Thank you Asobo weather man (men)!

Recently the weather depiction has greatly improved! Just wanted to let you know that I have noticed and that it is appreciated!

The barometric pressure and wind are getting really close to the metar reports, sometimes a bit off, same with the wind, but very close!

Also the cloud depiction has improved, with more high altitude and more variety of clouds! 

Keep up the good work!

Edited November 18, 20205 yr by Silicus

Yes, I've noticed this too.  I've never been too bothered by the differences between in-sim weather and RL weather (since I don't use vatsim/ivao and don't often fly in my local area), but the internal inconsistencies, such as abrupt wind shifts on approach, used to be quite annoying.  Now weather seems to be much more consistent, and I also noticed the improvement in cloud depiction.

Did a flight last night (dawn local time) in central Japan and the depiction was incredible.  At least three realistic-looking cloud layers, with scattered showers consistent with the cloud depiction (with appropriate rain-on-windshield effects), and realistic visibility.  The graininess of clouds also seems to have been improved in the last update (although still shows up in some lighting angles).

I think Asobo are right to be proud of their core weather engine, despite a few teething issues.  Their bold decision to use a global weather forecast model rather than simply interpolating between metars is paying off I think.

Edited November 18, 20205 yr by loge

19 minutes ago, loge said:

Their bold decision to use a global weather forecast model rather than simply interpolating between metars is paying off I think.

for offline flying maybe, i am forced to use metar weather mod to be on par with vatsim((

I don't want to rain on your parade. It is not so much the weather itself, but its effect on aircraft. The wind and gusts are still way, way too exaggerated and the spikes in those gusts (you can see from the graph in the wind settings) are way too high. Also, the cross wind effect on the ground in any aircraft smaller than an airbus are grossly excessive.

On any smallish aircraft you can set a very mild cross wind and on take off the need for rudder to counter-act it is ridiculously exaggerated. When flying in as low as a 5 knot wind with a mild gust (not even a 1 percent deviation in speed) in roughly the same direction, again the reaction of small aircraft is utterly ridiculous. Asobo devs really need to learn the concept of balance and subtlety. Each effect they create (like the rocking wings on the ground) are all completely over the top.

I still  don't get realistic surface wind, correct ATIS report in the most part of continental USA