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Re: Windy.com

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Post by lr »

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…

1000% agree! I sail and Windy is great for an idea of what is going to happen, but no substitute for what is actually happening on the water, i.e., the fine-tuned weather that is necessary to sail a boat. If you want to know a hurricane is coming or the potential for a "weather event," then Windy is truly your friend. Otherwise, what the OP wrote is totally necessary. For sailing, you want to look at lighthouse weather data (e.g., NOAA) and the numerous buoy systems (e.g., https://buoybay.noaa.gov/) really are your friend.

Re: Windy.com

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Post by drewg123 »

bscphil wrote: post #63

The wind animation doesn't work at all for me in Firefox (on Linux, version 91). I see a few large animation "sheets" where the wind is moving in the same direction, depending on where on the map I look. Works in Chromium. Anyone else have this problem? Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/eLyQa6X.jpg

Have you tried firefox 92?

It works for me on FreeBSD, running "firefox amd64 92.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 " in an Ubuntu linux jail.

Re: Windy.com

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Post by morganvachon »

glxxyz wrote: post #54
evilpie wrote: post #13

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

Another similar one: https://earth.nullschool.net/

My journey with weather mapping sites went in reverse order from this thread: Years ago when I ran a local weather blog I discovered the Nullschool site, then a few years later VentuSky, then Windy. I don't do the blog anymore but I still rely on Windy for visualizing weather conditions.

Re: Windy.com

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Post by thecaio »

Any kite surfers? How have you found Windy for spotting decent places to surf? I’m a fan of Windy but sometimes find it a bit “lowres” in the sense that it does a good job on translating wind direction/force in broader, more general areas while it’s hit and miss for specific spots (eg beaches or nooks). POVs?

Re: Windy.com

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Post by henriquez »

davidjade wrote: post #84
bscphil wrote: post #63

The wind animation doesn't work at all for me in Firefox (on Linux, version 91). I see a few large animation "sheets" where the wind is moving in the same direction, depending on where on the map I look. Works in Chromium. Anyone else have this problem? Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/eLyQa6X.jpg

Doesn't work for me on Firefox in Windows either. I've tried a number of things and it seems it just doesn't work on Firefox at all.

Works fine for me in Firefox on Mac.

Re: Windy.com

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Post by b_emery »

ArlenBales wrote: post #93

I live north of Sacramento. This summer I found NOAA's GOES-17 satellite imagery to be the easiest and most accurate method in determining where wildfire smoke would move. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G1...

East CONUS makes it look like Texas has terrible air right now: https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/CONUS/GEOCOLOR/2...

Re: Windy.com

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Post by eyelidlessness »

sealaska wrote: post #61
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…

When you say Windy can get it wrong, isn't it really the underlying forecast models that are wrong? It's unclear to me if Windy is doing much more than creating a great presentation of existing data. Their website does list an open ML role, though.. I wonder how much rolling your own weather forecast is tantamount to rolling your own crypto??

Rolling your own weather forecast is more akin to rolling your own election forecast (ahem).

Equally dangerous, but not designed to be private and a huge different set of risks.

Re: Windy.com

#110

Post by aeharding »

EMM_386 wrote: post #97
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…

> , find a nearby airport, get their ATIS (or AWOS or ASOS) phone number and you can call and get a real-time report. Obviously it's current weather, not forecast, but it's often helpful. The US Government makes both METARs (current report) and TAFs (area forecast) available online. You can also get PIREPs (pilot reports) if you are interested in the conditions in the air.

Along with free APIs! (XML, though.)

https://www.aviationweather.gov/dataserver

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