Windy (weather data)

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Windy is a Czech company that provides online weather data on its website windy.com .

In 2014 Ivo Lukačovič started the website windyty.com , in 2016 it changed the name to windytv.com and in 2017 finally to windy.com .

The website uses GFS , NEMS, ICON , AROME, METEOBLUE and ECMWF as weather forecast models .

The display takes place via a large weather map, the weather parameters such as temperature, precipitation, wind direction, wind strength, but also z. B. Including wave height.

The weather data for a specific period can be read off a timeline.

In 2019, the company ran applications for iOS and Android ; as of 2015, 15 employees work for the service according to their own information.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. blog entry by Ivo Lukačovič about the making of windy.com
  2. About Windy. September 22, 2015, accessed April 26, 2020 .