The weather for your work

What will the weather be like tomorrow for what I have to do?

Each sector answers its own question with a traffic light: No problems, Caution or Risk, and the reason why.

🎪 Events: shall I put up the marquee tomorrow afternoon?

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   Put the place on the map and fill in «Name», «Start», «End» and the «Set-up» (marquees and awnings, or stage, screens and lighting towers): each one has its own wind threshold.
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   Press «Assess». You will see the traffic light for the whole event, how many hours are left, the confidence and, hour by hour, the reason (gusts, rain, thunderstorms).
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   Look at the «Lower-risk alternative»: another time or another day that looks better. And if you like, «⚡ Alert me if there is lightning nearby» during the event.

🚚 Transport: what time shall I set off with the lorry?

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   Fill in «Origin», «Destination», «Departure» and «Vehicle» (van or car, loaded lorry, or empty lorry, curtain-sider or high-sided vehicle) and press «Calculate».
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   Read the route. The map colours it in and the «Stretches with issues» list tells you at which kilometre, at what time you will pass and why: crosswind, heavy rain, snow or ice, AEMET warnings.
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   Look at the «Best departure in the next 24 h» and print the «🖨 Route sheet» for the driver.

🌲 Forestry: is there a fire risk? Can I work in the forest?

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   Find the plot and press «Analyse the selected point», or «Save as plot» to keep it for good.
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   Read the fire risk (FWI) for today and the next three days, with the range between models and compared with EFFIS, the official European index.
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   Look at the «Work windows (08–19 h)» for machinery, plant protection treatments and burning of debris, with the reason when it isn't a good idea. Tick «alert me if the risk is high» to get the alert.

🌾 Farming: shall I water? Is there a risk of downy mildew?

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   Choose the «Crop» (the Kc coefficient is filled in for you) and press «Analyse the selected point».
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   Read the indicative irrigation in litres per square metre: what the crop has used over the last week minus the effective rain, and what is expected for the next few days.
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   Look at grapevine downy mildew, chill hours and degree-days, and print the «🖨 Printable report».

Will it be windy? Let me know

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   On the map, «Maximum gust», as in the Enthusiast guide.
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   Create your alert in «My alerts». «Alert me at this place if…»: choose the variable (maximum gust, rain in 3 or 24 h, temperature, CAPE, imminent rain on the radar, AEMET warning, lightning nearby…), the condition, the threshold, the time range (24 to 96 h) and how many models have to meet it. Press «Create alert».
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   Get it even when the website is closed with «📱 Notify me even when the site is closed». Alerts are checked on the server with every model run, and only you can see them.

How far can I trust it? Which model does best here?

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   Look at «Which model is right in your area?». It ranks the Atlas Forecast, the consensus and each model by their error at nearby stations over the last month, for today or tomorrow, in temperature, wind or rain. The shortest bar is the one that does best; «≈» means the difference is within chance.
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   «Verification · which model does best» gives each model's error at one, two and three days, and «Best model per station», under «Analysis», draws it on the map.
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   For the uncertainty of the day, the 50 ECMWF scenarios, as in the Enthusiast guide. The events tool also gives its «confidence», which goes down the further away the day is.