That it sometimes rains at 35,000 ft with no clouds above you ? My friend Paul and I have noticed that over the last few days, and am wondering if anyone else has. May be incorrect settings on both of our parts, but don't think so. Thanks, CURIOUS :)

Guess i should specify that this is with Build 140 and clean install, just the base pack, and build 140, nothing else. Does not happen all the time, but often enough to raise a question. Never did that before. Thanks, GARY

Hi Gary,Some of us have seen it before, but we can't figure out what triggers it. Damian has tried to reproduce the conditions, but can never do so. I think it is one of those little MS "bugs".Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Kind of figured that, but was just curious, it does seem to happen when there are thunder storm typd conditions in area, but the clouds are always off to the side, or below, just never above, or at where the plane is, which is the odd part :) Is no biggie, the program is wonderful, and FS has a lot of other bugs, i am surprised you guys have gotten AS to work around them so well :) you guys are geniouses, thanks so much for making the weather superb as it is. GARY

This has happened to me recently on several occasions. It happens for the first few thousand feet after I break out of the clouds. It's like it was raining before, and the sim. doesn't realize that you've left the clouds.Thanks

Hi all,I believe we have isolated it to thunderstorm cloud layers.In attempt to have FS9 depict the most vertical appearance possible for thunderstorms, we are setting the layer thickness high, upwards of 30,000ft. FS9 does not always depict the cloud layer this high, however, but it will still always show rain when "in" the layer. Thus you can be actually outside the cloud but in the layer and thus getting rain.There is no easy "fix" unfortunately. If we restrict the tstorm thickness to say 15,000ft, FS9 may still show rain when out of the clouds (less often), but your thunderstorms will be relatively flat most of the time.Let me say that all of this is not totally unrealistic. Thunderstorms can throw rain and even hail quite a distance from their cloud (usually from the anvil). I believe that the depiction is accurate but exaggerated and simplistic (like many of FS9's realism features). I would be willing to add an option to limit thunderstorm heights if that is an acceptable alternative to all. As mentioned, it would provide for less "rain outside the cloud" events but would also mean relatively flat thunderstorm clouds with little vertical development. Let me know!