November 11, 201312 yr I believe there is a function in XPX (native) that allows me to download METAR's. Does this only download METAR weather for a given radius of my current aircraft, or is it global (or even just "all US")? And, once downloaded in native XPX, is there a way to save that weather configuration for later retrieval (after other METAR information has been downloaded? Or is there an XPX addon for that? Thanks, Bruce. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
November 11, 201312 yr It's a global METAR fetcher :-) No way to save weather situation, I'm affraid.. Also, other than tunning ATIS, no way to see a graphical-based represntation of the METAR data on the Map, like in ELITE ( picture bellow from ELITE v8.6 Genview ESPO). It would be great to have it for X-Plane 11 - weather observations visualization on the Map! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
November 11, 201312 yr And, once downloaded in native XPX, is there a way to save that weather configuration for later retrieval (after other METAR information has been downloaded? Or is there an XPX addon for that? The METAR info is stored in the METAR.rwx file, in the main X-Plane folder. The file is overwritten everytime you tell X-Plane to download new (current) METAR's. So, if you want to save a particular METAR situation, just copy that particular METAR.rwx file and rename it (so you'll be sure that X-Plane won't overwrite it). Then, if you want to retrieve it in X-Plane, overwrite the current METAR.rwx file with the METAR file you saved, then once in X-Plane, go to the weather screen, choose "grab real weather from the net", and click on "Read METAR.rwx right now!" (but without clicking on "Download right now!", otherwise X-Plane will download new current METAR data and overwrite the file!) "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
November 12, 201312 yr Author Thanks for the replies- murmur, this worked for me, thanks. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
January 13, 201610 yr Hi I'm wondering from what website or server is downloading XPlane the metardata? Do we have any websites where we can download metardata for free? Cheers
January 14, 201610 yr There used to be a website that stored weather data from past days. I'll see if I can remember where.... i7-4790K o/c @ 4.8 GHz, Corsair H-110 liquid cooler, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, MSI Maximus VII Hero mobo Samsung Pro 512 GB SSD Corsair GFX Hydro GTX-1080 8 GB, (2) 4TB hybrid HDs Win 10 (1607), X-Plane 10.51r2 and X-Plane 11.01b1
January 14, 201610 yr http://www.ogimet.com/metars.phtml.en http://navlost.eu/aero/metar/ https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml?network=PT__ASOS# ( SYNOP ) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 14, 201610 yr Addon weather engine FS Global Real Weather. Injects weather and can use historical data. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
January 19, 201610 yr The NOAA plugin does it :-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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