I have created a plugin to display soundings for paraglider pilots.

You can try it by installing windy-plugin-sounding.

It's still in early stages - feedback welcome.

Thanks to John C. Kealy - I borrowed some code from his skewt plugin.

@ekostogorov @TZ my plugin (windy-plugin-sounding) does support skewT (uncheck the "zoom view" checkbox at the bottom). It can be loaded on mobile by visiting windy.com/plugin however it does not well yet because I need to adapt the size to mobile screen.

It should probably not take too long to do but I have deferred for now that since loading plugins on mobile (especially in the app) is not well supported.

Thanks @ivo

So the "better" way to retrieve favorites is

import favs from "@windy/favs"; 
// or
// var favs = W.require('favs');

Then

favs.getAll();

returns:

{ 
  "34.492/-119.702": {key: "34.492/-119.702", lat: 34.491843, lon: -119.702396, name: "Santa Barbara", type: "fav", …},
  "36.768/-119.098": {key: "36.768/-119.098", lat: 36.768385, lon: -119.097719, name: "Dunlap", type: "fav", …},
  …
}

and

favs.getArray();

returns:

[
  {key: "37.514/-121.882", lat: 37.513810842731, lon: -121.88215255737303, name: "Mission Peak", type: "fav", …},
  {key: "37.365/-122.246", lat: 37.3650410873092, lon: -122.24594593048094, name: "Windy Hill", type: "fav", …},
  {key: "34.492/-119.702", lat: 34.491843534372784, lon: -119.70239639282227, name: "Santa Barbara", type: "fav", …},
  …
]

When using the pluginDataLoader to load airData for {lat: 43.976, lon: 6.483}

I got the following:

