I was wondering if there is any way to NOT allow the weather theme that is selected to change.What I mean is, I can select a weather theme, say "Gray and Rainy" and fly in any direction from the departure airport for around 3 to 5 minutes and all of a sudden, the sky begins to clear and the weather seems to change significantly, even though I have the "Dynamic Weather" option set to NONE/OFF.Is this normal for the weather themes? I thought they covered larger areas than 5 to 10 miles around the airport of departure?The Learning section seemed to indicate that the weather themes could cover areas that are very large (100's of square miles).Any information on this is appreciated!Thanks,Scott :-)FAA Certified Flight Instructor & ATP - KCOS

Well, a circle with a radius of ~5.6nm from the airport covers 100 sq miles...an 8 nm radius covers over 200nm^2 etc. So it's quite possible the themes do cover hundreds of square miles and yet you can't stray far from an airport while keeping that theme in play.Might be a better idea to go to custom weather and set global weather to your liking, but I think even that changes over time. If you have the full version of FSUIPC, a read through Pete Dowson's FSUIPC advanced weather engine docs could prove illuminating.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Washington, DC

It depends on the area you are flying in and what the weather is at nearby weather stations. I just made a short 40 mile flight (KITH to KSYR) and it stayed gray and rainy the whole trip. You may have flown into a nearby weather station area with different weather.Try this, load a flight with the weather theme. Now go back to the weather page and click on user defined weather and then customize weather. On the map page, make sure you have weather stations selected to display. Take a look at the weather conditions at your current location and then check the map for nearby weather stations. Click on the weather stations to check conditions there, move around the map in different directions and check more weather stations.Kurt M

It is probably due to your altitude, as in real life. Next time it clears, try descending and see if the rain returns.

Thanks for the responses.I will consider them all!Scott :-)

Try Weather Maker Enhanced Edition 1.2 - You can create your own weather themes pretty easily and load them throughout your flight path and experience multiple weather scenarios. It is because of the problem you are experience that we created WMEE 1.2 this way.Just go to: http://www.weather-maker.com.

Thanks!I'll try it out.Scott :-)

Is weathermaker payware or freeware?

Check www.weather-maker.com - enhanced edition 1.2 is free, pro will be payware.Best,sg