Dear Windy,

Isolines look great on a high-resolution monitor, but when using Windy for a briefing using a projector/TV/Video Wall, it would be nice to have an option to thicken the isolines so that they are more visible to an audience. Perhaps a three-option line thickness in settings ?

Thank You,
Pete Curran

I've been begging for this feature for years. It's currently impossible to overlay 500mb heights on the satellite map. My suggestions is to allow the current altitude-slider to plot selected isolines for either the Geopotential height or pressure options as an overlay on any selected weather basemap (wind/temp/satellite/RH).

Also, Windy needs to add an option in settings to thicken the isolines to allow for better viewing.

In the US, the HRRR 3km model offers the highest resolution in the mesoscale time frame and attempts to resolve wind flow around topography, which is useful for forecasting on wildfires. In the synoptic scale, the ECMWF is my model of choice in the medium range period over the GFS and this past winter, did better at QPF rain and snow amounts.
The model comparison feature is a great tool to illustrate model agreement (or not) and identify model outliers.

Thumbs up for the great work of the talented Windy staff. Always brings something new, always improving the best weather application out there !

Bravo

Mexico: http://smn.cna.gob.mx/es/observando-el-tiempo/radares-meteorologicos

Belize: http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/observations/radar/radar-images

Dear Windy,

Love the web site/app. Fire weather meteorologists would love to see humidity added to the meteogram. Thanks !

@marekd The ability to compare or "swipe-back" to the previous observed or forecast sounding would be great. I currently don't see a way to do this in the current version, correct ?

HRRR in Windy ? (-;

Dear Windy Team,

Windy is a great tool for firefighters for assessing critical fire weather conditions. A few suggestions to make Windy even better:

1. Add Relative Humidity (RH) to the meteogram chart.
2. Add Wildfire perimeters as a layer toggle. They are here:
   https://www.geomac.gov/GeoMACKML/getKML.aspx

Thank You !
Pete

@korina Yay ! Coming in an app update too ?

1. Allow 500mb height contour lines overlay on satellite imagery (Isn't possible currently). Surface contours and Geopotential height contours are avail, but not at an adjustable altitude. Allow 500mg Geopotential height contours over a satellite image.

2. Add (surface) temperature anomaly layer.

I will buy the Windy programming team New Year's presents if they do this !

Thanks,
Pete

Very interesting. Thank you for your reply. I have reached out to the NWS San Diego office to see if there have been any changes in the NKX sounding data distribution. If I understand your post correctly, if the NKX sounding is in NOAA MADIS, it should be there are populate correctly in Windy ?

Thanks,
Pete

@Suty Yes, correct. Near San Diego. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koat.com%2Farticle%2Fpilot-killed-in-us-military-jet-crash-in-california%2F44913544&psig=AOvVaw0CMwJpX0-MQvV_evJ_JzH4&ust=1751751314449000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCPDmhKuUpI4DFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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Not sure what happened, but ther Miramar (NKX) balloon sounding has gone missing the past few days. I know it went up, because I can find it on other sources. Please bring NKX back !

For many years, I've begged and pleaded Windy for the capability to plot 500mb geopotential height contours on to the current satellite image (loop). This is one of the best visuals to explain a weather pattern to non-scientists.

Windy currently has 500mb heights and satellite imagery, just not the capability to view them at the same time. When geopotential height is toggled on while viewing the satellite loop, it only allows surface level heights.

1. Please allow the altitude slider to plot pressure and geopotential height WHILE viewing satellite image/loop.

2. Please allow a line thickness control for contour lines in set-up menu. Currently, contour lines can be so thin it is difficult to see. This is especially true when projecting Windy image onto a large screen.

I've been begging for this feature for years. It's currently impossible to overlay 500mb heights on the satellite map. My suggestions is to allow the current altitude-slider to plot selected isolines for either the Geopotential height or pressure options as an overlay on any selected weather basemap (wind/temp/satellite/RH).

Also, Windy needs to add an option in settings to thicken the isolines to allow for better viewing.

In the US, the HRRR 3km model offers the highest resolution in the mesoscale time frame and attempts to resolve wind flow around topography, which is useful for forecasting on wildfires. In the synoptic scale, the ECMWF is my model of choice in the medium range period over the GFS and this past winter, did better at QPF rain and snow amounts.
The model comparison feature is a great tool to illustrate model agreement (or not) and identify model outliers.

@idefix37 Thank you for your reply. The 500mb height is a standard viewing product for most meteorologists. The ability to select this Geopotential height (only) and overlay these isolines on other maps (satellite, wind) would make Windy even more useful.

@marekd The ability to compare or "swipe-back" to the previous observed or forecast sounding would be great. I currently don't see a way to do this in the current version, correct ?

Hello Windy,

I am a huge fan of overlaying geopotential height onto other maps (satellite, wind, precipitable water). I like that the current toggle in Windy allows GH to be overlayed on most maps. Could Windy better label this feature ? I assume the current GH product is a 500mb initial analysis from a global model, but it doesn't specify. Is it 500mb heights from the ECMWF or GFS ? Please amend the label to specify.

Thank You,
Pete Curran