gh-150h: (40) [131722.708740563, 131873.29396572048, 131922.94565206693, 132016.71505905513, 132225.90723425196, 132424.17538139762, 132405.000246063, 132296.38902947246, 132255.6902066929, 132126.36828524806, 131979.19820374015, 131812.59491882677, 131797.06754429135, 131838.95329781887, 131817.3114542323, 131832.95140255906, 131882.41621555114, 131870.3858499016, 131769.75701279528, 131675.52005413387, 131733.70995324804, 131866.15618848425, 131979.6065452756, 132054.1844242126, 132197.57830954724, 132214.68257874015, 132223.52664561023, 132250.2682086614, 132359.18990981497, 132399.28457185038, 132337.12530757874, 132339.62530757874, 132286.7916461614, 132179.5933636811, 132041.56317667323, 131999.92359744094, 132039.0947957677, 132040.97490157478, 132024.16922982284, 132009.43221112204]
gh-200h: (40) [113363.36854084645, 113707.68452706693, 113764.08102438974, 113793.56795275591, 113895.9055472441, 114103.93823818897, 114103.67725298033, 114074.598871937, 114070.2010949803, 113970.64604432284, 113746.62030620078, 113516.53377766535, 113438.02491387795, 113496.66523486612, 113409.99187992125, 113398.54398375984, 113410.0189468504, 113371.70608707481, 113228.95463344488, 113164.96995570866, 113226.83421505906, 113341.42150590551, 113458.87020177166, 113590.36724901575, 113749.8428272638, 113849.78420275591, 113915.83802903544, 114011.62708404723, 114147.75356791339, 114211.0625, 114173.93153297243, 114120.42787337795, 114040.30450295276, 113922.85220423227, 113717.40292814959, 113641.51808562991, 113670.62569586614, 113647.62063238189, 113604.05602853149, 113608.60340797245]
gh-300h: (40) [87340.2168306378, 88022.09362774409, 88366.71191265748, 88519.15075865749, 88644.68959153543, 88825.71155265748, 88827.33778297243, 88751.61780265748, 88718.5326648622, 88587.46647391732, 88422.28753622046, 88132.56692794489, 88083.12420029528, 88111.9216456693, 88048.37848962597, 88007.07487732283, 87920.60919685039, 87799.79190600394, 87539.2166935, 87398.08668848424, 87462.80204478347, 87551.63711999213, 87649.60236388583, 87728.68153297243, 87860.35728346456, 87912.88938822047, 88024.4548592874, 88234.0406003937, 88423.62323523621, 88575.55729205906, 88685.52442175196, 88665.375, 88511.46727362205, 88348.73880413384, 88139.73892716534, 88001.49718159449, 87963.6092519685, 87922.54785074014, 87897.50140471653, 87913.29712106299]
gh-400h: (40) [68075.46822933071, 68820.03382361418, 69184.32997047243, 69369.32283519293, 69560.34251968504, 69727.32714074804, 69704.0369825945, 69636.38914862205, 69639.0951648622, 69545.75873769684, 69410.82023677953, 69199.17502706693, 69222.49266046063, 69241.93869783464, 69179.10742765748, 69124.18994734251, 69057.01524993306, 68938.83045690157, 68743.10248523622, 68667.07348966534, 68711.20620177165, 68768.59737942912, 68868.73363681103, 68977.43855527166, 69121.86964812993, 69125.37217027559, 69152.97244094487, 69294.78988681102, 69468.56053149607, 69554.64875147639, 69604.06212000786, 69597.26242618111, 69538.37955216535, 69403.43345275591, 69231.98419045276, 69125.24710875984, 69098.6468996063, 69090.11010014173, 69059.90735728346, 69093.9373760748]
gh-500h: (40) [52412.68017962598, 52991.7939596378, 53334.977970923224, 53558.258288031495, 53732.61786417322, 53915.33633735236, 53910.41424704724, 53850.38105930118, 53892.556010088585, 53830.889352553146, 53696.61922640946, 53533.778425370074, 53600.79569857874, 53623.60092445866, 53533.94382554133, 53486.9326153681, 53471.82270006102, 53406.06045890747, 53250.75186493504, 53185.1324378681, 53254.60005718504, 53320.10236220472, 53415.853284940946, 53542.053364911415, 53667.369371309054, 53709.29004675197, 53738.79434251968, 53836.10786786417, 53972.493510088585, 54032.54988927166, 54042.84541609252, 54050.3687253937, 54024.43685408465, 53912.784879429135, 53758.27463705708, 53703.699895423226, 53688.798658956686, 53644.33845964566, 53597.21798105315, 53621.64044045276]
gh-600h: (40) [39309.508089320865, 39589.35038484252, 39790.67882800197, 39976.00149827756, 40164.28475639764, 40345.63804133858, 40366.27983513779, 40334.39367002953, 40397.175533956695, 40384.6305357874, 40281.76436934055, 40161.25077485236, 40213.06408343701, 40244.12360269488, 40175.55417765748, 40157.23955659449, 40177.53506397638, 40140.39348349015, 40012.59501107284, 39957.18101008858, 40038.42372047244, 40108.22782357284, 40204.15235527165, 40323.07141978347, 40454.65975639764, 40489.98683562992, 40529.13863582677, 40607.20647760827, 40723.613400098424, 40770.17087390748, 40760.214013287405, 40773.33169291339, 40754.119038765755, 40664.965981791334, 40537.495663139765, 40491.76445620078, 40482.650006151576, 40426.43210851378, 40373.79456815945, 40376.82046628937]
