In the web view the orientation of the wind barbs in the route planner can be changed unter "more options", but there is no such setting in the app.

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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
Very nice, thanks for this version. I use Windy for sailing and the route planning feature is handy, you can see the forecast along the intended track with its change in time. But I have a few problems with it.
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I assume the time shown on top of the forecast data in the yellow box is the intended departure time. When I now tap in the data to place a cursor, the time show on the vertical line is wrong, it even does not increase monotonously from left to right, it jumps randomly.
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The wind direction arrows do not make sense to me. Is it showing absolute wind direction (north up) or is it showing the direction relative to the track (head up). Both variants do not agree with the with the direction shown in the animation
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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
@Arne-Christensen-3 I have the same problem. I think the wind direction is shown relative to the planned track with the head of boat pointing to the right, somewhat counter intuitive. The arrows are green for down wind and get red for up wind courses. In the web version of windy you can change the orientation of the arrows (barbs) under "more options" but this setting is missing in the app.
Shading of day/night times as in the "normal" forecast would be nice in deed.
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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
@Arne-Christensen-3 I have the same problem. I think the wind direction is shown relative to the planned track with the head of boat pointing to the right, somewhat counter intuitive. The arrows are green for down wind and get red for up wind courses. In the web version of windy you can change the orientation of the arrows (barbs) under "more options" but this setting is missing in the app.
Shading of day/night times as in the "normal" forecast would be nice in deed.
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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
In the web view the orientation of the wind barbs in the route planner can be changed unter "more options", but there is no such setting in the app.
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RE: Windy 39 is here. Learn how to masterclass new features
Very nice, thanks for this version. I use Windy for sailing and the route planning feature is handy, you can see the forecast along the intended track with its change in time. But I have a few problems with it.
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I assume the time shown on top of the forecast data in the yellow box is the intended departure time. When I now tap in the data to place a cursor, the time show on the vertical line is wrong, it even does not increase monotonously from left to right, it jumps randomly.
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The wind direction arrows do not make sense to me. Is it showing absolute wind direction (north up) or is it showing the direction relative to the track (head up). Both variants do not agree with the with the direction shown in the animation
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RE: Tide Forecast on Windy
I just for fun compared the tide prediction by windy with those available at the german BSH.
It's not too bad, the times for high and low water are pretty close useful as guide on how to plan a passage. I was mainly puzzled by the hights shown in windy. There are negative values. So the values given are definitely not suitable for use in navigational calculations, which is totally ok because the feature is experimental.
What hight reference datum does windy use?
In marine navigation the usual reference datum for water levels/depth is LAT=lowest astronomical tide which is used as zero depth in nautical charts and which ensures that hights of tides are always positive (by definition) and depths in a nav chart are minimal depth. (Actual water level may get negative due to wind or other influences but not due to calculated tides.)