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Hi! For Northern Spain, high-resolution European models such as ICON-EU, MeteoFrance Europe, and NEMS12 Europe often perform well, particularly for local wind, precipitation, and coastal effects. ECMWF Global is also a strong option to check larger-scale weather patterns and medium-range forecasts.

That said, model performance can still vary depending on the exact location and weather situation, especially in complex terrain. I would advise comparing several models and checking how they perform over time for your specific area.

@WCT Thanks for sharing this report. Storms like Kalboishakhi can indeed develop and intensify very quickly, which makes them difficult to forecast in detail. But nowcasting tools such as radar help a lot. It is also fortunate that no tornadoes were reported. Have you observed any tornadoes or other particularly unusual storm features in your area recently?

By integrating the Weather Maps Widget into your website, you benefit from dynamic and informative weather content that enhances your site or app and helps captivate visitors.

The widget can be implemented instantly and seamlessly into any web interface – whether commercial or non-commercial – making it a simple way to add value with minimal effort.

It is available free of charge and can be fully customised, allowing you to personalise the experience by selecting the specific weather maps you want to display.

Find detailed configurator here.
Follow the link to watch the video instruction.

The 3h Weather Widget offers a detailed three-hourly forecast for the next four to seven days.

You can choose from the following settings:

• Use a predefined location or let the widget detect the user location
• Display or hide the current weather and forecast data
• Select the time range of the forecast (4 - 7 days)
• Define the temperature, length, and wind speed units
• Select from multiple background options

Find a configurator here: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/widget/setupthree/cologne_germany_2886242

Video tutorial: https://youtu.be/wwCSrfLex_8?si=ZSIjEWw0C8-6hOFV

• The widget must be used as configured: do not alter the "src" attribute of the iframe, or remove the link to meteoblue.

• The widget must link to https://www.meteoblue.com. This is done automatically by using the HTML code provided on the configuration page.

• The content of data shown by the widget may not be collected automatically in any way. Information provided by the widget cannot be used to generate own products or visualisations. meteoblue provides the weather API for such purposes.

• The requirement of information under § 9.0 of our terms is fulfilled by using the widget according to instructions.

• The widget may be displayed only on websites that adhere to our terms, especially § 9.07.

The Weather Maps Widget offers a selection of our most popular maps on a global scale, including the wind animation map and satellite map.

You can choose from the following settings:

• Use a predefined location, or let the widget detect the user's location

• Decide which map layer options you want to include

• Define the temperature, length, and wind speed units

• Specify the widget's dimensions and initial zoom-level

Following the link below you can find a video what provides a quick overview of some of the key features of our Weather Maps, such as the satellite animation, the radar layer, and other essential features of the map interface.

https://youtu.be/Y3hu_kNCF6Q

• Dynamic content
  Enhance your website or app with dynamic and informative weather features to captivate visitors.

• Personalised experience
  Customise your widget, from background to location search, to meet your specific needs and match your brand identity.

• Enhance user engagement
  Increase visitor time on your site with interactive weather updates.

• Localise your content
  Personalise user experiences with location-specific weather information.

• Reduce bounce rate
  Keep users engaged with constantly updated weather data, lowering page bounce rates.

• Enable informed decisions
  Use weather insights to guide purchases of seasonal goods or travel plans.

• Versatile implementation
  Implement the widget seamlessly into any web interface, be it commercial or non-commercial, adding value to your site.

• Boost the SEO value
  Improve your search engine rankings by regularly updating weather content.

• Increase sales
  Drive up sales of weather-dependent products and services.

• Drive repeat visits
  Ensure users return by providing geo-contextual weather or traffic information.

• Cross-promotional opportunities
  Utilise the widget to cross-promote related products or services.

• Community building
  Foster a sense of community by enabling users to share weather-related updates or photos.

The practical application of our historical weather data caters to companies from a wide range of industrial sectors, as well as scientific endeavours. Find a list of selected use cases below.

