5:30 pm Wednesday IST) near or just east of Hooghly River south of Kolkata.

Impacts

Cyclone could bring very strong storm surges up to 5 meters (16.4 feet), causing roadblocks, power link outages and destruction of houses and crops.

Evacuation of people continues, but a pandemic situation puts a great stress on the whole operation as it became difficult to maintain social distancing.

Update: 19th of May, 02:00 p.m. UTC

Super cyclone Amphan has been already marked as extremely intense in the region and the second strongest storm since 1999. Cyclone is due to make the landfall into West Bengal, Digha and Hatiya Island in Bangladesh during Wednesday morning.

In the last 6 hours, cyclone was moving 16 km/h (09 knots), located at 17.0N 86.9E, 377 NM South-Southwest of Kolkata, India with maximum sustainable winds 203 km/h (110 KT), gusts 250 km/h (135 KT).

Impacts

Storm is expected to weaken before the landfall, but the results could be still devastating with heavy rainfall and tidal waves causing flooding and strong winds resulting in significant physical damage.

Update: 19th of May, 00:00 a.m. UTC

Amphan has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane, its position is approximately 480 NM south-southwest of Kolkata, India - 15.2N 86.6E, the current movement has been at 14 km/h (08 knots) in the past 6 hours.

The maximum sustained winds are 240.76 km/h (130 KT) and gusts 296.32 km/h (160 KT). The landing will be likely between Kolkata, India, and Chittagong, Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon or evening. Cyclone is expected to be a hurricane Category 3, when it makes the landfall.

There are already signs of eyewall replacements, which could halt the Amphan's further intensifying. However even if the winds weaken, the real dangers is going to be a potential catastrophic storm surge up to 4–6 meters (13–20 feet).

Update: 18th of May, 12:00 a.m. UTC

TC Amphan is moving near 13.6N 86.4E with maximum sustainable winds 259 km/h (140 KT) and gusts 314 km/h (170 KT).

The cyclone is expected to hit Odisha states and West Bengal on Wednesday noon local time as a super cyclonic storm. Amphan will gain strength in the next 12 hours, but could weaken as it reaches the coasts.

Odisha state is already evacuating citizens to a cyclone shelters, more than a milion people is planned to be evacuated from coastal areas.

Update: 17th of May, 4:00 p.m. UTC

Tropical cyclone Amphan is currently strengthening in the Bay of Bengal near position 12.0N 86.4E with maximum sustainable winds 138 km/h (075 KT) and gusts 166 km/h (090 KT).

At the moment the cyclone is a category 1 on a hurricane scale and could likely become a hurricane category 3, when it reaches coasts in the northeast. The landfall is predicted to occur from Tuesday night through Wednesday.

The movement for next 12 hours is forecasted to be near 13.1N 86.5E and winds 157 km/h (085 KT), gusts 194 km/h (105 KT).

Impacts

Amphan will bring a strong winds and heavy rainfall, causing dangerous flooding with a possibility of a storm surge for vulnerable areas, especially for Bangladesh.

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Introducing a new model ICON Global on Windy.com.

As we listen to our users, we have decided to implement another highly anticipated model ICON Global 13km to offer even broader spectrum of weather data and options to analyse it. Enjoy!

ICON Global will be added in the app with the next release.

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Reading the latest news, everybody has to be concerned about the Coronavirus and its impact on daily life of billions of people. The Coronavirus (virus is officially labeled as SARS-CoV-2 and its disease as COVID-19) is spreading quickly around the world, causing unprecedented lockdowns of huge regions and cities, havoc on markets and overload of health facilities in affected areas.

Some countries seem to have already contained the major spread of virus (China, South Korea), some are currently experiencing the initial extreme increase of patients with severe cases (Italy, Iran), with the rest of the world expecting it in upcoming weeks and trying to prepare for it.

Question is, will the rate of spread slow down or even disappear at all? It definitely will.

Check this nice video demonstrating the principle of exponential growth and epidemics

It’s essential to understand that even a very small decrease in “probability of exposure becoming an infection” (referred as p in the video) can reduce the growth of the spread significantly or even stop it completely.

