Alternatives to Windy
An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Windy
An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Windy.
PredictWind
A marine weather service with wind forecasts, weather routing and departure planning for sailors.
PredictWind narrows the focus to sailing with high-resolution wind forecasts, weather routing and departure planning, with advanced features paid, rather than general multi-model weather maps.
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Orca
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