Hi folks.Try as I might, I can't seem to get the weather going right in FS9. I've spent a considerable time in the "help" arena, and I'm obviously missing something.....I tried a simple scenario yesterday.I selected User Defined Weather, clicked on Baltimore whcih reflected accurately on the bottom button, then did a simple selection of thunderstorms and turbulence/wind from 8000 to 4000, then clicked on the bottom "block" which changed to blue, and set cirrus with light rain and wind with the bottom of the blue "block" dragged down as far as it would go.Clicked on OK two or three times to get back to the sim etc.So, barreled into Baltimore expecting to descend through the selected weather, but absolutely nothing. I had various clouds etc, but no thunderstroms, turbulence or a change at 4000.I appreciate the weather component has been significantly upgraded for FS9, and I applaud that, but I've copied my processes from FS8 (which worked fine so I can't be a total idiot!!) and I can't seem to make it work.I will say though, that I can set the weather OK at the departure airport using the same process, it's just the destination that causes some colourful language.Can anyone help? I've just got a new PC and I'd love this to work properly.ThanksTim

Try this Tim,Display the weather map and click on the minus sign a few time (zoom out). Now drag a box around a group of a couple of dozen (or more) reporting staions with Baltimore in the center. Now when you define your stormy weather, you'll be setting the same weather for a large geographical area. I suspect that when you defined only the one station, its coverage area was so small that its weather was overwhelmed by fair weather at its neighboring stations.Way back in FS2000 or FS2002, MS stated that the weather that we see is an average of the weather reported by the three nearest stations. FS9 seems to work the same or similarly. R-

Great. Thanks Ron, I'll give that a go.Tim

Also, in the 'weather' tab of the 'settings - display' dialog box, set the 'cloud coverage density' slider to 'high' or 'maximum', check the 'detailed clouds' radio button, and set the 3-D cloud percentage to 50% or higher. You'll get denser (and hopefully more realistic) cloud formations the higher these settings are set.