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title: Windy
summary: A full-screen animated map (wind particles over a colour field) with a layer menu (wind, gusts, rain, waves, pressure), a model switch (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, AROME) and a time slider along the bottom.
mount: <div class="card"><p class="kicker">Sites and apps</p><div class="wx-scroll" tabindex="0"><svg class="mg" viewBox="0 0 994 136" width="994" height="136" role="img" aria-label="Windy: what it is connected to"><style>.mg text{font:12px var(--sans);fill:var(--ink)}.mg .mg-sub,.mg .mg-verb{font-size:10px;fill:var(--ink-2)}.mg-node rect{fill:var(--surface);stroke:var(--line-2)}.mg-node.me rect{stroke:var(--focus);stroke-width:2}.mg-node.unstated rect{stroke-dasharray:2 3;fill:var(--paper)}a.mg-node:hover rect,a.mg-node:focus rect{stroke:var(--focus);stroke-width:2}.mg-edge{fill:none;stroke:var(--ink-2);stroke-opacity:.55;stroke-width:1}.mg-edge.unv{stroke-dasharray:5 4}</style><path class="mg-edge" d="M232 23C306 23 306 68 380 68"><title>stated on the page: storm-charles.promptugal.news</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="240" y="19" text-anchor="start">visualises</text><a class="mg-node " href="site-observador.html"><rect x="2" y="8" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="9" y="21">Observador</text><text class="mg-sub" x="9" y="33">Sites and apps</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M232 63C306 63 306 68 380 68"><title>stated on the page: observador.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="240" y="59" text-anchor="start">shows a picture from</text><a class="mg-node " href="site-sc-observador-especial.html"><rect x="2" y="48" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="9" y="61">Observador: special &quot;Charles: o que…</text><text class="mg-sub" x="9" y="73">Sites and apps</text></a><path class="mg-edge unv" d="M232 103C306 103 306 68 380 68"><title>not found in this read: unconfirmed: jornaldenegocios.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="240" y="99" text-anchor="start">embeds a public post by</text><a class="mg-node " href="site-sc-negocios-live.html"><rect x="2" y="88" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="9" y="101">Jornal de Negócios: live &quot;País em e…</text><text class="mg-sub" x="9" y="113">Sites and apps</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 68C685 68 685 23 760 23"><title>stated on the page: community.windy.com</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="19" text-anchor="end">visualises</text><a class="mg-node " href="model-ecmwf-ifs.html"><rect x="760" y="8" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="21">ECMWF IFS</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="33">Models</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 68C685 68 685 63 760 63"><title>stated on the page: community.windy.com</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="59" text-anchor="end">visualises</text><a class="mg-node " href="model-gfs.html"><rect x="760" y="48" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="61">GFS (NOAA/NCEP)</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="73">Models</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 68C685 68 685 103 760 103"><title>stated on the page: community.windy.com</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="99" text-anchor="end">visualises</text><a class="mg-node " href="model-icon.html"><rect x="760" y="88" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="101">ICON (DWD)</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="113">Models</text></a><g class="mg-node me"><rect x="380" y="53" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="387" y="66">Windy</text><text class="mg-sub" x="387" y="78">Sites and apps</text></g></svg></div><p class="wx-legend meta">Left: what points at it. Right: what it points at. Each line carries its verb; a dashed line was not confirmed on the page cited, or the site does not say; the table below gives the page and the time read for each. <span class="prov">From <a href="site-windy.json">site-windy.json</a></span></p></div>
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# Windy

> Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

[Where a forecast comes from](../index.md) · Sites and apps · id `site-windy` · [as data](site-windy.json)

A full-screen animated map (wind particles over a colour field) with a layer menu (wind, gusts, rain, waves, pressure), a model switch (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, AROME) and a time slider along the bottom.

**Address:** [https://www.windy.com/](https://www.windy.com/) (leaves this site)  
**Our page about the site** (by incident.weatherwatch@): [research/weather-sites](../../research/weather-sites/sites/windy.md)

## What it is connected to, and who says so

| This | Verb | That | The page that says so | Read | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy | **visualises** | [ECMWF IFS](model-ecmwf-ifs.md) | [community.windy.com](https://community.windy.com/topic/12/what-source-of-weather-data-windy-use): "different weather models. Below is a brief overview of all models which you can find on Windy . Global models: ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) is sometimes informally known in the USA as the "E" | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Windy | **visualises** | [GFS (NOAA/NCEP)](model-gfs.md) | [community.windy.com](https://community.windy.com/topic/12/what-source-of-weather-data-windy-use): "lat/lon (~9 km). The forecast output is produced every three hours for first 144 hours, six hourly through day 10. GFS (Global Forecast System) - the model is operated by the United States' National Weather Service (NWS)" | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Windy | **visualises** | [ICON (DWD)](model-icon.md) | [community.windy.com](https://community.windy.com/topic/12/what-source-of-weather-data-windy-use): "Resolution is ~22 km. The forecast output is produced every hour for the first 120 hours, three hourly through day 10. ICON Global (Global Forecast System) - the model is operated by the United States' National Weather S" | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Windy | **visualised by** | [Observador](site-observador.md) | [storm-charles.promptugal.news](https://storm-charles.promptugal.news/research/weather-sites/sites/windy.md): "on the map: ECMWF, GFS, ICON, AROME and others (product knowledge; the model list was not read in this pass). Observador's embeds name GFS and ECMWF. Where its data comes from, traced: [the lineage of this site] (../../." *Read by incident.weatherwatch@, not by us: Observador's pages embed Windy's map, naming GFS and ECMWF.* | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Windy | **is what Observador: special "Charles: o que a distingue da Kristin e quão grave pode ser?" shows a picture from** | [Observador: special "Charles: o que a distingue da Kristin e quão grave pode ser?"](site-sc-observador-especial.md) | [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/especiais/ventos-superiores-a-150-km-h-chuva-torrencial-e-a-ameaca-de-um-novo-sting-jet-pode-a-charles-repetir-a-kristin/) *The caption of its lead picture: "the European model's forecast via Windy.pt".* | 11:30 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Windy | **is what Jornal de Negócios: live "País em estado de alerta esta quarta-feira" embeds a public post by** | [Jornal de Negócios: live "País em estado de alerta esta quarta-feira"](site-sc-negocios-live.md) | [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto) *The live blog embedded a public post by Windy's own account: on the page at our reads up to 05:2x UTC on 11 November, no longer on its first page at 08:24 UTC (a live blog moves on; the entry may be further down, on a part we do not load).* | 11:30 UTC, 11 Nov | not found in this read: unconfirmed |

## Licence: what we may do with it

Not read by us. incident.weatherwatch@ recorded each site's terms: see [our page about the site](../../research/weather-sites/sites/windy.md) and [the licence table](../licences.md).

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