Windy now supports Apple Watch

One of the most frustrating UI's around. Now on your 1.2" screen! LOL
 
It looks nice in the screen shots, I haven't updated iOS yet, I think that's why I can't see the watch app yet.
 
Okay, I upgraded and now I see the app. It's actually kinda cool.
 
Salty said:
Okay, I upgraded and now I see the app. It's actually kinda cool.
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Yup. I like how you can advance the forecast time with the watch crown and see how the wind forecast changes.

My hope is this is a solid start and we will see new features developed for the watch app. And some watch face complications
 
Salty said:
One of the most frustrating UI's around.
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I found it frustrating at first. It seemed unintuitive, because it’s so different.

But now that I’ve got the knack, I think the UI is brilliant. And I pay for the upsell version.

Windy is especially valuable for planning cross-country trips days in advance because it has data that far out, and it’s so very easy to scroll forward and back in time, to decide which day is best for the trip.

The watch app also has a clever time scrolling that’s easy and fast, as Mike mentioned above. Within seconds of installation I used it to find when the wind direction would reverse at my location, as a front comes through. Not many features yet, but a promising start for the watch.
 
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That looks pretty cool. Going to have to pick this up. I’m a sucker for a new app
 
NoHeat said:
I found it frustrating at first. It seemed unintuitive, because it’s so different.

But now that I’ve got the knack, I think the UI is brilliant. And I pay for the upsell version.

Windy is especially valuable for planning cross-country trips days in advance because it has data that far out, and it’s so very easy to scroll forward and back in time, to decide which day is best for the trip.

The watch app also has a clever time scrolling that’s easy and fast, as Mike mentioned above. Within seconds of installation I used it to find when the wind direction would reverse at my location, as a front comes through. Not many features yet, but a promising start for the watch.
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Oh windy is very useful, and I subscribed, but I’m sorry, the UI sucks.
 
NoHeat said:
I found it frustrating at first. It seemed unintuitive, because it’s so different.

But now that I’ve got the knack, I think the UI is brilliant. And I pay for the upsell version.

Windy is especially valuable for planning cross-country trips days in advance because it has data that far out, and it’s so very easy to scroll forward and back in time, to decide which day is best for the trip.

The watch app also has a clever time scrolling that’s easy and fast, as Mike mentioned above. Within seconds of installation I used it to find when the wind direction would reverse at my location, as a front comes through. Not many features yet, but a promising start for the watch.
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How in the world do you flight plan?
AOPA flight planner includes wind prediction.
Garmin Pilot does.
Foreflight does.
Fltplan.com does.

Basically all tools now include it. How is stand alone surface wind helpful?

Tim

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tspear said:
How in the world do you flight plan?
AOPA flight planner includes wind prediction.
Garmin Pilot does.
Foreflight does.
Fltplan.com does.

Basically all tools now include it. How is stand alone surface wind helpful?

Tim

Sent from my HD1907 using Tapatalk
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Windy the app/website has about 5 different weather models so you can see if they are pretty aligned or wildly different. Far more useful than any of the above, which all use the NAM model. The watch thing is early days, but on your wrist is a very convenient place to see if something has changed just before take off or in the air if you have service.
 
tspear said:
How is stand alone surface wind helpful?
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Tim, surface wind is just the default layer for the Windy website and ios app. There’s much more.

There are also layers for precip, ceiling height, temp, wind at altitude, and more. You can add isobars to detect fronts, troughs etc. To access all that, just click on the little triple-line icon to bring up the menu.

You can also get details for any location on the map by touching that location.

Once you discover those little innovations in the UI, you’ll find it’s easy to use.
 
NoHeat said:
Tim, surface wind is just the default layer for the Windy website and ios app. There’s much more.

There are also layers for precip, ceiling height, temp, wind at altitude, and more. You can add isobars to detect fronts, troughs etc. To access all that, just click on the little triple-line icon to bring up the menu.

You can also get details for any location on the map by touching that location.

Once you discover those little innovations in the UI, you’ll find it’s easy to use.
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Just for the record, I didn't say the UI was hard to use. Just that it's frustrating. When you're creating a route, hold your breath because if you don't caress it in just the right way, you'll be starting over from scratch.
 
If you have a late model iPhone and did the recent iOs update your Windy screen probably isn't working. Windy promises they'll have an update in a few days to fix it.

Windy's premium subscription service is very good. I use it a lot. But I have no need for a detailed dynamic map on my watch. I do keep the Aeroweather complication of a local airport AWOS on my watch face, though.

My fav weather app is still YR.no.
 
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