So this crazy thing just happened to me....Right before I landed, MSFS picked up the latest METAR and the wind went from 80 knots to zero....what a crazy change. Glad I caught this on video 🙂

METAR: MWCB 131500Z 10080KT 9999 BKN016CB 28/24 Q1017

NEW METAR: MWCB 131600Z 12007KT 9999 VCSH BKN016CB 26/24 Q1017 RESHRA

 

 

This probably would not have happened if you hadn't paused the game. How long was the sim on pause before you continued?
This is just one reason why we need not only live weather, but also historical weather, so that when you unpause the game, time can continue as if you didn't pause instead of jumping to the present.

3 minutes ago, orchestra_nl said:

This probably would not have happened if you hadn't paused the game. How long was the sim on pause before you continued?
This is just one reason why we need not only live weather, but also historical weather, so that when you unpause the game, time can continue as if you didn't pause instead of jumping to the present.

15 seconds....I went to hit record so I could show off the crazy headwind I was getting. 

Not at all an expert in this field, but: According to what I know, MSFS doesn't read actual METARs but takes weather info from Meteoblue weather forecast. Or you used REX Weather Force (or a similar freeware program), then weather would be METAR-based indeed.

Kind regards, Michael

MSFS need a smooth transition for weather changes. Even in cruise i frequently have jumps in wind speed and direction or air pressure. Can't see the difficulty to implement a mechanism to smoothen those changes. I think even FSUIPC was able to do this in FSX.

9 minutes ago, ThomseN_inc said:

MSFS need a smooth transition for weather changes. Even in cruise i frequently have jumps in wind speed and direction or air pressure. Can't see the difficulty to implement a mechanism to smoothen those changes. I think even FSUIPC was able to do this in FSX.

Bingo!

4 minutes ago, ThomseN_inc said:

MSFS need a smooth transition for weather changes. Even in cruise i frequently have jumps in wind speed and direction or air pressure. Can't see the difficulty to implement a mechanism to smoothen those changes. I think even FSUIPC was able to do this in FSX.

I haven't experienced this yet, but I mostly fly low and slow, so it might be less noticable then. On the whole I am not dissatisfied with MSFS weather although there is still plenty to improve and fix.

15 minutes ago, ThomseN_inc said:

MSFS need a smooth transition for weather changes. Even in cruise i frequently have jumps in wind speed and direction or air pressure. Can't see the difficulty to implement a mechanism to smoothen those changes. I think even FSUIPC was able to do this in FSX.

And Active Sky does that as well.

 

At least you got a welcome message after you dropped into the water 

34 minutes ago, pmb said:

Not at all an expert in this field, but: According to what I know, MSFS doesn't read actual METARs but takes weather info from Meteoblue weather forecast. Or you used REX Weather Force (or a similar freeware program), then weather would be METAR-based indeed.

Kind regards, Michael

You are mistaken about this.

In the last Q&A Video that I watched Sebastian Wloch said that METAR data currently comes into play when you near an Airport. But it only reads temperature, wind and pressure not the cloud cover, if I remember correctly.

2 minutes ago, DAD said:

At least you got a welcome message after you dropped into the water 

🤣

6 minutes ago, Farlis said:

You are mistaken about this.

In the last Q&A Video that I watched Sebastian Wloch said that METAR data currently comes into play when you near an Airport. But it only reads temperature, wind and pressure not the cloud cover, if I remember correctly.

Ah thanks, I missed that! Thus, they have to interpolate between Meteoblue and METAR at a point.

Kind regards, Michael

 

27 minutes ago, orchestra_nl said:

I haven't experienced this yet, but I mostly fly low and slow, so it might be less noticable then. On the whole I am not dissatisfied with MSFS weather although there is still plenty to improve and fix.

I mostly fly high and fast. I have often situations where wind shifts mostly in speed. Yesterday i had a jump from 109kts down to 70kts all of a sudden.