But why do we discuss it at Windy.com, we normally talk just weather, right?

The reason is the outside temperature. Spread of typical flu highly correlates with weather, having its season peak in cold months, declining during spring with almost no cases during the warmest part of the year. Recent studies show that high temperatures and especially high humidity slows the influenza spread. More moisture in warmer air behaves as a barrier for airborne viruses so droplets of cough or sneeze cannot travel as far as they would in colder, dry air.
Of course, more factors can play a role in this flu seasonality (longer sunlight exposure, less clustering of people indoors), but temperature is considered as the major one.

There is a whole family of coronaviruses, some of them already known to humans, causing mild colds and behaving similar to the flu - in warmer climate, they tend to decline. That is the reason why many people believe that same will happen with COVID-19. As stated above, even the slight decrease in person to person transfer rate of the virus has a huge impact on overall number of cases. Will a higher temperature and humidity help us in this way? There are many opinions on that subject, but most experts agree, that it’s too early to judge and only hard data from summer season and their detailed analysis will tell us the truth.

But until then, we have no other option than to make assumptions based on data we have now.

Posts discussing weather patterns (temperature/humidity):

Also check out:
Coronavirus outbreakt

The perspective

As mentioned, the COVID-19 is not all that unknown to us, we had coronavirus strain SARS back in 2003. SARS had its peak in winter months and faded away during May. Typically influenza season falls sometimes between the beginning of fall and the end of spring. So the SARS did not really exceed the usual influenza season trend. But can we expect COVID-19 to follow this path as well?

The current spreading rate tells us a fact, that the COVID-19 has more incidences in places with dryer and colder environment than in more humid and warm locations. For instance let´s take a look at Japan, we would expect the virus to be spreading mainly in big cities like Tokyo, due to a number of foreign visitors and population. But this is not the case, COVID-19 is actually spreading in Hokkaido, despite it has a much lower frequency of travellers. However the weather conditions there are favorable, dry and less humid environment. The same goes for Italy and its epicenter Milan. North of the country is significantly more affected than the south.

On the other hand, it would not be wise to expect the novel coronavirus to behave as the ones before.
It is necessary to say, that SARS 2003 did not go away just because weather got warmer. It was followed by national interventions to isolate cases and everyone, who had the possibility to be infected.

We have already said that the environment plays a key role in influenza activity and dry/cold weather with low humidity favors the transmission. But influenza epidemics often appears in a tropical and subtropical regions during rainy seasons with obviously high humidity values. In other words, there are two types of influenza environments. In cold-dry environment, where humidity/temperature goes below 11–12 g/kg and 18–21°C, influenza peaks during cold months. In humid-rainy case, if humidity/temperature does not go under those values, influenza peaks during rainy season.

Immunity is another factor, which is worth a consideration. Our immunity is significantly worse in winter than in summer and we also lack vitamin D, because of less ultraviolet light exposure in cold months. Vitamin D benefits our immune system and helps us to be durable against numerous diseases, even so this factor can be observed as not so important in relation to influenza activity.

But then again, new viruses are likely to persist longer than a common ones, which have been in the population for years or decades.

Available data

We at Windy.com are no experts in the area of viruses, but we have access to the best weather data available.

We have assembled temperature records for each country (taken from the area of major spread of the virus within the country or the capital of that country) and pictured them along with recent Coronavirus spread data (daily amount of new cases, sourced from Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE) to see if there could be any correlation.

Based on the charts above, we can see a slight correlation in relation with a higher temperature and virus decrease, and opposite a lower temperature and faster spread of COVID-19.

Of course, there are many drawbacks in this approach:

• data coming from different countries aren’t easily comparable (some countries test much more than the others, some have much highly populated areas, also quality of data coming from some countries is more than questionable)

• the virus has quite a long incubation period, therefore “new” cases are being reported several days after the people were actually infected (but at least average temperature at given location can help to mitigate this effect)

• there are still not that many daily observations, the data window is quite too small

• correlation does not imply causation” - even if there seems to be a visual dependency between the temperature and the increase/decrease rate of new cases, it is absolutely no proof that there is a correlation between those two

As always there are many opinions and very little data to predict anything for sure. So the truth will be somewhere in the middle. It should be essential to avoid any catastrophic predictions as well as not to underestimate it.

The latest data for China shows a retreat of Coronavirus cases and high amount of recovered patients in a comparison to the total amount. Other countries will hopefully have the same progress.

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Not happy with the findings? Don’t despair. If the weather won’t help us, there are still many ways, how each of us can help - avoid crowded places, work remotely if possible, stay fit, wash your hands, do not touch your face.
Avoid face to face social contacts for a while - read a couple of books or go online! There is still a lot to explore, also at Windy.com.

Update: 18th of May, 9:00 a.m. UTC

Cyclone Tauktae continues to maintain a wind speed of 110-120km/hr, since the landfall in Gujarat, where the cyclone left behind a trail of destruction along the coastal areas.

Tauktae continues to show weakening trend. Cyclone is currently moving north-northeast and is likely to enter southwestern parts of Rajasthan today, where it may cause heavy to very heavy rainfall in many districts.

Update: 17th of May, 9:00 p.m. UTC

Cyclone Tauktae has made a landfall as extremely severe storm in India's western state of Gujarat, between Diu and Jafarabad with wind speeds of up to 160km/h. The process is expected to take several hours.

Update: 17th of May, 10:00 a.m. UTC

Tauktae is moving North-Northwestwards at speed of 20km/h, approximately 150 km away from Mumbai.

In the last hours, cyclone has become extremely severe cyclonic storm and posses a threat of very heavy rains at isolated places with strong winds as it passes close to the Mumbai coast towards Gujarat.

Tauktae is predicted to strike the Gujarat coast in the Bhahvnagar district Monday night, local time.

Update: 16th of May, 5:00 p.m. UTC

Cyclone Tauktae has intensified and is now a Category 3 cyclone with maximum winds speeds of 185 km/h (100 kt).

System continues to move north towards Gujarat and bringing heavy rainfall along the coastal areas of Goa, northern Karnataka, and Maharashtra with gusty winds.

Tauktae will further intensify during the next 24 hours and strike the Gujarat coast on Monday evening.

Update: 15th of May, 11:00 p.m. UTC

Cyclone Tauktae is showing signs of increasing organization as it parallels the India coastline and is likely to intensify into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 12 hours. Maximum sustainable winds are around 120km/h (65 kt) with higher gusts.

Latest forecast brings it ashore in the state of Gujarat (India) in the next 48 hours and the possible landfall is predicted on Tuesday 18th.

Cyclone could bring very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall together with flash floods and landslides over the coastal districts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa.

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Update: 4th June 00:00 UTC

TC Nisarga is now moving northeastwards towards Nashik and continues to weaken, the current sustainable winds are 75km/h (40 KT). Movement speed was 27 km/h (14 KT) in the last 6 hours.

Dhule and Nandurbar districts may experience heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

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Update: 3rd June 3:00 p.m. UTC

Tropical cyclone Nisarga, the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane, battered western India with torrential rainfall and strong winds. It is also the first cyclone to strike the city of Mumbai in history.

The landfall itself did not cause major damages, despite the winds speeds more than 100km/h (53 KT) as it reached the land.

Moving further inland, cyclone lost its strength quickly and was downgraded to a deep depression. However the next few hours are still crucial.

Cyclone is now moving at 25 km/h (14 KT) with position 19.6N 74.2E. east of Mumbai, maximum sustainable winds are 60 km/h, gusts 90km/h (48 KT). Expected movement in the next 12 hours is 21.0N 75.8E.

Update: 3rd June 9:00 a.m. UTC

Nisarga has made a landfall around noon local time near Maharastra’s Raigad district with stronger maximum sustainable winds than expected 140 km/h (75 KT) and gusts 166 km/h (90 KT).

However the landfall is far from gone, it will take 3 hours to complete, the current position is 18.3N 73.3E, cyclone is located approximately 65 NM south of Mumbai.

