What is Windy.com?
Windy was first launched on November 1, 2014 with the name Windyty.com. By 2016, this app was launched on Android and iOS under the name Windytv. One year later, the developers changed the name to Windy.com and kept that name up to now.This application has been trusted by many people around the world. From professional pilots, paragliding athletes, surfers and even governments of some countries, Windy.com is used as a source of accurate and reliable weather forecasts.
The leading standard weather forecast model by NOAA
Currently, Windy.com is forecasting the weather situation based on data from the GFS, ECMWF models of NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In addition, the application also uses the NEMS model from the Swiss company named Meteoblue. These are all recognized models as the most accurate in the world today. Windy.com is one of the few weather companies adopting these models, so the application has attracted many users. Specifically, the app has more than 10 million users, based on Google Play statistics.Weather forecast for 7 days
Windy.com helps you track weather developments for 7 consecutive days. Not only that, this application also continuously updates the weather changes from day to hour. This will help you grasp the weather quickly so you can prepare your plan.Detailed weather information in each area
Windy.com not only updates quickly but also provides extremely specific weather information such as temperature, precipitation, wind speed, fog condition, … Besides, you can also see the time when the sun rises and sets and the shape of the moon anywhere in the world. This application can provide such useful information thanks to their satellite radars placed on different locations around the Earth. Therefore, Windy.com’s coverage is worldwide, you can even see the weather situation in both Arctic and Antarctica.General weather information
When you choose any weather factor such as temperature, precipitation or wind direction, the app will display a heat map of those factors from around the world. This will make it possible to compare the situation of your area with other regions quickly and easily.Keep track of other useful information
Ivo Lukacovic, founder of Windy.com, was originally a helicopter pilot and jet pilot. His passion for skydiving and some of his programming knowledge prompted him to create the website Windy.com. Therefore, initially this application is intended for extreme sports athletes with information mainly about skydiving spots or safe surfing areas during the day.However, a few years later, as the application became more popular and widely available, he and his team developed Windy.com with other useful information such as weather at airports around the world or happenings of storms. Not only that, the application also allows us to view real images of some locations captured from satellite cameras, helping users to capture the current weather situation anywhere on Earth.