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This is very cool, I’m guessing that Bismarck, North Dakota is the place to be if you are wind farming, looks like a lot of air is being funneled past it. Things get interesting around the Rocky Mountains in general.

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Post by jonahbenton » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:42 PM UTC

evilpie wrote: post #13

I have been using the similar site https://www.ventusky.com for a few years now.

Shout out for Ventusky. The app is fantastic. Highest value $3 I spend every year.

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Post by rateofclimb » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:45 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #52

rateofclimb wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great to see some love for Forecast Discussions! As a pilot, and overall outdoor enthusiast I've relied on Forecast Discussions for many years. If I may be so bold, my app Deep Weather for iOS is designed to be the most convenient and easy-to-read source for Forecast Discussions. It's free (with some more advanced/optional features requiring a subscription): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deep-weather/id528748182

Not available in Europe! Too bad

Yes I'm sorry, Area Forecast Discussions are a product of NOAA/National Weather Service in the United States and its territories. They do cover a lot of ground from Guam to Puerto Rico, the continental US and Alaska, but not Europe.

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Post by Englestone » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:45 PM UTC

So Simple. Brilliant

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Post by jzwinck » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:45 PM UTC

I used Windy when planning a bicycle tour. It told me the wind would be mostly from the east, so I began my trip in the east and enjoyed 1300 km with a tailwind.

The same idea could apply to long distance running or hiking, canoeing, and other non-wind sports.

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Post by jonahbenton » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:47 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #27

evilpie wrote: post #13

I have been using the similar site https://www.ventusky.com for a few years now.

They look like clones. What's the difference?

There are a LOT of weather geeks around the world. Different folks, different origin stories.

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Post by hugoromano » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:50 PM UTC

I was paying for it, but didn't renew the subscription, this year in 90 days that I needed forecast was way off in 42 of them, and trying all their different model offers. Maybe next year I will resubscribe, depending how their models forecast over Fall and Winter.

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Post by hutzlibu » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:52 PM UTC

mmaunder wrote: post #29

Windy is great. The map is appealing, but be sure to check out the forecast view for a particular location. Also make sure you try different locations. I'm in the Salish Sea on Orcas Island in the San Juans and because we have a lot of topography here mixed with ocean, we have a lot of local effects, contour winds and so on and there are big differences between locations. Also note that Windy can get it wrong. I grew…

"Also note that Windy can get it wrong."

I kind of lost trust in it, when I was in the middle of a thunderstorm, yet windy showed me all sunny.

Granted, it was in the alps and forcasting there is hard, but it was the current state of things they got wrong.