The cyclone will move gradually over the land, the next expected direction is 19.5N 74.5E towards Panvel, Maharastra. Winds speeds should weaken to 92 km/h (50 KT), gusts 120 km/h (65 KT).

Update: 3rd June 5:00 a.m. UTC

Cyclone Nisarga has been moving at 13 km/h (7 KT) in the past 6 hours and its position is 17.2N 72.1E, 130km south-southwest of Alibagh, town in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

The storm has intensified to maximum sustainable winds 110 km/h (59 KT) and gusts 120 km/h (64 KT).

Predicted landfall is today between 12pm and 3pm IST just the south of Alibagh. Heavy rainfall is expected with a storm surge of about 1-2 metres height.

This will affect low laying areas of Ratnagiri district mainly and Mumbai, which is on the path of the cyclone.

Update: 2nd June 9:00 a.m. UTC

A deep depression has intensified into a cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea and is predicted to become a severe cyclonic storm named Nisarga in the next several hours. Storm has been moving at 11 km/h (5 KT) northwards in the past 6 hours.

The current maximum sustainable winds are 70 km/h (37 KT) and gusts 90 km/h (48 KT) with a position LAT 16.0/LON 71.5.

The strom could possibly bring a devastating winds of 110 km/h (59 KT) and gusting to 120 km/h (64 KT).

The expected landfall is either on Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning 3rd of June over Mumbai, north Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts.

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A big update for users who are interested in marine data! With the new version 28.1.1. we have significantly improved our Sea currents map and added a new parameter Tidal currents.

What's new:

• new layer Tidal currents
• updated Currents map
• higher resolution
• regular daily updates and forecast for 2 days

Source of our data is CMEMS (Copernicus Marine Service) and both parameters are available on desktop as well as in the app.

Tidal Currents

Tidal currents occur in conjunction with the rise and fall of the tide. The vertical motion of the tides near the shore causes the water to move horizontally, creating currents.

Currents

Ocean currents are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind and water density.

Stay safe and stay tuned for more upcoming features!

NOAA has released a major update to their GFS global model, making significant improvements to the forecast outputs and consolidating Wavewatch 3 with GFS model. Full NOAA press release can be found here.

“This substantial upgrade to the GFS, along with ongoing upgrades to our supercomputing capacity, demonstrates our commitment to advancing weather forecasting to fulfill our mission of protecting life and property,” said Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director, NOAA’s National Weather Service.

The upgrade ultimately results into a better forecast for our users with the following changes:

• Wavewatch 3 replaced with GFS-Wave
• improved forecast skills in many areas with better model resolution
• Swell 3 available also for GFS-Wave

Check the new GFS Wave forecast on Windy - GFS Waves

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Update 7th September 9.00 a.m. UTC

Haishen made landfall as a low-end Category 2 hurricane near Ulsan in South Korea in the morning hours, on Monday local time, maximum sustainable winds are 111 km/h (60 KT), gusts 138 km/h (75 KT).

The typhoon caused less severe damage than expected, however it still left hundreds of thousands of homes without power in the Kyushu Island. At least four people are missing and thirty-five people have been injured.

The next predicted movement is north near North Korea's port city of Chongjin, late on Monday.

Update 6th September 8.00 p.m. UTC

The storm is near 30.9N 129.4E, maximum winds have not decreased and stay 176 km/h (95 KTS), with gusts 213 km/h (115 KTS).

It is currently nearing the Tsushima Island, the next movement should be towards the Korean Peninsula. Haishen is forecast to move close to Busan on Monday morning.

More than 1.8 million people had to evacuate as the typhoon battered Japan's southern mainland on Sunday. Haishen has caused power outages with strong winds and driving rain.

Update 6th September 9.00 a.m. UTC

Currently located near 29.3N 130.0E, Typhoon Haishen has slightly weakened before it makes landfall in Japan. The forward speed is near 33 km/h (18 KTS).

Maximum sustained winds decreased to 176 km/h (95 KTS), with gusts 213 km/h (115 KTS).