Agriculture

• Evaluation of climate-driven risks for specific field crops
• Assessment of environmental conditions and their impact on crop growth and insect development
• Historical weather data for vineyard management and yield assessment
• Yield estimation for future farming locations
• Yield gap analysis of field crops

Renewable Energies

• Renewable Energy systems management
• Solar energy yield assessment
• Wind energy forecasts
• Wind power site assessment
• Wind turbine power plant optimisation
• The weather's influence on energy consumption

Research

• The effects of air temperature conditions on the performance of power transformers
• Simulation of microclimatic conditions at pre-defined sites
• Climate conditions and their consequences for medicament storage management
• Weather simulation model calibration and verification

Precipitation & Hydrology

• Strategic flood risk assessment in remote areas
• Objective measurements of past rainfall values
• Detailed understanding of specific weather trends
• Hydrodynamic modelling of lakes - fluid dynamics simulations of water reservoirs

Air Quality

• Air pollution modelling for machine learning purposes
• Air pollution source apportionment
• Air quality numerical simulation modelling and forecasting
• Air pollution examination and investigation at industrial sites

Construction

• The weather's impact on the usage of tower and crawler cranes in large-scale construction projects
• Weather conditions and their impact on the design of greenhouses

Environment

• Research of exposure to pesticides due to environmental conditions
• Dustfall monitoring and reporting at mining industry sites

Outdoor & Sports

• Statistical analysis of the frequency of days suitable for outdoor activities in mountain areas
• Feasibility study of artificial snowmaking in the Himalayas

• Register for free on the meteoblue website
• Go to the history+ purchase page
• Select desired number of locations
• Select payment method
• history+ is now ready to use

You buy an access contingent for a number of locations, without deciding which ones. The desired locations or coordinates can be activated afterwards in the data download interface. history+ access remains active for 1 year, starting at the purchase date.

You can test history+ without a subscription and explore the endless possibilities of historical weather data. The free test is limited to Basel, Switzerland. For other locations, data for the last 2 weeks are available and can be selected with the location search on the top of the page.

Compare multiple years
Visualize several seasons with accumulated precipitation or growing degree days (GDD) in one graph. See how a wet or rather hot season may affect plant development, calculate a heating sum to predict how much energy is required during winters or estimate weather conditions for a single week to plan events.

All information and data are available immediately after purchase and can be displayed interactively in intuitive and interactive charts and diagrams.

Frequency analysis histogram and wind rose
In addition, history+ includes online analysis tools for frequency patterns and wind roses. Our tools are highly customizable to fit your specific needs and to save valuable time.

Wind speed frequencies for wind power generation are calculated for any coordinates on land or sea. Wind roses classify wind directions and speeds, e.g. to further evaluate potential wind park sites and improve power generation efficiency. Temperature and precipitation frequencies are visualised in a histogram and help to better understand business-threatening conditions such as frost or intense precipitation.

Risk Assessment
Analyse the probability of various weather-related risks like droughts, frost or strong wind occurrences. You can define your own thresholds to analyse the likelihood of the defined risk, the tolerable risk, and an analysis for each year since 1940. It is, thereby, a perfect tool to assist in weather-dependent decisions. Since certain weather conditions are more complex to model, it is essential to consider uncertainties by comparing weather models, such as the ERA5 dataset.

Crop climate risk analysis and prediction
The crop climate risk analysis diagram shows the risks of drought, heat, or frost for a selected crop at a selected location for a chosen period in the time from 1985 to today.

Crop risk prediction monitors and evaluates crop risks based on the current season weather to date, the 7-day and the seasonal forecast. Historical reference periods can be included for comparison, such as a year with good or bad growing conditions. The crop climate risk analysis diagram supports operational decisions, e.g. when to plant, fertilise, or irrigate.

Accumulations
This tool combines past years with seasonal forecast data, providing a comprehensive view to investigate upcoming seasons, focusing on growing degree days (GDD), precipitation and evapotranspiration. This is particularly interesting for agronomical use cases to analyse and plan crop seasons.

