Hi,Well, I now feel confident about my flying skills in VFR condtions and I want to start learning to navigate in IFR conditions.:-eek I remember reading a thread on one of the forums(I believe this one)regarding the FS2004 settings for clouds, turbulence, visibility, and other weather variables. I have a registered copy of FSUIPC version 3.40 but no other weather addons. I don't have the fs9 patch and still have Windows XP with SP1. I tried using one of the "weather themes" in FS2004 but got some flashing/blinking on some of the cloud edges; The weather patterns also changed too rapidly. I think there are fixes for these problems but can't remember them.If anyone knows where I could read/print this thread I would appreciate it. Thanks.Tom :-)

The easiest way is to set the visibility to a 1/2 mile or whatever the minimums are for the approach you're going to fly, you don't have to mess with clouds at all.

Hi,Thanks for the suggestion - never thought about just reducing the visibility. Sounds good. Tom :-)