Live weather....did it actually improve?

[kerosene31 349]

There seems to be a bug where almost any cloud can be a thunderstorm.  You can have thunder and lightning on a partly cloudy day which is obviously not accurate.  Hopefully this can be fixed.  I know early on thunderstorms were way too hard to find (you could fly all over the Caribbean/Florida and not see one in the afternoon), so I'm guessing they just adjusted too far the other way.  Hopefully a simple tweak.  

Other than that though, the weather has been pretty accurate for me, however this time of year in my region the real weather is pretty boring, so I might not notice if it were delayed by hours.  

[leprechaunlive 1,852]

3 minutes ago, kerosene31 said:

There seems to be a bug where almost any cloud can be a thunderstorm.  You can have thunder and lightning on a partly cloudy day which is obviously not accurate.  Hopefully this can be fixed.  I know early on thunderstorms were way too hard to find (you could fly all over the Caribbean/Florida and not see one in the afternoon), so I'm guessing they just adjusted too far the other way.  Hopefully a simple tweak.  

Other than that though, the weather has been pretty accurate for me, however this time of year in my region the real weather is pretty boring, so I might not notice if it were delayed by hours.  

Agreed, thunder clouds everywhere.

[DAD 2,650]

57 minutes ago, sidfadc said:

How can you say weather seemed ok but not reference to local metar??

I was primarily referring to "every time there are some clouds there are also thunderstorms" which was not the case for my 2 flights

[BackboneOne 47]

100% metar match https://unrealweather.blogspot.com/

[Jeeeno 314]

16 minutes ago, BackboneOne said:

100% metar match https://unrealweather.blogspot.com/

Ok, but I want MSFS to fix it first. They advertised a "Live Weather" which 50% of the time isn't live...

[ErichB 3,638]

Just now, BackboneOne said:

100% metar match https://unrealweather.blogspot.com/

Has anyone tried this?

[Stoopy 1,571]

1 minute ago, ErichB said:

Has anyone tried this?

Yep, I'm using it.

 

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

Yep it's unfortunately a WIP - Weather is Problematic. 

[ErichB 3,638]

Just now, jabloomf1230 said:

Yep it's unfortunately a WIP - Weather is Problematic. 

So 100% METAR match is not 100% accurate?

[BackboneOne 47]

5 minutes ago, ErichB said:

So 100% METAR match is not 100% accurate?

Its accurate all the time, flying in vatsim with zero problems now, no lightning too)) some minor problems with transitions between stations but i can live with that. Nothing can be more annoying than weather differences between you and controller when you on the net., great mod. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by BackboneOne

[ErichB 3,638]

7 minutes ago, BackboneOne said:

Its accurate all the time, flying in vatsim with zero problems now, no lightning too)) some minor problems with transitions between stations but i can live with that. Nothing can be more annoying than weather differences between you and controller when you on the net., great mod. 

Okay, good to know

 

thanks

erich

 

 

Edited October 12, 2020 by ErichB

[sidfadc 1,341]

I said earlier I’ve tried the unreal weather mod, it does match the metar perfectly however winds aloft is a bit dicky apparently this is experimental in the latest build.  However I’ve found the weather pops and redraws which be honest I detest and takes me back about 10 years so it’s a no from me for now...