Posts made by temp850

@Suty Thank-you. I just wish we were informed about the problematic changes in the latest release of the app, so we could have held back on the update.

@Suty It's frustrating not having cloud profiles in the Airgrams. I feel sad that I updated my phone to the latest app version.

Any idea on how long it will be until we get the cloud profile back in the Airgrams? A few weeks? Longer?

@Keith-Chandler Yes, it's a model. It can't really over-promise because the data it offers should be viewed in the light of its limitations.

Local knowledge with forecasting, is also important. EC in my area gets temperatures 'wrong' because of the greatly variable terrain. It averages out the altitude across a given grid point. So, I need to adjust for the altitude of my town, to get a more accurate forecast.

@Suty Thanks so much. I can understand changes but this one was very confusing. Seeing the 850hPa temperature and corresponding that with cloud cover throughout the atmospheric layers is crucial to snow forecasting in my country (Australia) where snow is a marginal event. The difference between a snowfall and just cold rain is crucial in forecasting. And Windy Airgrams were the best in the business. 🙏

Oh no. This is a vital part of snow forecasting in my area of the Blue Mountains, Australia.

You've removed the cloud profile in the Airgram!

I mentioned this to Windy about the desktop version losing the cloud profile and now it's happened on the app.

This isn't good. I love Windy and use it all the time but sadly, it's losing some of its appeal.

Why was this change made?

Any news on the desktop version of Windy that has this problem? It's still problematic looking at the Airgram without any cloud indicators, which is very important during a cold front and snow like we are having in my region at the moment.

Hi folks,

Love windy and use it every day.

I've noticed a change on the desktop version of Windy Airgrams where we no longer see the cloud profile from the surface to higher levels of the atmosphere. It's still there on the phone app but not on the desktop. This makes it harder to view freezing level at 850hPa and how it corresponds to cloud development through the layers. I have to switch back and forth from Airgram and Meteogram on the desktop.

I have tested this both in Chrome desktop browser and Firefox.

You can see the difference on the desktop (top image) and phone app (bottom image).

@Jari-Sochorová

Thanks Jari. ✌️

Hi all,

I love Windy but it's buggier on Android now. It's quite easy to accidentally leave the Windy app when pressing on the menu at the bottom, as menu items are directly over the return to desktop function.

Also, in landscape mode, I can't choose menu items at all. I end up accidentally pressing phone buttons and leaving the app unintentionally...

I've got a Samsung A35 with up to date OS. Was the latest version of Windy tested well in Android? It feels harder to use now.

@NikiD Hi Niki,

Thanks Niki

What helped was locating my site settings in Chrome browser and deleting the Windy site data and permissions. Then everything was working again after logging back in. I was having the same problem on my Android phone and Linux desktop browser - both using Chrome. Weird rendering issues with MSLP. But the app worked fine. I didn't need to use another browser, even though that also worked.

Everything did work well in Firefox and also on my wife's PC, so I figured it was some configuration corruption in Chrome with Windy settings. Once I deleted all site data and signed back in, everything is working fine, even on my phone via the mobile website.

Hi Folks,

Love Windy, use it every day!

I can't understand what has been happening on the desktop compared to the phone app.

When i look at the 27/5 May forecast maps for Australia on my phone (a significant weather event) I can view the 850hPa temperature and MSLP but when I try to do it on my desktop with the same parameters, I get a confusing map rendering. What is happening?

Phone (app)

Desktop

I don't understand what this desktop map is showing with the same parameters selected (MSLP and temperature at 850hPa)

@idefix37 Thanks very much for your reply. It has been very accurate overnight for the drizzle in my area, which is very hard to predict via traditional modelling for many years. It has even predicted when this drizzle would stop to the hour, when other models have not. Part of that is probably related to the correct altitude for my village, rather then most models that average the altitude for a given area, which makes a big difference with low cloud drizzle.

It would be great to get more info from Windy app on MeteoBlue as they now have a good share in it's ownership, I understand.

Hi Everyone,

I love Windy and use it every day. Just the best app in the world for weather.

I am still trying to understand MeteoBlue as it appears to be quite accurate indeed compared to other models (especially for drizzle) for my hilly/mountainous area west of Sydney, Australia. I live at 1080M above sea level.

MeteoBlue is AI, that collects data from many models?

Is MeteoBlue constantly updating, hence why it doesn't give a model update time on Windy?

Does MeteoBlue actually have a resolution, being that it is AI data collected from many models?

Windy doesn't seem to offer more information on MeteoBlue under 'About These Data' options?

Many thanks. :)

This is a huge addition to Windy app. I haven't used the web version for a week or so and didn't notice ACCESS-C until today, as we have severe thunderstorms in our area.

Can't wait for the app to include ACCESS-C.

The ACCESS-C predictions for Wednesday are a good addition to ECMWF as we can see ACCESS-C has much higher estimates for showers. This is of course, an indication of convection and storms and not necessarily indicative of what my region will see but the potential is there in heavier storm activity.

Hi all,

I generally really like Windy Subscription version but the new weather picker is annoying when viewing my favourites, ie: My own town. If I zoom out to view the model in more detail, it changes my location. The old weather picker was better. It's really important to be able to zoom out the MSLP charts for example whilst viewing the airgram data which can't be done anymore, to my mind, as the weather picker when zooming out moves away from my favourite location.

@Ondřej-Šutera

Samsung A33 5G
6G RAM
Android 13
One UI 5.1

All latest updates. All other apps running perfectly.

Edited: The latest version of Windy just came to Android. It's early days but the extended forecast option seems to be working better, so far.

@temp850 I have to press the Extended Forecast option up to ten times for it to work. Sometimes only need to press it two or three times. It is very buggy still, after all these months.

It's the only app on my phone that doesn't work properly...

@Ondřej-Šutera Sorry for missing your question. When pressing the extended forecast option, for each town listed in my Favourites. Just the option we all press on to extend the forecast.

I'm surprised this issue hasn't been addressed yet? Does Windy test extensively on Android?

For a paying customer on Android, the app isn't as good as it used to be. ✌️🙏