How do I read a day’s forecast in the Android app?
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Open an event and tap a day. The map shows the wind on every stretch, and the sheet below gives the rating, your times, the headwind or tailwind, and boxes for wind, temperature and rain. Tap a box for an hour-by-hour chart, or open the kilometre breakdown. Fly the route and Share are on every day.
The event
Open an event from the Events screen. You’ll see:
- Its dates, days and distance, and when the forecast was last updated.
- Alerts: the switch for the 6 pm evening-before alert for this event. If notifications are off for Windline, it says so, with Open Settings.
- Download the route, if the organiser allows it. See downloading the route.
- A map of every day, coloured by its rating.
- Every day: its route, date, start and finish times and distance, and the rating with the reason. Days already ridden fold away under Earlier days.
A day that’s too far ahead for a forecast shows its historic weather instead, with an outlined rating, and when its forecast opens.
A day
Tap a day. The map fills the screen, with the route coloured by the wind on each stretch and arrows showing where the wind comes from. Pinch and drag to look around. The map stays light, even in dark mode.
Pull the sheet up for the details:
- The rating: Good, Fair or Tough, with “Headwind day”, “Neutral wind”, “Tailwind day” and so on.
- Your times on the road, for example “06:00 → 12:23”, at the group’s speed.
- The big number: the headwind or tailwind along the route, and the wind it comes from.
- The reason, in one line.
- Wind, Temp and Rain. Tap a box for an hour-by-hour chart through the ride, and slide along it to see each moment.
- When it was updated, for example “Updated 4 min ago”.
- The effect bar: how much of the ride is headwind, crosswind, tailwind and calm.
- Kilometre breakdown (or Mile breakdown): each stretch with its time, wind, gusts, temperature and rain.
At the bottom, a note says how the forecast is timed, for example “at 25 km/h with 105 min of stops” (in mph if you chose miles), and whether part of the ride is beyond the forecast window.
Too far ahead for a forecast, the day shows its historic weather, from 10 years of weather records, and the date its forecast opens.
Buttons on the day
- Route: the route download, if the organiser allows it.
- Share: an image or the link, on every day once its forecast is out. See sharing from the app.
- Start live tracking: on your own events, on the day, if live tracking is on. See live tracking from the app.
- Fly the route: the teal button, a 3D satellite flyover of the day. See Fly the route in the app.
The forecast reloads each time you open a day. It comes from Apple Weather and is timed to when you reach each stretch. See how the forecast is timed.
More on the event
The share button at the top shares the whole event. The ⋮ menu has Report this event and Stop following.
Your own rides under My Rides open the same way, with Edit at the top right. See editing in the app.