Easily download consistent historical data
All data can be downloaded as CSV files and further processed with programs like Microsoft® Excel or OpenOffice. You can download entire time series since 1940 in hourly resolution with various parameters like temperature, precipitation, clouds or wind.

The data are available worldwide without any gaps and from different models. Our weather simulations are independent of single stations and possible outages.

Interactive interface to analyse data
Our database is packed with hundreds of TB of weather data and right at your disposition. Interactive graphs allow immediate access to continuous time series for your locations or various coordinates. You do not have to wait for a long-term weather data time series: It is there in a second.

You can compare multiple locations and detect weather differences that could impact or benefit your business. Gain valuable insights to prepare for typical weather conditions as well as for uncommon extremes.

meteoblue history+ features include:

80+ years of historical data
history+ offers consistent weather simulation data in hourly resolution since 1940. Archived weather simulations are assembled to continuous time series. Historical data are the first step to correlate past events and optimize your current and future business.

High precision
Intensive verification and validation improves our weather models beyond the quality and availability of historical weather measurement data. history+ combines convenience and unmatched accuracy to support your daily business decisions. The interface provides access to the proprietary global numerical weather model NEMS, the ERA5 re-analysis model, and to local high-resolution weather models for many areas.

100% complete without gaps
history+ offers 100% complete time series, with no missing data. All time series are consistent and gap-free, whereas measurements are often not available for the selected place, or unavailable for certain time periods or contain invalid data. Analysis with insufficient and inconsistent data makes results unreliable and massively increases the processing effort.

Worldwide availability
All weather variables are available for any place on Earth and at various different altitude levels, independent of measurement stations. We calculate global weather models as well as local high resolution models for Europe, North and South America, and most parts of Asia and Africa.

Unlimited data downloads for 1 year
All data can be downloaded for the selected locations since 1940. Access remains active for 1 year after purchase and includes daily updates of the datasets.

Multiple formats
Data can be interactively analysed on the web, and also downloaded as CSV files. Common evaluations such as year comparison, GDD calculation, frequency analysis, crop risk evaluations, or wind roses, are built-in. Downloaded CSV files can easily be imported into other professional applications.

history+ offers historical weather simulation data for the whole world with a spatial resolution between 4 and 30 km, not measurement data. These data are fully complete and without any gaps. The worldwide data availability and completeness are unique. Data are available for any place on Earth and on different altitude levels, independent of weather measurement stations. Simulation data are especially suitable for assessing weather for areas and regions over longer time periods. Interactive graphs allow immediate access to continuous time series for your locations.

Starting in 1940, the historical weather data are available in hourly steps or daily aggregations with a spatial resolution of 30 km, whereas higher resolution data are available since 2008 for nearly every place on Earth. Extensive verifications of our weather models are regularly conducted and thereby, top data quality is ensured.

history+ includes common weather variables. Other variables are available on request.

Included weather variables:

• Temperature (2 m above ground)
• Relative humidity (2 m above ground)
• Pressure (at sea level)
• Precipitation amount (mm/m2)
• Snowfall amount (cm/m2)
• Total cloud cover (in percent)
• Solar radiation (W/m2)
• Wind gust (10 m above ground)
• Wind speed and direction - 10 m (km/h, m/s, bft, kn, mph)
• Wind speed and direction - 80 m (km/h, m/s, bft, kn, mph)
• Wind speed and direction - 900 hPa (km/h, m/s, bft, kn, mph)
• Low, mid, high cloud cover (in percent).

• Register for free on the meteoblue website

• Go to the point+ purchase page

• Select desired point+ subscription

• Select payment method

• point+ is now ready for use

• sometimes, it may be necessary to log out and log in again to activate point+

You can subscribe to point+ for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months.

If you are registered, you can test the point+ subscription once free of charge for 14 days.

Note: point+ can not be transferred to the meteoblue apps, as both products are managed in different systems, and synchronising them ends in large administrative efforts without gaining weather-relevant value. Therefore, we prefer to offer separate subscriptions for the website and app, both at affordable prices and also accessible free of charge.