gh-700h: (40) [27884.19070410925, 28031.20550272638, 28101.836257627958, 28174.872735728346, 28346.941687796258, 28572.111097440946, 28612.10278973917, 28584.514486958662, 28663.149452509846, 28665.538245096457, 28607.148829753936, 28500.781021027557, 28512.19852079232, 28542.629443897637, 28518.59434793307, 28564.851592778545, 28621.273759067913, 28600.524329478347, 28484.061760610235, 28446.371800196852, 28509.40569635827, 28589.109744094483, 28665.860400591537, 28762.89999077264, 28887.224117249018, 28916.433555190943, 28944.074341781492, 29000.53883181595, 29102.9676273376, 29142.913985605315, 29126.24892347441, 29126.012525713584, 29114.65184846063, 29028.77705535335, 28917.77548289862, 28870.949579109252, 28884.86666461614, 28824.39187640551, 28776.022237942914, 28774.26093442421]
gh-800h: (40) [17679.363265557087, 17760.498825295275, 17795.108544537397, 17776.81472600886, 17907.756373189957, 18159.970580093504, 18203.287693774604, 18192.520377091536, 18289.378875492126, 18282.13888225886, 18256.511166603344, 18138.183647732283, 18159.904918922246, 18189.31132320374, 18201.714205216536, 18282.607672995076, 18329.14984854823, 18300.886441929135, 18227.64149490551, 18205.001830093504, 18252.109643469492, 18323.94957246555, 18369.936700295275, 18452.230511706694, 18561.134627214567, 18587.550504429135, 18588.272376353347, 18635.143570497046, 18723.354392224406, 18752.586060531496, 18744.162524606298, 18741.430471825788, 18727.192083374997, 18639.270802371062, 18539.436469611224, 18506.10384433563, 18536.28268024114, 18473.748470182087, 18410.693625341537, 18401.09689812894]
gh-850h: (40) [12949.21612171555, 13041.717570897144, 13078.839174766239, 13034.945548164862, 13139.845880726378, 13383.187098240649, 13397.067919968013, 13377.328612885827, 13490.286148191437, 13493.974139271653, 13485.398449864666, 13364.869163693405, 13386.990411478837, 13404.697426488681, 13426.695680610237, 13539.123177965059, 13577.808298006888, 13545.961460383858, 13473.754915415848, 13461.293237881398, 13514.513041338583, 13567.935431532973, 13596.403267121555, 13668.956187376967, 13779.28458731053, 13809.385442298226, 13806.421959584151, 13848.212854761317, 13924.269108329234, 13924.245951279529, 13924.100061555117, 13927.940283291337, 13918.016144203739, 13841.589936023622, 13740.03267852756, 13722.734227617619, 13732.282355376476, 13681.447173351376, 13617.286142467521, 13604.67745436565]
gh-900h: (40) [8434.74082972441, 8554.260232807086, 8617.48712409006, 8579.77898929626, 8651.018023073328, 8820.014873892716, 8790.530531889764, 8757.28638035187, 8902.048299466289, 8942.49632449557, 8935.799163611713, 8816.298534910187, 8828.195739265502, 8816.267186269684, 8848.521219703493, 8992.555712757628, 9056.86563122244, 9020.0124135406, 8947.390892685778, 8945.233204047736, 8993.71142913312, 9001.351931594489, 9014.831500625001, 9092.557317644932, 9215.63687253937, 9252.032941683072, 9274.578286478838, 9320.740218996063, 9338.291043151328, 9281.100452079232, 9296.105076729822, 9323.02553653494, 9340.63368847244, 9272.381453258859, 9189.895673937992, 9169.289830156002, 9136.676142778051, 9093.390149290353, 9023.30407234252, 9021.977961168308]
gh-925h: (40) [6255.588206545275, 6398.687303681594, 6468.966416903298, 6441.76798828125, 6486.935731306594, 6612.30673871186, 6563.982921622293, 6526.965980530265, 6688.490884225639, 6739.3624390809555, 6746.282727577509, 6621.303998298475, 6624.250114696112, 6596.485692290355, 6634.069129859744, 6793.843186546505, 6874.105109814961, 6830.641607063484, 6762.684439807579, 6761.572041246801, 6804.067232867864, 6801.861216627707, 6794.216917189222, 6875.750696391732, 7007.442558193899, 7055.056553429871, 7093.852306732283, 7140.258754485974, 7115.896225626968, 7039.079188607284, 7057.2542722994585, 7094.318922582431, 7129.878862306593, 7075.461570307579, 6988.115911493356, 6975.263893460877, 6914.616642039862, 6871.370292661172, 6799.208665891239, 6801.461157183317]
gh-950h: (40) [4122.865316592397, 4278.168008961982, 4373.394920165108, 4345.009157234252, 4368.816671106053, 4450.795116879921, 4376.722337321604, 4337.92382088152, 4522.398646376723, 4592.785062782603, 4598.846786771039, 4474.280586075911, 4474.274351777805, 4425.530256982038, 4471.433934839444, 4640.152054456817, 4738.052550917446, 4686.630529712107, 4626.069049504798, 4626.6344074388535, 4671.852837029404, 4645.621445297121, 4630.345743408588, 4717.554862435409, 4851.691511780389, 4898.912453478715, 4955.036608837967, 5011.7999159997535, 4945.04973089936, 4847.533643777682, 4869.567526462106, 4915.0399811915595, 4969.079955186762, 4922.807703156496, 4838.468960729084, 4825.796043246801, 4735.240695404774, 4703.494161972194, 4625.4691905624995, 4636.454988790354]

