July 6, 20232 yr I may be mistaken, but I remember seeing small flashes in the world map cloud layer when thunderstorms were too numerous in the early days.
July 6, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, Tuskin38 said: All these thunderstorms going on right now, and I can't see a single bolt of lightning in MSFS. Anyone having luck? Yes! Flying into KSTL yesterday around 8:00am I kept seeing white flashes in the cumulus clouds surrounding me. Thinking “lightning?” I turned the sims time into O’Dark Thirty and poof…lightning everywhere! YMMV TANSTAAFL -B
July 6, 20232 yr 48 minutes ago, btacon said: Yes! Flying into KSTL yesterday around 8:00am I kept seeing white flashes in the cumulus clouds surrounding me. Thinking “lightning?” I turned the sims time into O’Dark Thirty and poof…lightning everywhere! YMMV TANSTAAFL -B I fly every day, and haven't seen lightning in well over a year, maybe longer.
July 6, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said: I fly every day, and haven't seen lightning in well over a year, maybe longer. Ya only fly with good weather! 🤣 Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 6, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, jcomm said: Ya only fly with good weather! 🤣 Fly with real weather all the time,many times, weather pretty bad.
July 6, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said: I fly every day, and haven't seen lightning in well over a year, maybe longer. Ditto for me. I too fly all the time and have not seen any lightning until yesterday at KSTL.
July 7, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, Bobsk8 said: I fly every day, and haven't seen lightning in well over a year, maybe longer. Try the Caribbean, I'm seeing lightning there all the time. Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
July 9, 20232 yr I haven't seen lightning in probably a year but flying out of Memphis (KMEM) this afternoon, there it was. Took me a second to realize it since it's been so long! Perhaps a server-side change has been done?
July 9, 20232 yr Flew through Florida today with lightning everywhere, just not in the sim!! I havent seen lighting since I got into MSFS back in October 2022. Edited July 9, 20232 yr by B777ER Eric
July 9, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Radpreemo63 said: I haven't seen lightning in probably a year but flying out of Memphis (KMEM) this afternoon, there it was. Took me a second to realize it since it's been so long! Perhaps a server-side change has been done? I highly doubt any server side changes, lightning is just very sporadic in this Sim. If we start to see it in every storm planet wide then yeah somethings changed, but it simply isn't this way at all. It's one of those (many) items that I fear we won't see improvement now until we get our hands on MSFS2024, a shame when storms were great pre-SU7. Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
July 9, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, MarcG said: I fear we won't see improvement now until we get our hands on MSFS2024, a shame when storms were great pre-SU7. Footage of lightning (and thunder) in the caribbean (TFFJ) from some fair weather clouds, posted in the MS Forums. At 1:15 the sun is showing through this whispy vapor storm. Clearly something to adress for a new simulator. Asus ROG STRIX X870-E Gaming; Ryzen9 9950X3D; RX9070XT; 96GB RAM; 4GB/2GB M.2 SSD; 8GB HDD; LG 45GX90SA-B
July 10, 20232 yr Experienced a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon sitting at KESN, Easton, Maryland, USA. Matched weather outside. Saw lightening several times. This was the first thunderstorm I have seen in MSFS 2020 in likely 18 months. Previous experience back then was horrible, was way over done! Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
July 14, 20232 yr Saw some flying over the South China Sea right now, but I still haven't encountered any when going to airports with thunderstorm mentioned in their METAR. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Tuskin38
July 15, 20232 yr Wow , surprise , surprise, just took off from MYNN in the Bahamas, and I saw heat lightning. First time I saw lightning in about a year and a half.
July 15, 20232 yr On 5/24/2023 at 3:43 AM, Ray Proudfoot said: I remember a stat from many years ago that at any one time there are 2,200 thunderstorms in the world. Is there any way to search for them in MSFS. There is in Active Sky of course but that’s for another sim. Would this help? https://www.ventusky.com/ We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
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