13 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

 

Well based on this post, they haven't touched anything yet regarding incorrect cloud height.

It's possible they touched up the responsiveness of the weather server from their side, but they haven't fixed the cloud issue.

I have seen clouds touching the ground on my flights today, so it makes sense they haven't touched that yet. Thanks for the link.

I can't read METAR that well, someone tell me how this looks

1/4 mi vis in haze - looks close.

Oh wait lol....CLR

Hmmmm.... I guess it's possible to only have low vis.

 

Edited November 30, 20214 yr by ryanbatcund

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

I can't read METAR that well, someone tell me how this looks

That looks right. Normally you'd see a VV (vertical visibility) if the sky is "Clear." That looks like a VV of around 003 (300 feet).

Something did definitely change with the weather though. I was getting updrafts and downdrafts in CBs for the first time ever. But the METAR was off with regards to the Altimeter. Actual was reporting 28.87 when the sim was showing 29.05

31 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Hmmmm.... I guess it's possible to only have low vis.

 

It is possible, but low visibility with a clear sky above is much more characteristic of a low hugging level of fog, ground fog or GF.  "Visibility that low with a clear sky above could be a layer of smoke that has drifted in from say a forest fire, but smoke closer to the scene of the fire would normally obscure the sky.   If the temp and dewpoints were reported correctly by ATIS the relative humidity could easily be calculated. helping to confirm whether fog or haze.  Perhaps that's the issue.....  the well known MSFS DP bug!

All in all, all this haze is highly unrealistic, or is it lowly?????

Edited November 30, 20214 yr by fppilot

Maybe not a weather update but a 170 mb update for RAR. 

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

I can't read METAR that well, someone tell me how this looks

From the metar in the screenshot the relative humidity is 52%.  Oh my!  Must be nearby grass fire.....

Current WX at KARG :

 

30	14:56	E 6	9.00	Fair	CLR	65	46			51%	NA	NA	30.11	1019.8
30	13:56	E 6	0.25	Fair with Haze	CLR	64	46			52%	NA	NA	30.11	1019.8
30	12:56	Vrbl 5	0.25	Fair with Haze	CLR	62	45			54%	NA	NA	30.13	1020.3
30	11:56	NE 6	0.50	Fair with Haze	CLR	61	43	61	37	52%	NA	NA	30.13	1020.4
30	10:56	Calm	8.00	Fair	CLR	59	43			56%	NA	NA	30.15	1021.0
30	09:56	S 3	10.00	Fair	CLR	54	44			69%	NA	NA	30.15	1021.3
30	08:56	SW 5	10.00	Fair	CLR	48	42			80%	46	NA	30.13	1020.6
30	07:56	Calm	10.00	Fair	CLR	41	39			93%	NA	NA	30.11	1020.0
30	06:56	SW 5	10.00	Fair	CLR	39	38			96%	35	NA	30.09	1019.3
30	05:56	SW 6	10.00	Fair	CLR	37	36	43	37	96%	32	NA	30.08	1018.8
30	03:56	S 7	10.00	Fair	CLR	39	37			93%	34	NA	30.05	1017.6

For what it's worth, I did have a look at few airports in Texas this afternoon where I had seen a lot of "phantom" fog/haze last week. The METARs all showed 10 sm CLR skies, and they pretty much displayed that today. The weather depiction does seem to take that "10 sm" literally, so there is some haze in the distance that seems appropriate for that level of visibility. 

As I said, for what it's worth......

Edited November 30, 20214 yr by jrw4
fumble fingers

6 minutes ago, johnbow72 said:

Current WX at KARG :

 

30	14:56	E 6	9.00	Fair	CLR	65	46			51%	NA	NA	30.11	1019.8
30	13:56	E 6	0.25	Fair with Haze	CLR	64	46			52%	NA	NA	30.11	1019.8
30	12:56	Vrbl 5	0.25	Fair with Haze	CLR	62	45			54%	NA	NA	30.13	1020.3
30	11:56	NE 6	0.50	Fair with Haze	CLR	61	43	61	37	52%	NA	NA	30.13	1020.4
30	10:56	Calm	8.00	Fair	CLR	59	43			56%	NA	NA	30.15	1021.0
30	09:56	S 3	10.00	Fair	CLR	54	44			69%	NA	NA	30.15	1021.3
30	08:56	SW 5	10.00	Fair	CLR	48	42			80%	46	NA	30.13	1020.6
30	07:56	Calm	10.00	Fair	CLR	41	39			93%	NA	NA	30.11	1020.0
30	06:56	SW 5	10.00	Fair	CLR	39	38			96%	35	NA	30.09	1019.3
30	05:56	SW 6	10.00	Fair	CLR	37	36	43	37	96%	32	NA	30.08	1018.8
30	03:56	S 7	10.00	Fair	CLR	39	37			93%	34	NA	30.05	1017.6

Seems to have cleared up now.

https://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/arkansas.php?icao=KARG

So, I'm undertaking another flight. 22:20 in the UK, so I'm flying around Seattle in daylight. A place I've flown around over the past week or so and had no live weather for several days; and, when I did have live weather to begin with, post-SU7, weather abruptly transitioned from clear skies on the runway, then clouds "popped" in around the airplane while climbing and travelling away from the airport.

Thankfully, just like this morning and this afternoon, I still have live weather, and the weather from ground to sky and away from the airport is seamless.

Also, again, no haze/fog completely smothering the landscape.

So, it's still good news for me, so far.

Some clouds are still kissing the ground, but I'll take the current improvements over what I've had in recent times.

Tomorrow is another day... Let's wait and see. I remain hopeful.

 

Edited November 30, 20214 yr by March Hare

Just loaded up a flight at Santa Monica airport, less than 4 miles from my house and it's a soupy haze. Looking out my window, it's clear. So, I don't think anything was changed.

5 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

Just loaded up a flight at Santa Monica airport, less than 4 miles from my house and it's a soupy haze. Looking out my window, it's clear. So, I don't think anything was changed.

The focus of my topic, though, is more to do with two key areas that have definitely changed for me:

1) Live weather hasn't been working at all for the past week or so, but now it is;

2) Weather was abruptly changing during flight, usually from clear skies on the ground to clouds abruptly appearing when in the air and travelling away from the airport. Now weather is seamless like it was pre-SU7.

I know others have been having these same two issues, so I really wanted to know if those people are seeing the same apparent fixes as me as of today.

Haze is still more of a variable, so I don't think that has changed much in every location, at least.

Edited November 30, 20214 yr by March Hare

Day by day I say. 

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