The values are way off (ie gh-900 should be a little below 1000m).
It look like they are off by a factor of 10 ?

Go to "https://www.windy.com/-Settings/settings" (settings menu)

You can setup the strartup location to be ip /gps / one of your favorites

I'd love to see more info about the available data too.
May be the plugins repo on github would be a good place to add them ?

Check exemples 10 and 7 at https://github.com/windycom/windy-plugins

@CR check https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_free_convection

@Gkikas-LGPZ Units should be what you have configured in windy settings - I'll add them on the graphs at some point.

There are quite a few things I want to improve/polish and then I'll get the android app you pointed to. Thanks !

I use u & v interpolations.

There is one gotcha when you do angle interpolation wrt to wrapping: avg(310, 50) is 0 not 360 / 2.

Seems like you asked me to comment ;)

@Yves70 plugins must adhere to an agreement with windy. It states that data should only be used by the plug-in running in windy and should not get exported.

GFS data are public/free so can download those data on different sites. That might answer your question.

@vicb said in Sounding Plugin - for paraglider pilots:

visit https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding

The fastest way to load the plugin is to visit https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sounding then you click on load an done.

It also works on mobile if you use a browser - unfortunately it doesn't work with the mobile app for security reason.

Note that because almost nobody knows how to load plugins in a mobile browser the plugin is not well suited for mobile yet but that's something I plan to work on over the coming month.

Happy that you like it @grantonthefly

@marekd said in Did anything change recently with left hand side handling ?:

in a mobile application you can access almost any user data, even list of installed apps etc...

Could you really do that from Javascript ?

I do understand your point of not allowing auto-loading and I think it is reasonable. I am only asking that question out of curiosity as I never thought JS would allow that.

It would be really great to find a way to sandbox the plugins as asking user for confirmation is only a way to push to responsibility to the user but does not solve this problem otherwise. Have you already thought about or explore some solutions ?

I need to think more about it but would running the plugin in an iframe be a solution ? It could use messages to communicate with windy and then only have whatever public subset of the API exposed.

Thanks @rittels.

I saw a few changes recently and no worries for the small glitch I reported. The only way to not make mistakes is when you do nothing :)

Do you have plans to auto-load plugins (without confirmation) ?
Do you have plans to make plugin available from the mobile app / mobile browser (without having to type the direct URL) ?

Thanks for all the updates.

I am also on MacOS but more obviously use Chrome most often.

However I just tried with Safari Version 13.1.1 (15609.2.9.1.2) and it works well on my side.

Thanks for all your replies and @marekd for taking care of this. You are awesome !

My plugin (windy-sounding-plugin) is exclusive: "lhpane".

However when I load it and right click on the map to open it, the "windy plugins" menu (where you load the plugins) stays open underneath my plugin LH window.

The problem is that my plugin is wider than the "windy plugin" window but the timeline left position is right of the "windy plugin" menu and then partially hidden by my plugin.