Wind Dummy
Free App
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About Wind Dummy
Perfect for all wind sports including flying, paragliding, hang-gliding and kiteboarding. WindDummy displays the current wind speed and wind direction at any of 30,000 weather stations worldwide.
***IMPORTANT*** This is a widget and will not show up in your app drawer so please do not down-vote before following these instructions: After installing, you must place one or more instances on your home screen or other screen. On older Android devices, long-press the location where you want it, and then from the pop-up that appears, navigate to the bottom of the widget list and click on Wind Dummy. On newer devices, look under the "widget" tab at the top of your apps list.
Once placed on a screen, you can configure each widget separately to display data for any of over 17,000 weather stations in the Weather Underground network. To find your best stations, zoom into the global map here: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/then tap a WindDummy widget, enter the station ID, click OK and you should be good to go!
WARNING: The author does not guarantee the accuracy of the data presented by this software or the utility of the software for any purpose. The software may contain bugs or other problems. Don't use this tool for hazardous activities. Use at your own risk.
***IMPORTANT*** This is a widget and will not show up in your app drawer so please do not down-vote before following these instructions: After installing, you must place one or more instances on your home screen or other screen. On older Android devices, long-press the location where you want it, and then from the pop-up that appears, navigate to the bottom of the widget list and click on Wind Dummy. On newer devices, look under the "widget" tab at the top of your apps list.
Once placed on a screen, you can configure each widget separately to display data for any of over 17,000 weather stations in the Weather Underground network. To find your best stations, zoom into the global map here: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/then tap a WindDummy widget, enter the station ID, click OK and you should be good to go!
WARNING: The author does not guarantee the accuracy of the data presented by this software or the utility of the software for any purpose. The software may contain bugs or other problems. Don't use this tool for hazardous activities. Use at your own risk.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
3.5
Truncating station names to fit into widget.
3.4
Rounds wind speed to better fit display.
3.3
Now allows installation on your lock screen.
3.1
* Fixed small bug when receiving bad data.
* Minor threading model improvement.
* Changed pop-up controls background to black for better text contrast.
3.0
* Major internal overhaul of threading model.
* Added user control of the data polling rate.
* Minor visual improvements of the home screen widgets.
3.5
Truncating station names to fit into widget.
3.4
Rounds wind speed to better fit display.
3.3
Now allows installation on your lock screen.
3.1
* Fixed small bug when receiving bad data.
* Minor threading model improvement.
* Changed pop-up controls background to black for better text contrast.
3.0
* Major internal overhaul of threading model.
* Added user control of the data polling rate.
* Minor visual improvements of the home screen widgets.
Version update Wind Dummy was updated to version 3.5
Version update Wind Dummy was updated to version 3.3
More downloads Wind Dummy reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Wind Dummy was updated to version 3.2
What are users saying about Wind Dummy
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No option to change units and widget it too small to read. No option or dropdown to choose nearest weather station. Un installed! The review graph says it all. More bad reviews than good.
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Doesn't show in my apps..and can't open it from the market.
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Looks like a great widget but you can't change the wind station on an HTC Wildfire.
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Doesn't open, can't find in my apps. Weak.
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Works fine. Read instructions, input my local station is, exactly what I'm looking for -Evo
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Lame! It doesn't show up n my apps and when I go to open it from downloads it brings me to the market. ,
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Dosent let me open, it relly sucks
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Too complicated
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Note to users: its widget installed only.
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Widget is too small (not enough height) to display anything but name of station (takes up 2 lines of text). The more important information which is wind speed/direction is chopped off at bottom of widget.
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Perfect for my flight preparations
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No option to change units and widget it too small to read. No option or dropdown to choose nearest weather station. Un installed! The review graph says it all. More bad reviews than good.
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Works great. To the dumb people its a WIDGET. Not an app.
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Hmm
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Works good, but had to remove widget as it constantly uses data slowing my phone down. Graphs appear very small on my droid x.
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Downloaded, installed, does not give "open " button or show icon on Droid 3.
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To get your weather station ID go to the wunderground link provided, search for your city or town to see current local weather. Scroll down to "FORECAST" it will say 10 forecast for weather station XXXXXX. That is the weather station ID number you are looking for. Cut and paste into widget for your local weather.
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This is great....DOWNLOAD!... :-)
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No location code that I can find at site provided. Spell out where the code is (step by step). Making a user go on a hunt...not good. Uninstalled.
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Tried to download with drod x but does not give an open option.
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Perfect for what i need but i had issues finding the location code. Right hand column on the site provided in info, data tab.
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Shows installed on my droid 4 but I cannot locate it in my apps folder. Uninstalled.
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Works great on my HTC Thunderbolt! Remember - this isn't an application, it's a widget and will not show in the app drawer...
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So great to keep an eye on your favorite kiteboarding spot. Thank you! ( note for you guys who can't find it, it is a widget only)
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Works great on HTC Incredible. Read the description where it says "important". Widget not app.
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Does not work on hero!
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Unable to sync/find Canadian weather station. Useless for me.
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Graph looks small on droid. Would be nice to see it full screen or even make that a widget option.
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Widget is too small (not enough height) to display anything but name of station (takes up 2 lines of text). The more important information which is wind speed/direction is chopped off at bottom of widget.
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Perfect for my flight preparations
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No option to change units and widget it too small to read. No option or dropdown to choose nearest weather station. Un installed! The review graph says it all. More bad reviews than good.
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Works great. To the dumb people its a WIDGET. Not an app.
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No longer a data hog and the graphs now stretch to fill the screen. Remember, this is a widget and not an app, so it will not show up in your app drawer! Install one or more instances by long-clicking where you want to place an instance and then edit each one to use whatever location code for the weather stations you want to track.
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Hmm
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Works good, but had to remove widget as it constantly uses data slowing my phone down. Graphs appear very small on my droid x.
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by L####:
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Downloaded, installed, does not give "open " button or show icon on Droid 3.
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by Q####:
by Q####:
To get your weather station ID go to the wunderground link provided, search for your city or town to see current local weather. Scroll down to "FORECAST" it will say 10 forecast for weather station XXXXXX. That is the weather station ID number you are looking for. Cut and paste into widget for your local weather.
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by Q####:
by Q####:
This is great....DOWNLOAD!... :-)
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No location code that I can find at site provided. Spell out where the code is (step by step). Making a user go on a hunt...not good. Uninstalled.
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Too small