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Scores and forecasts
What the Tailwind Score means, and how to read every chart on a ride.
- What is the Tailwind Score?The Tailwind Score rates a ride from 0 to 100 for a departure time, based on the wind, rain and temperature along the route.
- How the score is calculatedTailwind follows your route at your pace, reads the wind and weather at each point, and adds them up into one score from 0 to 100.
- Choose a departure timePick the day and hour you plan to ride. Every score, chart and the wind on the map update to match.
- Read the hourly forecast on a rideWhat everything on an open ride means, from the score and weather pills to the hour tiles and the best-time link.
- The wind chartThe wind chart shows where you will have a tailwind, headwind or crosswind along your ride, and how strong it will feel.
- The elevation chartSee the height profile of your ride, its total climbing and its highest point, with the steep sections picked out.
- The weather chartFollow the sky and rain along your ride, hour by hour, and see exactly when any rain is due to start.
- The highlights chartHighlights picks out the stretches of your ride where the wind matters most, and shows you each one on the map.
- Ride impactSee how many minutes the wind adds or saves on your ride, and the extra power you need to hold your set speed.
- Gust warningsTailwind shows an amber Gusts pill when peak gusts on your ride reach about 40 km/h. Here is what it means.
- How often forecasts updateHow often Tailwind rescores your rides on Free and Pro, and what the Updated label on a ride tells you.
- How far ahead can I see?Free shows a 3-day forecast and Pro shows 14 days. Here is what that means when you plan a ride.
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