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I was paying for it, but didn't renew the subscription, this year in 90 days that I needed forecast was way off in 42 of them, and trying all their different model offers. Maybe next year I will resubscribe, depending how their models forecast over Fall and Winter.

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Are you using a different weather app or website that is more accurate?

My understanding is that windy primarily just shows data from different forecast models, so isn't your issue really with the third-party models, not with Windy's weather client?

My grandfather was a meteorologist (taught me forecast based observation and weather station data), and I am also a first officer half of the year (as well have education in modelling for navigation). This year was rough with modelling. I use Windy to validate my forecast and navigation decisions at sea. As we sail, anemometer readings are crosscheck with the forecast from windy and mine, and windy didn't go well. Sometimes paper and pencil do a great job. I started using Windy (windyty.com) in 2016, and until 2020 forecast was quite good, my takeaway is that maybe Climate Change could make the job of weather forecasting much harder.

The weather models themselves are evolving - there was a big upgrade of GFS last year for example

Huh, fascinating stuff. Do you have any recommended resources for anyone looking to learn more about "paper-and-pencil" forecasting or marine weather forecasting in general?

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