NOAA winds forecasts come later now, and may not be ready at 06h30 and 18h30 server time, specially on large extents races.
The download keeps going up to 07h30 (and 19h30).
After 06h30 (and 18h30), make sure that the download is ok (green wind logo) before using the scheduler.
If scheduling with the download still ongoing (orange wind logo), the scheduled route will shift once the new forecasts will apply.
The forecasts download didn't fully complete the last two times on the Jules Verne record.
On this race, the download time limit before using the forecasts shift (blue wind logo) has been changed form 07h30 to 07h45 (and from 19h30 to 19h45).
Reminder of the wind logo colors meanings:
The color of the wind logo on the left indicates the status of the wind forecasts download:
(The logo color doesn't change live, click the refresh button to load the current state of the winds download)
Orange: the download of the wind forecasts is on-going but not completed.
Yellow: wind forecasts have been downloaded successfully and are ready to be loaded in the game on due time (either 06:30 or 18:30 European time).
Green: the new forecasts have been loaded successfully in the game according to normal process: orange, then yellow, then green.If the color is still orange at 6:30 or 18:30, that means the download of the winds is not fully completed and will then continue till 7:30 or 19:30. If successful, color will change directly to green.
Red:- lasting only 1 minute after 07h30 / 19h30: incomplete download on time, setting the forecasts shift (blue);
- continuous red lasting more than 1 minute after 07h30 / 19h30: download failure, please drop a message on the chat or on the forum.
Blue: if at 7:30 or 19:30 the wind forecasts are still not successfully downloaded (NOAA delay or slowdown, or any other download error), the color change to blue meaning that the game will use the +12 hours forecast for the next wind change without applying the random factor update.
Purple: download failure: invalid winds zone extent, please drop a message on the chat or on the forum.