Forgive me if you already have seen this, but I’ve just noticed a rather clever new feature on Windy.com concerning weather radar. You can now extrapolate forward the latest weather radar imagery by up to an hour to see just how quickly rain or snow from a shower or frontal system is moving, and when it will reach you. Perhaps they must use the 850 hPahPa A Hectopascal is the SI unit of pressure and identical to the Millibar wind speeds and direction to steer the pixels. The Met OfficeUKMO The Meteorological Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy do a similar thing with actual and NWPNWP Numerical weather prediction uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions. forecast data, but it’s rather jerky at T+0, and just underlines the disconnect between the two at times. I’ve also noticed that you can now overlay isobars and show SFERICs which is also very useful.
I’ve been involved with developing new and innovative ways to visualise weather information ation for nearly 30 years now, and I’ve never seen anything as obvious and useful as this functionality. I’ve always been a fan of Windy.com, and one day I’ll pluck up the courage to subscribe, the only thing that prevents this is that I’m a tight fisted Yorkshire man.
Use the slider in the above image to see what I mean or try it out live at Windy.com.