GFS fall back and cloud layers
Hi,
I understand that GFS is the fallback source if a source does not have data for a future time period. It would be nice to be able change this, but that has been raised before:
As some weather sources have a limited range, currently flowx has a default fallback (GFS). I’d really like to be able to select a complete list of sources, getting data from the next one, when the curtent has no data.
Here’s an example chain i’d like to have:
DWD Cosmo D2 for high presicion 27h forcast
DWD ICON EU for midrange forcast of 5 day
GFS 15km as fallback
But I guess simular setups would be nice for other regions, for example using metro france.
Hope it’s clear what I want to hav…
Hi Duane,
Thanks for this wonderful app. Amazing how much it has grown over the years.
I have two requests.
Forecast length depends on data source. If the forecast length is longer than what the selected data source allows, it seems that the secondary source is always GFS, which is low resolution. For instance, if I am using Arome, which provides less than 3 days, but am interested in a 12 days forecast, the charts will display ~3 days at 1.3 km resolution, and the remaining at 25 km. That’s…
I have another issue . Even though GFS has cloud layer data, it is not shown in “fall back mode” if the first source does not have cloud layer data. See images below with Expedition Marine as the first source.
Image showing no cloud layer data
Image showing that cloud layer data is available for GFS
It is not a big deal because I can just use cloud total fill. Just flagging in case this is a bug rather than a design decision or constraint.
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