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hatching: models disagree

Eleven independent weather models and two ensembles are summarised per European region into a single score: how suitable an area is to drive to, based on temperature, rain, sunshine and wind. What counts as an ideal temperature for one person is too warm for another, so that weighting is entirely open.

Click a region for the individual models.

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What counts as good weather differs per person. The map recalculates instantly.

Ideal temperature

Everything inside this band gets full marks. Penalties only start outside it.

Lower bound Upper bound Penalty per degree colder Penalty per degree warmer

How much each part counts

Pleasant temperature Dry Sun Low wind

Appearance

Colour-blind friendly scale Trades the gradual colour ramp for wider spacing between steps. Switches on by itself if your system asks for more contrast.

Best regions today

Models used

Model	Institute	Days
ECMWF IFS	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	15
ECMWF AIFS	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	15
NOAA GFS	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US	16
DWD ICON	Deutscher Wetterdienst	7
CMC GEM	Canadian Meteorological Centre	10
Météo-France ARPEGE	Météo-France	4
UK Met Office	Met Office, UK	7
KNMI Harmonie	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute	3
DMI Harmonie	Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut	3
MET Norway	Meteorologisk institutt, Norway	3
ARPAE ICON-2I	ARPAE Emilia-Romagna, Italy	3

Past seven days out, only the global models still contribute. The hatching shows where they contradict each other: the coarser the hatching, the less the forecast is worth.

An idea by nickdekruijk.nl

Interactive weather map of Europe

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