Spawning with 'Clear Skies' preset and then switching to 'Live Weather' works for me every time. Above mentioned meteoblue map is the basis for snow cover. So far it works very good for me regarding snow.

I think some roads (major) need to be 'cleared' a bit more in the sim, but that is fine tuning and I am sure that will come...

 

8 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

Snow is based on their weather provider, Meteoblue. It's not on and off like previous Microsoft Flight Sims.

According to Meteoblue's data, there should be snow on the ground at Hibbing. Guess there are some kinks in the system.

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/webmap/beta/range-regional-airport_united-states-of-america_5021092#coords=11.17/47.3967/-92.8356&map=snowDepth~hourly~auto~sfc~none

Maybe it's not showing snow under a certain height. I suggest submitting a bug report on Zendesk, show in sim screenshots compared to the Meteoblue data.

 

Edit: i found a tiny bit of snow to the north west
 

 

Thanks for the explanation!

There’s a wish list thread if you want to go vote for clear runways etc

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/can-asobo-get-rid-of-the-snow-on-runways-taxiways-and-aprons/339131/6

I feel like this should be a QOL upgrade to an already implemented feature and not a wish list item that needs votes to be addressed but I digress...

Didn't have snow at first after the update, restarted, now I have snow everywhere, even if meteoblue map says that it should be at 400+ meters of altitude, which I can also see by looking out the window.

So, there was no snow on the ground until now? I'm asking cause I never flew while it was snowing. 🙂

 

Im loving the snow, it looked great yesterday when I was coming g into Albany in NY State...   just a question if yku can shed any light on it....How come when using live weather and its raining it doesent seem to show up no were near as good as it does in a preset weather situation, in a preset configuration rhe ground looks very wet, looks awesome but in live westher rain it doesent??? 

28 minutes ago, tweekz said:

So, there was no snow on the ground until now? I'm asking cause I never flew while it was snowing. 🙂

 

It was added with Yesterday's update, yes.

You could manually add snow, but it never appeared with live weather before now.

Edited December 23, 20205 yr by Tuskin38

Loving it. Certain areas which had heavier snowfall show up as very covered. Otherwise more lightly and sporadic snow on the ground . Another great development which MSF has brought.

Hi, I am just flying KBOS-CYOW and and boston area and Manchester were all green, even if windy.com is indicating 10-15 cm snow. Is that true?

Anyway I'm happy with the update.

 

Petteri

I've noticed at lower depths, it only seems to appear around roads or low lying areas, like pits or sand pits.

26 minutes ago, petepawn said:

Hi, I am just flying KBOS-CYOW and and boston area and Manchester were all green, even if windy.com is indicating 10-15 cm snow. Is that true?

Anyway I'm happy with the update.

 

Petteri

I'm finding no snow in MA (I live west of Boston and I can confirm there's snow on the ground here!), and very little in VT/NH where there should be plenty.  However, we're supposed to get heavy rain on Christmas so maybe MeteoBlue is just planning ahead for the melt off!

25 minutes ago, Gridley said:

I'm finding no snow in MA (I live west of Boston and I can confirm there's snow on the ground here!), and very little in VT/NH where there should be plenty.  However, we're supposed to get heavy rain on Christmas so maybe MeteoBlue is just planning ahead for the melt off!

Ok, there was snow falling in Ottawa, but not any accumulated snow on the ground.

Petteri

2 hours ago, Gridley said:

I'm finding no snow in MA (I live west of Boston and I can confirm there's snow on the ground here!), and very little in VT/NH where there should be plenty.  However, we're supposed to get heavy rain on Christmas so maybe MeteoBlue is just planning ahead for the melt off!

It seems to be still a work in progress but we are getting there...

First thoughts on snow hark back to my childhood in Iceland.

Avoid if yellow.

Only had time for one flight so far but really happy with the implementation, especially the coastal ice. Sure it can be improved with some tweaks but the fact it’s real time is some next-level weather representation.