@idefix37 I agree with gwike, it would be great to have an option to "freeze" the particles as if in a screenshot. This would save on CPU usage but still show wind direction. The current display is fine (no need to change to barbs, I dislike those too), but it absolutely bogs my CPU when animated. This would be particularly useful when embedding.

Yes to push. It would also be very valuable to me if I could set a maximum gust factor and "no rain". Currently I can only set base wind speed ignoring gusts and I can't exclude raining weather.