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Windy.com has a neat feature that displays current drought conditions for the entire world: https://www.windy.com/-Drought-intensity-awp_0_40 https://www.windy

Windy.com has a neat feature that displays current drought conditions for the entire world: https://www.windy.com/-Drought-intensity-awp_0_40 https://www.windy.com/-Drought-intensity-awp_0_40

StephenSmith 4y ago
Why does this not line up well with the linked data, I wonder?
- ninkendo 4y ago
  Looks like windy.com is showing short-term trends, perhaps driven by things like “how long since it last rained”, etc. Michigan is showing severe drought, and then you set the date to the 12th and it all clears to normal (there’s rain in the forecast around then.) It’s a lot different than the long term trends driven by total annual precipitation, snowpack, etc.
- tony_cannistra 4y ago
  Windy.com uses the "INTERSUCHO" system from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Here's the paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/913 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/913 There's a website (it's in Czech): https://intersucho.cz/ https://intersucho.cz/ Windy.com, being developed in Europe, often uses European datasets.
sokoloff 4y ago
Interesting that windy shows Cape Ann (Gloucester, MA area) as “no drought” and the unl site has the same area as “extreme drought”.
- koheripbal 4y ago
  Yeah, both data sources are very suspect.
kickout 4y ago
windy is my favorite website. Absolutely loved it from day1. Wonder if anyone on that team is a HNer
- mistrial9 4y ago
  great "eye candy" but posts here now are raising questions about the accuracy of the windy data models
  - UncleEntity 4y ago
    I’ve found it to be pretty accurate to not drive into potential tornadoes as it uses pretty up to date data which lets me track storm paths. The difference between “that looks really bad” and “ that looks really bad but will be moved on by the time I get there” is very helpful. Plus being able to text a screenshot of me about to drive into a major storm cell to the owner of my truck is priceless.
- ktzar 4y ago
  I still prefer ventusky. Nice ux, fast and accurate.
- kristopolous 4y ago
  https://earth.nullschool.net https://earth.nullschool.net is pretty nice
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
Nice, my neck of the woods is absolutely parched :D. Some rain predicted this week though. I heard France was really bad but it doesn't look too bad in comparison.

Windy.com has a neat feature that displays current drought conditions for the entire world: https://www.windy.com/-Drought-intensity-awp_0_40 https://www.windy.com/-Drought-intensity-awp_0_40

StephenSmith 4y ago

Why does this not line up well with the linked data, I wonder?

ninkendo 4y ago
Looks like windy.com is showing short-term trends, perhaps driven by things like “how long since it last rained”, etc. Michigan is showing severe drought, and then you set the date to the 12th and it all clears to normal (there’s rain in the forecast around then.) It’s a lot different than the long term trends driven by total annual precipitation, snowpack, etc.
tony_cannistra 4y ago
Windy.com uses the "INTERSUCHO" system from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Here's the paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/913 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/913 There's a website (it's in Czech): https://intersucho.cz/ https://intersucho.cz/ Windy.com, being developed in Europe, often uses European datasets.

sokoloff 4y ago

Interesting that windy shows Cape Ann (Gloucester, MA area) as “no drought” and the unl site has the same area as “extreme drought”.

koheripbal 4y ago
Yeah, both data sources are very suspect.

kickout 4y ago

windy is my favorite website. Absolutely loved it from day1. Wonder if anyone on that team is a HNer

mistrial9 4y ago
great "eye candy" but posts here now are raising questions about the accuracy of the windy data models
- UncleEntity 4y ago
  I’ve found it to be pretty accurate to not drive into potential tornadoes as it uses pretty up to date data which lets me track storm paths. The difference between “that looks really bad” and “ that looks really bad but will be moved on by the time I get there” is very helpful. Plus being able to text a screenshot of me about to drive into a major storm cell to the owner of my truck is priceless.
ktzar 4y ago
I still prefer ventusky. Nice ux, fast and accurate.
kristopolous 4y ago
https://earth.nullschool.net https://earth.nullschool.net is pretty nice

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

Nice, my neck of the woods is absolutely parched :D. Some rain predicted this week though. I heard France was really bad but it doesn't look too bad in comparison.