This 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.<p>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.<p>Limiting to just GFS and GEM make sense from a proof of concept level, however these are long range models that play in the 10-16 day range. GFS in particular uses a 13km spaced grid that isn't convection allowing, meaning it can't model individual storms well. GFS is typically only output every 6 hours as well so it can easily get out of sync on forecasts for the day of.<p>It would be great to see these types of visualizations incorporate something fast and higher resolution like the HRRR or even one of the NAM/WRF 4km variants, but that is a <i>lot</i> more data than what is currently being ingested.<p>The best weather information (for US citizens) hands down is still your local NWS office. I'd recommend everyone bookmarking their site and following them on social media.
Very 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-)
Looks very similar to Windytv (<a href="https://www.windytv.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.windytv.com/</a>). Are these websites somehow related?
Does 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?<p>I like the idea of visiting Google Maps, for example, and being able to toggle <i>snippets</i> of this kind of weather data onto the map itself. Other useful, one-click, toggles could include:<p>1. Real Estate Listings for a given area<p>2. Demographics<p>3. Forecasts & Historical weather info<p>4. Crime data<p>5. Local Events<p>6. Low-bandwidth settings<p>7. Access to publicly available real-time streaming cameras
While it is undeniably both beautiful and really cool, I've yet to see anything that beats a meteogram[1] when it comes to actually understanding at a glance what the weather is likely to do over the next couple of days.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteogram" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteogram</a>
Love this kind of weather visualisation.<p>I'm fan of Windytv. They also offer free API: <a href="http://api.windyty.com/" rel="nofollow">http://api.windyty.com/</a><p>So I made tracker for around the world sailing race (Vendee Globe): <a href="https://gis.ee/vg/" rel="nofollow">https://gis.ee/vg/</a><p>It makes so much easier to follow big weather patterns.
Great website.<p>On a side note, you can see the Himalayas doing their job: <a href="https://www.ventusky.com/?p=32.15;78.51;6&l=pressure" rel="nofollow">https://www.ventusky.com/?p=32.15;78.51;6&l=pressure</a>
Cool! This reminds me a bit of weatherspark, which used to have a fantastic tool for visualizing long term trends. What were the 10th/50th/90th percentile temps for a given day over the last 30 years, etc. I wonder if the data sets here could be used to build something similar.
Sure seems to be a lot of Fahrenhate here... Hey, look at it this way - the more granular Fahrenheit degrees (roughly half (5/9) a Celsius degree) are more useful for determining comfort - including setting a thermostat: I've had a couple of European cars that clearly used degrees Celsius for their setpoint (even if displaying degrees F, usually skipping by twos). Way too often, it simply wasn't possible to set the AC comfortably - it was either too warm or too cool. This matters in Texas...
Related: Site for tracking lightning/thunderstorms [1].<p>Warning: Sound is on by default. Disable by clicking Sound in the menu on the lower left.<p>[1] <a href="http://blitzortung.org/" rel="nofollow">http://blitzortung.org/</a>
This "cyclone bomb" is terrifying <a href="https://www.ventusky.com/?p=49.1;-27.3;3&l=pressure&t=20170206/12" rel="nofollow">https://www.ventusky.com/?p=49.1;-27.3;3&l=pressure&t=201702...</a><p>Is it even possible?
For remote locations I find the NASA worldview pretty accurate for weather predictions. Just came back from the Seychelles, basically any weather forecast was completely off.<p>Just by looking at the NASA satellite images you could roughly predict the cloud movements for the next day and though next sunshine :)<p>EDIT: link <a href="https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov" rel="nofollow">https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov</a>
Well, I for one find this pretty cool, especially the part where you can select the altitude. As a licensed remote pilot, this gives me a good idea of winds aloft at-a-glance without having to parse an entire full-briefing with all METARs, PIREPs, AIRMETs, and whatnot. My main question is the "altitude" in this AGL (above ground level) or MSL (mean sea level)?
Great stuff let's not forget <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic" rel="nofollow">https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/ort...</a>
Just so you know, wind in Spanish is "viento", and "ventusqui" is an informal way to call the wind. So yep, they've copied both the concept AND the name of windytv.
I only have a minor complaint: It only lets you view real time data and forecasts up to 2 weeks out; there's no archived data like earth.nullschool.net (which has data going back to 12/2013). If there were a site like that, or even a way of creating a DIY site that uses archived numerical data but maintains a similar UI/visual appeal as Ventusky (e.g. the wind streamlines, which I think look much more appealing than on nullschool), I would pay actual real money for this product.
This site is great - and it looks like there are others out there too.<p>I use this for backpacking and astrophotography to figure out precipitation and cloud patterns (as to not waste a drive out). Very helpful!
I think making sense of the scale of weather would be aided by an accurate world map like the peters projection or something of that nature that doesn't do Eurocentric seafaring things like put Greenland as being the same size as Africa when Africa is like 11 times larger in reality. For example, with a proper map, the fact that much of the northern Atlantic landmass is heated by the sea would make more sense -- it's a much smaller area in reality than is represented.
This pales in comparison to the much more detailed, beautiful, featured, older visualization at <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net" rel="nofollow">https://earth.nullschool.net</a>
I remember using this site to watch the projected path of the last hurricane that happened (I forget it's name). It was an amazing visualization tool. Forgot about it since then.
I personally prefer <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net/" rel="nofollow">https://earth.nullschool.net/</a>
I find it works better with Mac Trackpads
Looks like Dark Sky[0] has a competitor. I'll probably use both of these side by side.<p>[0] <a href="https://darksky.net/" rel="nofollow">https://darksky.net/</a>
Offshoot topic. How can I find the windiest places in the us?<p>I'm looking to move somewhere warmer and I was thinking a strong consistent wind would mitigate the hot summers.
It seems many people have their locale set to en-us, but don't like seeing °F, inches etc.<p>Go to Menu > Settings > Language > English [en]<p>That will give you °C, mm, etc
Nice! Although it would take a lot to get me away from <a href="https://darksky.net/" rel="nofollow">https://darksky.net/</a> now.