@Seathru
Hi,
Distance measurement is already available on Radar layer, but not the Route planner feature which includes distance measurement and weather forecast along the route.
Route planner is only based on the forecast of a weather model, i.e. on the predict weather for the next hours / days.
A weather radar is a tool which provides past and present pictures of precipitations. Windy provides an extrapolation of the last picture for the next hour.
I can’t imagine how the Route planner could be based on past data and I know that global models are not able to forecast precisely convective cells.
How you manage radar data is probably the best way to ensure a safe navigation.
By the way, have you tried the high-resolution model AROME available in the Lesser Antilles?