Clouds when not in METAR

[airernie 263]

I was flying into KIND on VATSIM tonight using ASN, set to live weather  The METAR called for 10SM FEW200, yet at 3000' AGL I'm running into clouds.

 

I checked with the VATSIM controller and his METAR was identical to mine, so he was a bit surprised when I stated that I couldn't see the airport due to cloud coverage.

 

I then tried FSGRW and there were no clouds at 3000', so is this perhaps something in the way I have ASN setup?

 

 

[Damian Clark 1,260]

Hi,

 

I'm assuming that at 3000ft AGL, perhaps 10 miles away, there were clouds on approach but not directly over IND.  What were the conditions at surrounding airports?  Did you have a flight plan loaded?

 

Did you check the METAR string for KIND as reported from ASN?  

 

Discrepancies are pretty rare, but we'll investigate with some more info including date/time (GMT) and METAR text.  Remember that ASN wx is not global, station reports apply only to that station, and you must have a flight plan loaded to ensure your intended station(s) get priority vs other stations that may co-exist in a given cell.

[airernie 263]

Hi Damian,

I'll need to gather some of the information.

 

For now, the VATSIM METAR agreed with the one for ASN, so it appears that we were using identical data.

 

There was a flight plan in the FMC, but I dont' think that I had loaded one in ASN; most likely not since it wasn't construct in FSX.

 

Thanks for responding.. I'll dig up some more stuff and get back to you.

[airernie 263]

Damian

 

I've tried to repeat the flight conditions without any success, so I'll have to put the issue on the 'see if it happens again in the future' list.

 

I do appreciate your offer of assistance.  First class support.

 

Ernie