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"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 wa

"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.

bujak300 5y ago
Convective ("heat") thunderstorms are pretty much impossible to forecast precisely. On the day of, I'd recommend to use the radar, satellite and wind measurement, to get a picture what's happening, not the forecast anymore.
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  "Use the radar, satellite and wind measurement" I did. And they showed me no clouds, rain or wind worth mentioning.
  - bujak300 5y ago
    If you were in the storm.and the radar didn't show anhthing maybe the radar was out of service in that area, which is very unusual.
jsmith99 5y ago
It's not realtime, some of the underlying models only get updated every 6 hours.