In ASv6 I have online weather enabled. Shouldn't I have the prevailing weather for the time of downloading (.i.e current clock)? The reports I see in AS are usually 1-2 hours older than the current time.

Hi,Depending on the time on the clock and the time of the METAR data update this is possible. Watch the time in the METAR.Hope this helps,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6...development.jpg http://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6-banner-proud.jpg

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>Hi,>>Depending on the time on the clock and the time of the METAR>data update this is possible. Watch the time in the METAR.>Say for example that I start a flight now 17:15 and start ASv6.Will FS be set with the weather that was prevailing 1 - 2 hours earlier (15:15 - 16:15)? Or with the weather we have right now 17:15?I have always been of the impressio that it should be the latter?If that's so what can I do if I wan't to now the weather right now 17:15 at a specific airport?

Hi,It would be the 16:00 weather for about 5 minutes and then the 17:00 weather.Hope this helps,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6...development.jpg http://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6-banner-proud.jpg

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>Hi,>>It would be the 16:00 weather for about 5 minutes and then the>17:00 weather.>So the best thing to do is to start a flight just before the hour, then you get the most up to date realtime weather, or?

Hi,METAR reports are issued every hour in most circumstances, around the top of the hour (i.e. 16:00Z). Even if you had a direct link-up with the airport in question your weather will be potentially 1 hour old. This is how the METAR reporting system works.Since we're unfortunately unable to directly link with every airport in the world, we must use network sources which maintain this data and update it within approximately 15-20 minutes of a new METAR being issued. From there we must collect this source data, synthesize it, collect world winds data, integrate it, and output it into a snapshot file, which is then available for download from an AS client. Since AS updates occur every 10 minutes (by default) you potentially could have a delay of 1 hour (METAR report) + 20 minutes (network source collection) + 10 minutes (HiFi DataNet processing) + 10 minutes (AS update time) = 1 hour and 40 minutes. More commonly the average will be about 1 hour old in most circumstances but yes you will tend to get a "more up to date" report around 30-45 minutes past the hour, when the last top-of-the-hour METAR update finally filters through the system and down to the client.This data collection/distribution delay is normal and a fact of life even in the real world. That is why METAR information cannot be relied on solely to determine the weather. It is only a snapshot of the generic conditions at any given moment in time. A few minutes later things could be drastically different. That is why we have variable realism options (i.e. winds aloft predictability and drift rate, normal slight baro and wind variations, cloud base and ceiling variations, etc.) In addition, TAF processing can help make your weather more dynamic based on forecasts if the METAR report is old and a TAF element is more current at any given time.Hope that helps clear the confusion..Best,

>Hi,>>METAR reports are issued every hour in most circumstances,>around the top of the hour (i.e. 16:00Z). Even if you had a>direct link-up with the airport in question your weather will>be potentially 1 hour old. This is how the METAR reporting>system works.>>Since we're unfortunately unable to directly link with every>airport in the world, we must use network sources which>maintain this data and update it within approximately 15-20>minutes of a new METAR being issued. From there we must>collect this source data, synthesize it, collect world winds>data, integrate it, and output it into a snapshot file, which>is then available for download from an AS client. Since AS>updates occur every 10 minutes (by default) you potentially>could have a delay of 1 hour (METAR report) + 20 minutes>(network source collection) + 10 minutes (HiFi DataNet>processing) + 10 minutes (AS update time) = 1 hour and 40>minutes. More commonly the average will be about 1 hour old>in most circumstances but yes you will tend to get a "more up>to date" report around 30-45 minutes past the hour, when the>last top-of-the-hour METAR update finally filters through the>system and down to the client.>>This data collection/distribution delay is normal and a fact>of life even in the real world. That is why METAR information>cannot be relied on solely to determine the weather. It is>only a snapshot of the generic conditions at any given moment>in time. A few minutes later things could be drastically>different. That is why we have variable realism options (i.e.>winds aloft predictability and drift rate, normal slight baro>and wind variations, cloud base and ceiling variations, etc.) >In addition, TAF processing can help make your weather more>dynamic based on forecasts if the METAR report is old and a>TAF element is more current at any given time.>>Hope that helps clear the confusion..>>Best,>Now we have the year 2007 and Active Sky 6.5 has still a delay of 1-2 hours for the Metar reports. Many major airport in Germany and Europe releases every 30 minutes a new Metar report. These reports are "collected" by the NOAA Weather Servers and are available from their Aviation Weather Center homepage.Are you using the NOAA Weather Server and services. If not, why not?A small freeware Programm called FSMet** is able to download and process (uses the default FS 9 Clouds) the most recent Metar Data from the NOAA Servers.So, why not a program that I pay for ....

Hi Mike,No we do not use NOAA:Some of the data we wish for is not available.Sometimes their private servers go down for days at a time.Sometimes they move data around causing programming issues.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/