Wind from MSFS 2020 in LNM

[JWales66 0]

Hi @albar965,

First off I want to say thank you for an amazing app! Every time I use it I discover more excellent, unexpected features.

I have a question about wind from MSFS 2020 that I was hoping you could answer for me. I understand that MSFS SimConnect data does not currently provide you with weather from the sim. But I have also read things elsewhere that seemed to indicate that you *are* able to get wind data from the sim. Can you clarify whether or not the airport and aircraft winds reported by LNM are accurate to the realtime wind in the sim? What about winds aloft?

Thanks!

[albar965 1,042]

No METARs and no winds aloft. You can still get METAR and the winds aloft forecast from NOAA. The question is if these match the sim.

I can get only the environment around the aircraft from SimConnect. Wind, temperature, pressure, visibility, probably rain and snow. These are reliable as far as I've seen.

Alex

[JWales66 0]

Great, thanks for clarifying Alex!

[Robert J Hopkins 0]

Hi, Alex!

Expounding on this subject: SimConnect is not one of the options for Airport Weather Source and Wind Source. I am using MSFS so which items for both categories should I use to get the closest to MSFS?  NOAA/NOAA?

The current buggy ATC in MSFS is messing with our approaches (wrong runways required) so anything that we can set to "get it right" could help us.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Robert J Hopkins

[albar965 1,042]

Hi Robert,

NOAA has the most up to date weater reports (METAR). All others are a little behind. How that matches to MSFS? No idea.

For winds aloft you have only the choice of NOAA. But these are forecasts which are updated four or six times a day.

Alex

[Robert J Hopkins 0]

Thanks, Alex!