Windy is a Czech company providing interactive
weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology forecasting, to predict the conditions of the Earth's atmosphere, atmosphere for a given location and time. People have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia a ...
services worldwide.
The portal was founded by
Ivo Lukačovič
Ivo Lukačovič (born February 7, 1974, in Prague) is a Czech entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Seznam.cz, an Internet portal in the Czech Republic. According to ''Forbes'' magazine he is the 11th richest person in the Czech Republic with ass ...
in November 2014. Initially, the portal focused on wind animation, currently there are other basic meteorological parameters such as
temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer.
Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied o ...
,
pressure
Pressure (symbol: ''p'' or ''P'') is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. Gauge pressure (also spelled ''gage'' pressure)The preferred spelling varies by country and e ...
,
relative humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation, dew, or fog to be present.
Humidity depe ...
, cloud base and additional panels with more advanced data. The wind animation is based on the open sources project of
Cameron Beccario ''earth''.
List of weather models
Global models
*
GFS (Resolution 22 km)
*
ECMWF
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by most of the nations of Europe. It is based at three sites: Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom; Bologna, Italy; an ...
(Resolution 9 km)
* ICON by
German DWD (Resolution 6 km for Europe, 13 km for global)
Local models
*
NEMS by Swiss company
MeteoBlue Meteoblue (stylized as meteoblue) is a meteorological service created at the University of Basel, Switzerland. In 2006, Meteoblue was then founded as a spin-off company in order to serve customers especially in the area of agriculture as well as Sol ...
(Resolution 4 km for Europe)
*
NAM Conus by
NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
(Resolution 5 km for continental US)
*
NAM Alaska (Resolution 6 km for Alaska)
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NAM Hawaii (Resolution 4 km for Hawaii)
*
AROME by
Météo-France
Météo-France is the French national meteorological service.
Organisation
The organisation was established by decree in June 1993 and is a department of the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Paris but many domestic operatio ...
(Resolution 1.25 km for France, Germany and the Alps)
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.windy.com
Community Windy
Meteorological companies
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