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We may not have wind but we have clouds

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25 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Not for me....  clouds are almost never what is shown on the METAR.  It'll be BKN008 on the METAR and clear in a million in the sim.  I've tried USA west and east servers...no change.

There's issues with the live weather right now, in particular in North America.  I think at least some of this is fixed in the patch coming this week.

Winds at all elevations have always been wrong for me. Love how realistic the mist, low clouds look now. Final at KTRI.

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3 hours ago, fppilot said:

What's most interesting is that when tuning in ATIS/AWOS the reported weather, including winds, is at least somewhat representative of real time weather, but on a number of occasions the weather environment that is visually present does not match the weather reports.  

Has anyone checked ground speed against TAS over time during a flight to see if actual winds in the environment are more representative than what is indicated by the avionics?

I have, and when the winds are showing 225/03 the aircraft ground speed always equals true airspeed, so no direct effect on the aircraft is evident, even when the wind appears to be be affecting the environment (waves, cloud movement etc.) It is as if the aircraft is surrounded by bubble of dead calm air.

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Well we all know this is broken, as Asobo have recognised it and say it will be at least 'significantly improved' in the next patch, due in just a few days now. 👍

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This feels relevant to this discussion: https://fselite.net/news/rex-announces-weather-force-2020-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/

REX are to release "Weather Force 2020" for MSFS. I find this worrying. I'm happy to pay for high quality add-on aircraft, airport sceneries and a GSX-type add-on for MSFS, I'd even shell out a considerable sum for a decent offline ATC add-on. But a weather add-on? I had really hoped those days were behind us. Let us hope that Asobo/MS/Meteoblue get their act together. Accurate weather simulation should really be a cornerstone of a modern flight simulator out of the box.

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9 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Not for me....  clouds are almost never what is shown on the METAR.  It'll be BKN008 on the METAR and clear in a million in the sim.  I've tried USA west and east servers...no change.

did you try europe west server...the weather depiction always has been good for me.

i think its serverrelated and they have to fix them all.

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18 hours ago, Scottoest said:

There's issues with the live weather right now, in particular in North America.  I think at least some of this is fixed in the patch coming this week.

I thought the patch was coming this week.🥺  The last post from Asobo (9/10/20) said in the next seven days. We're at six days from that message...  

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1 minute ago, Dillon said:

I thought the patch was coming this week.🥺  The last post from Asobo (9/10/20) said in the next seven days. We're at six days from that message...  

Have you looked at the other threads currently going? 🧐

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