Posts made by pavbin

@filip_k
Thanks a lot for getting back to me. I will follow-up with them. I thought you guys were part of the same team now that the apps were merging. Thanks again.
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@korina
Great, thanks Korina. That would be very nice for the international community.
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@korina
Thanks Korina. But it seems, unless I missed something, that the forum is 100% in Czech. My question was whether there was a specific one in English or if we should use this Czech one regardless.
Thank you.
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@korina
Hi Korina,
I think you didn't answer my initial question, regarding Mapy.cz to be clear, that I am writing again here:

Maps of Yukon and British Columbia in Canada look good on a computer but they don't have elevation contour lines on the iPhone app that makes these maps pretty useless for outdoor activities. Any way to update the iphone app (and android?) maps with the same maps as the ones on computers?

Any chance to update these maps on the iPhone App?
Thanks!
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@korina
Hi Korina,
Yes I am referring to both Mapy.cz and Windy Maps.
I switched to Mapy.cz when it was announced that they were merging. Actually I thought Windy Maps was discontinued and only Mapy.cz will exist from now on. Correct? So I was wondering, if only Mapy.cz exists from now on, which forum we should use from now on. And sorry if this was posted somewhere already, I didn't find it.
Thanks!
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@korina
Thanks Korina, I'll see if I can contact them then.
Cheers,
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@korina
HI Korina,
Sorry for my slow reply, I was away.
Actually Mapy.cz. I switch to this app when you mentioned that we should do so.
Thank you!
pav

Hi there,
Do we have to post questions/suggestions related to maps to the Mapy forum now or is it still okay here?
Also I tried to go to the Mapy forum but nothing is in English, or I could not find how to switch to the English one (if an English forum exists, I suggest that an English button be added on top of the Czech page to go there). Is there a link to an English forum?
Thanks!
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Hi there,
A weather station was added last year near the summit of Mount Logan, Yukon, at around 5,625m. I believe this is the highest weather station in the world. Which is really cool!

Its coordinates are such:
Lat: 60.602201
Lon: -140.516889

The website where this data is available is here: https://www.hydrometcloud.com/MountLogan/dashboardcontroller?action=initilizedDashboard&menu=CurrentData

The wind data is currently unavailable. The anemometer was stuck with verglas, but a group of scientist is currently going there to fix it with another technology. So it should be up and running within the month.

Would be great if it was added to windy's weather's stations!

Cheers,
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Hello,
I sent similar messages a few times and I hope you can resolve this easily and quickly.
Maps of Yukon and British Columbia in Canada look good on a computer but they don't have elevation contour lines on the iPhone app that makes these maps pretty useless for outdoor activities. Any way to update the iphone app (and android?) maps with the same maps as the ones on computers?
Thanks!

Hello,

There are a few maps in the world that are know for not having contour lines according to a similar post:
Re: No contour lines in British Columbia

A comment left was that it was a problem related to Open Street Map and once the maps were updated there, Windy would incorporate them shortly after.

For British Columbia (BC) and Yukon, as far as I can see, they are now available on the Open Street Map maps. See below (a BC screenshot)

Therefore could you please update the BC and Yukon maps in your next map revision? That would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Well it seems it's not just only for France, I saw a similar post for the US: https://community.windy.com/topic/19305/current-radar-vs-weather-gov

Re: Weather Radar Sensitivity

Hello,

While I was in Canada it seemed that the weather radar information was more useful than in France, where I am now. When there was blue colors on the radar it was raining just a little bit, so the color scale was well calibrated to the radar data. In France, often when it does not rain a lot, but still rains!, Windy's radar shows nothing. It really has to rain quite a bit to be visible on Windy's Radar. MeteoFrance, the national weather provider, provides radar information that is much more sensitive and therefore, useful.

As an illustration, I provided below the difference between Windy and MeteoFrance radar information (not the best day as it is not raining a lot, but you should see what I am talking about though)

Windy Radar Below

MeteoFrance Radar Below

I understand that Windy is just using third party radar information, but I am curious to know how this information is being processed by Windy.

• I believe there are different radar data providers for each countries or at least different regions of the world. Are they providing exactly the same information and therefore you can apply the same color code/scale/calibration ? Or is the data different and therefore each needs its own color calibration?
• In any case, is it possible to adjust the color calibration around the French area (I cannot speak for different parts of the world)?