With meteoblue point+ subscription you unlock high precision diagrams, dynamic maps and tools for every location worldwide. point+ offers specialised weather information for aviation, astronomy, agriculture, tourism, event organisation, outdoor sports and others. The meteoblue weather models achieve high precision and cover every place on Earth.

point+ features include:

Premium content
Access to specialised diagrams, maps and tools with high precision weather forecasts. point+ offers detailed insights for planning and decision making. Compact meteograms enable a uniquely quick overview of how the weather will develop in the next days.

High precision
meteoblue operates own weather models and assembles data from national weather services to provide the best weather forecast possible. Our industry leading multi-model-forecast and state of the art techniques, like MOS and Nowcasting, improve forecast quality significantly.

No advertising
Enjoy the meteoblue website ad-free and get up to 70% faster page loading times. Third-party advertising will be disabled completely on meteoblue.com, allowing much quicker use without being distracted by advertisements.

Available worldwide
Almost all premium content is available worldwide for every point on Earth. A single point+ subscription unlocks all locations. We calculate global weather models and local high resolution models for Europe, North and South America, Africa, Oceania and most parts of Asia. Updated at least every 12 hours.

Atmospheric data
Our unique diagrams for atmospheric layers like Stueve, Soundings and Cross-Sections show the weather conditions in the atmosphere and are a widely used tool e.g. for flight preparation.

Immediate access, single payment
Pay online and get immediate access without waiting times. The subscription will not be extended automatically and you are not obliged to renew your subscription.

point+ subscription grants you access to specialised diagrams, maps, and tools with high-precision weather forecasts, such as:

• 2h rainNOW
  rainNOW is a nowcasting service which shows precipitation in intervals of 15 minutes for the next 2 and the past 4 hours. rainNOW is updated every 15 minutes with the latest precipitation forecasts, 24 hours a day.

• Meteogram
  The meteogram shows the weather forecast for the next 6 days with symbols, temperature curve, precipitation amount, type and probability, cloud cover as well as wind speed, direection and gusts.

• Meteogram Snow
  The Meteogram Snow 1-6 days shows the local development of temperature in various altitudes, the precipitation, snow melt and snow height at ground level in hourly steps for the following days.

• 14 Days
  The Meteogram 6-14 days summarises hourly forecasts starting from forecast day 6 until day 14. This meteogram gives a good overview of the probability of the expected weather condition.

• Meteogram Agro
  The meteoblue meteogram Agro shows the development of the weather with diagrams of air temperature, wind velocity, precipitation, clouds, spraying windows, evapotranspiration and humidity.

• Meteogram Air (6 days)
  The Meteogram Air shows the weather development in the atmosphere for temperature, relative humidity, dew point temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, clouds, sea level pressure and radiation.

• Astronomical Seeing
  This diagram is a service for astronomers, meteorologists and other users who depend on a good forecast of sky visibility and atmospheric conditions during the coming days.

• Soundings
  meteoblue Soundings show the weather development in the atmosphere, from ground to stratosphere level (pressure levels 1013 to 100 hPa) simulating the measurements of sounding balloons.

• Stueve
  The Stueve Diagram shows air conditions within one diagram. It shows temperature, air pressure, different lapse rates, saturation mixing ratio, dew point, relative humidity, cloud cover, wind speed and direction and a velocity diagram.

• Cross-Section
  meteoblue air Cross-Sections show a vertical cut through the atmosphere. The standard Cross-Sections have 2 directions: north-south and west-east.

• Trajectories
  meteoblue air Trajectories show the air movement from the selected place throughout the following hours, for the selected altitude level (between surface and 150 hPa, i.e. approximately 10 km). The trajectory is calculated by simulating the air movement (wind) from the selected location.

• Weather archive
  The weather archive offers access to past weather simulations for every place in the world. You can find weather information of yesterday or the weather history since 1985.