Since the release of the New PredictWind site on the 1st of May we have released many new features and made many refinements. The following is a summary of the major items:
Location Selection
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You can do a name or map search for your location.
Mobi Site
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Text forecasts can be accessed on your mobile phone web browser
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Simply type www.predictwind.mobi on your mobile phone browser
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The 1km and 8km forecasts are now combined into one table
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GFS and CMC forecasts are color coded so you can easily compare them
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Remembers you username and password each time you login
Forecast Maps
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The view and zoom level are automatically saved, so when you return you can quickly view your favorite location
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A time spinner has been added, so you can see when the forecast information has been downloaded
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A Global 9 day 100km resolution forecast is now available. View the GFS or CMC forecast for any location in the world
Contour Maps
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Offshore rain maps now include a surface pressure overlay, so you can see the general synoptic situation
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Cloud cover maps show the percentage of cloud cover every 3 hrs.
Weather Routing
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The routing algorithm has been refined
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The routing algorithm uses land avoidance down to 1km resolution
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Better error messaging and hence easier to troubleshoot
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Time zone can be set for your location, so all times are displayed for your location for all forecasts
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You can add multiple waypoints to force the route to follow a path. For example, circumnavigating an island
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Results table showing more information and better formatting
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You can now add and save your own custom polar
Trip Planner
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This feature is now active, and will quickly show you the best day to leave on your next trip
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Suitable for coastal trips of 10NM or more, or long offshore passages
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Presents the information in a summary table for the next 5 days.
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Equivalent of doing 8 weather routings and summarizing the results
Real Time Observations
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This feature is now active and working properly.
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Click on the stations to see a graph wind observations since midnight in the local time
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The Google map view is now automatically saved to show your last view
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Please send us recommendation of other weather stations you would like added!
All feedback welcome - please email support@predictwind.com