Typhoon has already hit the Ryukyu Islands off Japan's southwestern coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

The system is now near Amami-Oshima Islands in Kagoshima prefecture. On the forecast track, Haishen will move toward the west coast of the Kyushu Islands from Sunday night through Monday morning local time and then is expected to impact the Korean Peninsula in the next 36 hours.

Typhoon brings heavy rain, strong wind, high waves, and tidal surges.

Update 5th September 7.00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Haishen, located near 25.4N 131.0E is currently moving toward the northwest near 16.6 km/h (9 KT).

Maximum sustained winds have remained at 212 km/h (115 KT) with gusts 259 km/h (140 KT). It is forecasted that the system will slightly weaken before it will make a landfall west of Busan, South Korea.

Super Typhoon is the third typhoon to encounter the Korean Peninsula in just two weeks.

Update: 5th of September, 11:00 a.m. UTC

Haishen is positioned near 24.6N 131.5E with maximum sustainable winds of 212 km/h (115 KT), gusts 259 km/h (140 KT).

The Kyushu region is under a threat of record-breaking winds, high waves, storm surges and unprecedented heavy rains.

There is also increasing risk of flooding from larger rivers in Kyushu as well as in other regions.

Update: 4th of September, 10:00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Haishen is moving west-north-west at 15 km/h (8 KT) with position approximately 280 kilometers south of Minami Daito Island in the Pacific Ocean.

The storm has likely hit its peak intensity and slow weakening should begin on Saturday morning. It will probably pass near the Japanese island of Amami Oshima on Sunday.

Haishen should then hit South Korea on Sunday afternoon as a weakening category 3 or category 2 storm.

Update: 4th of September, 8:00 a.m. UTC

Haishen is forecast to surpass Maysak as the strongest storm in the western Pacific so far this season.

The storm will likely near Okinawa by Sunday, maximum winds are projected to be 288 km/h by that time, putting the storm to the Category 5 hurricane.

Even though, it should slightly weaken before approaching Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, it will remain very dangerous and powerful.

Haishen is currently packing winds of 250 km/h (135 KT) and gusts 305 km/h (165 KT).

Update: 3rd of September, 8:00 a.m. UTC

Typhoon Maysak made a landfall as Category 2 storm along the south coast of the Korean Peninsula while packing 160 km/h wind speeds.

Haishen

Haishen continues to develop south of Japan and moving over the extremely warm water of the tropical Western Pacific. It is predicted to make landfall on the Korean Peninsula on September 6 or 7.

Update: 2nd of September, 10:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak is currently equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, storm is packing winds of 185 km/h (100 KT) with gusts 231 km/h (125 KT).

However it is expected to weaken to a Cat.2 hurricane, before its landfall on Wednesday night on the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea should expect heavy rainfall and strong winds on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Haishen

Haishen is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane in the next several hours. Maximum winds are 120 km/h (65 KT).

It could potentially reach hurricane level 5 in the next few days.

Update: 1st of September, 8:00 p.m. UTC

Maysak has again slightly intensified, maximum sustainable winds are 222 km/h (120 KT) and gusts 268 km/h (145 KT).

The typhoon now continues to track towards the west of Busan – South Korea’s second-largest city, where it should potentially make landfall on Wednesday night local time.

Haishen

Tropical storm Haishen represents another significant threat, since it is now gaining strength in the Northwest Pacific and is likely to intensify to Category 4 hurricane and strike the southwest of Japan on the weekend and the Korean Peninsula right after that.

Haishen's maximum winds are now 83 km/h (45 KT) with position near 20.5N 144.1E.

Below you can see the forecasted path of both storms with the Wind accumulation in next 10 days:

Update: 1st of September, 9:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak's eyewall stayed away from the main Okinawa island, however it has hammered the Kume island, located about 60 miles west of Okinawa Island.

The storm has intensified to the equivalent of a Category 4 storm early Tuesday morning.

Typhoon is currently at 27.1N 126.2E with maximum sustainable winds 212.98 km/h (115 KT), gusts 259.28 km/h (140 KT).

It is expected to target South Korea on Wednesday night.