Thank you!

@idefix37 Good article, thanks. And thanks for getting back to me quickly. Cheers

@idefix37
Thanks for your comment. Yes I can see the orography and model resolutions as being a limitation indeed.

I still think that if I clicked on a map at 5000m for example I would like Windy to give me on all its views (basic, meteogram, Airgram) the conditions at this elevation that can be found using the Airgram view. Right now the basic view displays the elevation of the picked location (in my example it would show 5000m on the right hand side), but as you suggested, it may display forecast values of lower elevation (your point on the Sounding graph).

As far as I can tell, the Sounding tool matches the data from Meteogram and Airgram, so the data is there. (However I don't know how the Wind Gusts are handled and if they are available within the data provided by these models at any elevation).

At the end I can still get the information I want, but I think it could be made simpler, and furthermore more consistent. I would expect the different views/modes (basic, airgram, etc) to provide consistent information, but this is not the case currently. Well, at least not for these higher elevations, I haven't really investigated yet for lower mountains.

So I think the case is still open and could be added to the backlog... :)
Thanks again

@vsinceac
Thanks. Yes I've been looking at it too. It is fairly user friendly, especially the ability to have conditions at different elevations. I would like to understand what model they are using as input data for their algorithm. I have also been looking at Environment Canada, using Spotwx.com that is a very useful tool as well. I asked if Environment Canada models could be added to Windy as Windy's visualisation tools is hard to beat in my opinion. I still find the ECMWF model to be remarkably good in most situations though. Thanks again for your comment.

@pavbin
I also forgot to mention that I use the Sounding tool to get the hopefully correct information at the desired elevation:

But again why is not available on the Basic and Meteogram views. And how to get the windgusts speed (if it's even possible) at the elevation I want (assuming that the information provided on the Basic and Meteogram views is not accurate - is it?)
Thanks!

Hi,

I really like Windy, I've been using it for a while but I believe there are inconsistencies with how some information is presented. It is confusing and not user friendly. Let me explain:

I am currently providing daily forecasts for a group doing an expedition on Mt Logan in Yukon (almost 6,000m). Models available are : ECMWF, GFS, ICON, METEOBLUE, NAM.

You can see Mt Logan forecasts here:
https://www.windy.com/60.568/-140.406?60.530,-140.236,10,m:fl5acg8

For example, when you look at the forecasts at the summit (5959m), using the Basic or Meteogram views, each forecast (except METEOBLUE) shows temperatures in the -10C/-15C range:

Only METEOBLUE seems to provide the elevation corrected forecast showing temperatures in the -25C/-30C range:

I am currently using the Airgram to have more details on how high the clouds are and the expected temperatures and wind speed at the elevation I need, and you can see for example that at 470hPa, roughly the pressure at the summit elevation, the temperatures are in the -30C range. You can also get this information using the map temperature and wind layers and increasing the elevation with the cursor to the desired pressure/elevation.

So I have to juggle with lots of stuff to try prepare the best forecast I can.

There may be a good reason for doing this but why not presenting the information in the Basic and Meteogram views consistently with the Airgram information (or Map layers). This is my main point, to be clear.

Furthermore, because of this, I also don't know if the Windgust data that is only displayed on the Basic and Meteog. views is ok or completely wrong and if I should only stick with the Airgram wind data...

While Meteoblue seems to be providing ok temperatures with elevation change, it lacks the Meteogram and Airgram displays presenting the cloud cover at different elevation. And its windgust data seems always under by quite a bit compared to ECMWF's wind forecasts using the Airgram. So I don't really trust either.

This post is a bit longer than I intended, I appologize, but I hope it will explain clearly what my problems are. It currently makes my life harder and I am not super confident with the information I am providing.

Thank you!

@korina
Thanks Korina for your reply. I would expect they do provide reliable data, this is the Canadian governmental weather agency! :)
Thanks for developing Windy, it is a great tool!
Cheers

People leaving in Canada have to rely on either European or US global models on Windy. Environment Canada provides their own forecasts and it would make sense to add them to the available list for Canada. These forecasts are free I understand. spotwx.com uses them as inputs so it should be possible for Windy as well I hope.
I believe you can find them here : https://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/modelling_menu_e.html
Thanks a lot