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@simplicity

Wind wave = wave generated by wind

Swell = wave that has moved outside its area of generation

At any given state, there may be multiple series of waves at your location. The wind could be blowing very hard at your location, creating wind waves. A strong cold front could be moving across the ocean, generating waves that will later arrive at your location and in the opposite direction of the wind waves. A third, or fourth swell could also be present.

I wrote a routine that automatically generates a windy view from a lat lon, zooming into a certain area and automatically places a marker at the location. With the latest update, the previously supported method of:

https://www.windy.com/?36.908,-93.049,8,marker

no longer functions. The map zooms in to the correct coordinates, and with the correct zoom level, but a marker is not displayed.

The only way I can get a marker to display is if I use the URL to open up the forecast panel, which I'd like to avoid.

I use the following URL to place a marker:

https://www.windy.com/?32.250,-119.833,7,marker

And nothing appears. The webpage is going to the correct coordinates, but there is no marker being placed. Has the URL syntax changed?

@Siff Where do you get the real data from for everywhere on the planet? It's easy to say you have real data in somewhere like the USA, which is covered by hundreds of observation points, along with upper air measurements taken twice daily. What about everywhere else?

How do you verify a forecast for a location which there is no credible observation data? Remote sensing can help, but it only goes so far.