Update: 31st of August, 7:00 p.m. UTC

Maysak is currently passing west of Okinawa island with maximum winds of 203 km/h (110 KT) and gusts 250 km/h (135 KT).

The Maysak's eyewall, which contains the strongest winds, will fortunately miss much of the island.

Further movement will be north into the East China Sea, where it will make landfall in South Korea Wednesday night, local time.

Update: 31st of August, 7:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak is slowly nearing the southern Okinawa with maximum sustainable winds 175 km/h (95 KT) and gusts 212 km/h (115 KT).

It is expected to approach the prefecture of Okinawa and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday night or Tuesday.

Waves could reach up to 13 meters high around Okinawa main island with a threat of high tides, which could cause flooding in coastal areas and near the mouths of rivers.

Update: 30th of August, 9:00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Maysak, locally known in the Philippines as Julian, is currently located near 20.8N 128.5E in the East China Sea.

It will move near the southern Japan, including Okinawa, late Monday or early Tuesday, before striking South Korea with heavy rainfall and damaging winds.

Storm is packing winds of 166 km/h (90 KT) and gusts 203 km/h (110 KT).

Maysak should further strengthen on Monday, reaching Category 4 Atlantic hurricane level.

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We are proud to strengthen our partnership with The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) with 3 new CAMS layers being implemented on Windy.com. The official press release from Copernicus here.

Our ongoing partnership since 2019 has already brought visualization of several CAMS layers and empowering general public to observe climate changes at a global scale.

From now on, users can access CAMS data via three new layers: fire intensity, surface ozone and total column sulphur dioxide (SO2). The overal objective is to rise awareness of air pollution and provide air quality data in easy and understandable way.

“We are delighted to be working with Windy to integrate CAMS data, so that its many users can access our global and European-scale forecasts,” says Vincent-Henri Peuch, Director of CAMS.

“If air quality forecasts were as common as weather forecasts it would help inform the public and make people more aware about the need to combat air pollution. The way that Windy visualises CAMS data helps people to understand that air pollution is not simply a local problem, but can be transported hundreds or thousands of kilometres by winds. Using Windy, users can easily follow where air pollution is transported and where it accumulates.”

Surface ozone

Ozone is formed in the lower atmosphere through chemical reactions triggered by sunlight involving nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds.

Ozone is generally highest in spring and summer, downwind of areas with high levels of emissions. It is a toxic gas that causes cardiopulmonary and respiratory problems, and can affect crop yields, so being aware of local levels can be vital.

Total column Sulphur dioxide (SO2)

Sulphur dioxide is emitted from several sources, including volcanic eruptions and combustion of unrefined fossil fuels. This layer will show the amount of sulphur dioxide from the ground to the top of the atmosphere.

Fire intensity

This layer uses coloured pixels to indicate active fires. Thermal radiation from actively burning vegetation (including wildfires and agricultural open burning) is related to the rate at which fuel is being consumed and smoke produced, and so are also linked to emissions of trace gases and small airborne particles.

@abdalmajid Hi, thank you, we will look into this.

@gdennie Hello, could you please provide more information regarding your issue? Are you referring to stations or forecasted weather and where?

Summer is here and so is the new version of Windy Maps full of new and improved features for your travels!

So what's new with the latest version?

3 new alternative routes: Alternative routes are now offered during route planning

Folded map: A new mode that allows you to see a larger map area for better navigation experience

New translations: Corrected and new navigation announcements in different languages

Interface: Route preview in navigation and redesigned interface

Map: A suitable map is now recommended for your planning based on the route type (winter/summer)

My Maps: Improved synchronisation of My Maps

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@pheary Hello, there is probably a connection issue on the provider side, it should be back online soon.

@سواح-ومكشات Hello, please post a screenshot together with your Windy version.

@dmadrid689 Hello, this is probably issue on the provider side, it should be resolved soon.

@matty1001 Hello, thank you, we'll consider it.

@keutschacher Hello, at what location do you see this?

@bbistis Dear user, what issue are you exactly experiencing? You cannot put the widget on the screen? Also what Windy version do you have?

@lf94 Hello, if you have uncommon browser version, then it might be the issue.