Windy weather — Or rather Windy's application and website (windy.com) — It's one of the most popular weather visualizations in the world, which Indonesia users use to monitor the conditions of wind, sea waves, rain, and other weather parameters in reality, and in foreplay for the next 10 days. Unlike the BMKG that gives weather forecasts in text and numbers format, Windy weather presents weather data in interactive and intuitive map visualization — Made it a favorite pilot, sailor, climber, surfer, and outdoor electrician throughout Indonesia.
Key Takeaways
- Windy (windy.com) is a free weather visualization platform with wind animation, wave, rain and very intuitive temperatures.
- Windy uses data from global weather models ECMWF, GFS, and ICON — Not the BMKG data directly.
- Windy's most useful feature for Indonesia: wind layer, wave layer, and rainlayer.
- Windy did not replace BMKG for official weather early warning in Indonesia — Use both complementers.
- Available as websites (windy.com) and free mobile applications on iOS and Android.
Most Useful Windy feature for Indonesian Weather
- Wind — Visualize animated real-time wind flow and forecast; very useful for pilots, sailors, and wind sports fans
- Waves. — Height and direction ocean waves; essential to surfers, fishermen and paths users
- Rain / Thunder (Rain / Lightning) — A shower of rain and lightning potential in readable animation; useful for climbers and outdoor workers
- Temperature — Temperature forecast by hour and temperature distribution map; useful for planning activity at various heights
- AQI (Air quality) — Monitoring air pollution includes PM2.5 particles that are relevant to smog in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Windy vs. BMKG:
Windy and BMKG serve different needs — Neither of them are replacing each other. Use BMKG for official weather early warnings, premise per city in Indonesia with better local resolution, and earthquake information or tsunamis. Use Windy to visualize interactive movements of large weather systems, monitor wind and wave conditions for outdoor activity, and explore weather forecasts for the next 10 days with various numeric models. For Indonesia's most accurate and complete weather, the windy combination with Today's weather From the BMKG in Cuaca.
General Question about Weather Windy
Is Windy accurate for Indonesian weather?
Windy is quite accurate to the general picture of Indonesian weather because it uses the global ECMWF model (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) known as the global weather model. But for local weather details in specific Indonesian cities — Especially in mountain areas or remote islands — BMKG that has local surveillance data from hundreds of Indonesian weather stations is usually more accurate.
How do you use Windy to surf Indonesia?
Activate the "Waves" layer in Windy and select the "Wave height" parameter and "Wave period." For surfing, waves with a height of 1-3 meters and a wave period of over 10 seconds generally ideal. Keep an eye on the "Wind" layer. — Offshore winds make surfaces cleaner, while onshore winds make crumbling and untidy waves. Popular surf spots in Indonesia like Uluwatu, G-Land, and Field-Field can be monitored in Windy.
Can Windy detect bad weather in Indonesia?
Yeah, within limits of his globalized numeric model. Windy can show the area with high rainfall, high winds, and a big predictable wave over the next few days. But for a dangerous early warning of weather (local connective storm, nipple, or extreme weather abrupt) with short leads time, the BMKG program with more local data and reality-time remains more relevant.
Which weather model is the most accurate in Windy for Indonesia?
From a model available in Windy, ECMWF (European Centre) is consistently considered the most accurate global model — Especially for the next 3-10 days. The GFS is also an accurate and available alternative for free. For the next 1-2 days in the Indonesian region, the BMKG that has local surveillance data often provides a more accurate result of any global model.
Is Windy available in Indonesian?
Windy is available in many languages but the interface tends to be in English as default. You can change the language in Windy Settings, but not all features are available in Indonesia. The BMKG Info application completely in Indonesian is an easier alternative to less familiar users with English meteorology.
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