When you zoom out, it makes the Earth feel like a living creature. So cool!
Ventusky – Weather data visualization
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#43The zoom on this thing is out of control.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are both very similar to https://earth.nullschool.net/ which is open source: https://github.com/cambecc/earth
It is not any longer, the last update on github was made 3 years ago. Now Cameron works is not publishing new features on github.
Which features does the website have that are not in the repo?
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#46Very nice, although default of Fahrenheit, really? The date format is ISO rather than US by default. Maybe a master switch [US|Countries in the 21st Century] 8-)
On the topic of localisation, I really love how it has the local names for places (Roma, Bruxelles, etc.)
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#47Does it make sense to anyone that this kind of data should be layered on regular mapping applications (directions, traffic, shops)? Or is it too much?
I like the idea of visiting Google Maps, for example, and being able to toggle snippets of this kind of weather data onto the map itself. Other useful, one-click, toggles could include:
1. Real Estate Listings for a given area
2. Demographics
3. Forecasts & Historical weather info
4. Crime data
5. Local Events
6. Low-bandwidth settings
7. Access to publicly available real-time streaming cameras
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#48This is a great visualization of free data, although not the first in this style, but it's usefulness in actual forecasting or nowcasting is rather limited. Interpolation between sparse grid points can result in missing fine details, like the subtle boundaries that kick off the most violent storms in the central Plains. Limiting to just GFS and GEM make sense from a proof of concept level, however these are long rang…
Windytv ( http://windytv.com ) provides ECMWF 9km global model, NAM 4km for CONUS, NEMS 4km for Europe and also GFS. Info about data sources used at Windytv https://community.windytv.com/topic/12/what-source-of-weathe... Windytv created new version where you can see fine details for many different overlays.
just returned from the canaries where windytv proficiently helped me to pick my bikeroutes, adapted to the prevailing wind conditions.
these winds change fast and seem unpredictable and although the connection between general weather and wind is somehow limited it seems clear to me that it must be hard to make any accurate predictions.
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#49Confusing how the wind is animated, nothing else is; for example, the temp, precipitation, etc.
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#50Does it make sense to anyone that this kind of data should be layered on regular mapping applications (directions, traffic, shops)? Or is it too much? I like the idea of visiting Google Maps, for example, and being able to toggle snippets of this kind of weather data onto the map itself. Other useful, one-click, toggles could include: 1. Real Estate Listings for a given area 2. Demographics 3. Forecasts & Historical…
If you are in the US, you can add a kmz to Google Earth to get some of the weather stuff: