Which weather programs do you use for MSFS?

[Stiller Water 252]

I often fly at past dates to re-fly my real travels - or to prepare for upcoming (in that case I just go 1 year back). In P3D I used Active Sky to mimic the real weather of that particular day (and, more important, season). But as far as it appears to me, MSFS by default only offers live weather for today, or artificial situations.

It could be I miss some function in MSFS - in that case please help me.

But it could be some add-on needs to be used - in that case please give me your experience.

Thanks in advance, in either case.

[reecemj 152]

Live Weather! But I do use preset sometimes. I have REX weather never use it. 

[tup61 1,641]

Historic weather isn't possible yet. It's only live weather. And none of the available addons come even close to what AS did in FSC/P3D. Having said that: I like the live weather in MSFS a LOT more than any weather in any other sim (including AS in P3D). Seeing clouds up to the horizon instead of in a small circle around you is enough already to be very happy with what MSFS offers be default. 

Edited June 11, 2023 by tup61

[Dominique_K 10,152]

20 hours ago, Stiller Water said:

I often fly at past dates to re-fly my real travels - or to prepare for upcoming (in that case I just go 1 year back). In P3D I used Active Sky to mimic the real weather of that particular day (and, more important, season). But as far as it appears to me, MSFS by default only offers live weather for today, or artificial situations.

It could be I miss some function in MSFS - in that case please help me.

But it could be some add-on needs to be used - in that case please give me your experience.

Thanks in advance, in either case.

No way, this is a major drawback of this sim. More frustrating, it does not even record the weather on a 24 h-period.   And the main MSFS honcho in Seattle has been playing stupid for quite some time now, pretending that he doesn't understand where is the problem.    

If it can bring you some relief you can vote in this thread. It is, of course, useless but you may feel better afterward 😄.

Historic Weather (as second timeline) - Microsoft Flight Simulator / Wishlist - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

Edited June 12, 2023 by Dominique_K

[Stiller Water 252]

Thank you all for the short comments. What a drawback only live weather is, for example when it is June and you fly in New Zealand (all that snow...).

[Stiller Water 252]

1 hour ago, Dominique_K said:

No way, this is a major drawback of this sim. More frustrating, it does not even record the weather on a 24 h-period.   And the main MSFS honcho in Seattle has been playing stupid for quite some time now, pretending that he doesn't understand where is the problem.    

If it can bring you some relief you can vote in this thread. It is, of course, useless but you may feel better afterward 😄.

Historic Weather (as second timeline) - Microsoft Flight Simulator / Wishlist - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

I see I am not the first to ask this. And not the first to fly my way. And, moreover, the issue has not been solved after 2 years of discussion!

[Dominique_K 10,152]

11 minutes ago, Stiller Water said:

I see I am not the first to ask this. And not the first to fly my way. And, moreover, the issue has not been solved after 2 years of discussion!

It is complicated as ASobo has introduced a new way to depict weather  using  MeteoBlue which, as I understand, does not make it easy. We get a superb global weather, at least most of the time, but the engine does not lend itself to keep history. 

If I may Gerold, don't try to replicate what you are used to in P3D. This is a different environment. Leaving P3D to MSFS you get some, you leave some.  A lot of good stuff, some frustrations too.  You will love it.

 

 

 

[F737MAX 5,738]

MSFS own 'Live Weather' is the best weather engine. However, I do like to use these presets every now and then:
Floyds Epic Clouds for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

[fppilot 4,395]

I acquired REX WF Weather early after its release as MSFS live weather was abysmal at the time.  I used it exclusively for several months with very few issues.  I noticed that MSFS live weather show improvement and began using it more and more, but I continued to fall back on REX WF when needed, so I still found it valuable.  In fact I fell back on it once early last week.  So I keep it updated.

[Ray Proudfoot 9,040]

1 hour ago, Stiller Water said:

Thank you all for the short comments. What a drawback only live weather is, for example when it is June and you fly in New Zealand (all that snow...).

You do know that’s winter in the southern hemisphere. 😉

[MrBitstFlyer 3,896]

XEnviro?

[kiwikat 529]

Only use live weather here. Zero interest in historical weather functionality. I don’t think that many people would actually end up using it. There’s a reason it hasn’t been a priority.

[tup61 1,641]

4 minutes ago, kiwikat said:

I don’t think that many people would actually end up using it. There’s a reason it hasn’t been a priority.

I doubt that. Historic weather is one of the main reasons people want a 3rd party weather addon. The fact that it doesn't get priority says absolutely nothing about the popularity of a certain desired feature. I myself can't imagine that anyone who likes to fly in various locations all over the globe (which is something MSFS really focuses on) is NOT interested in historic weather.

[Stiller Water 252]

2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

You do know that’s winter in the southern hemisphere. 😉

That is exactly my problem: I want to re-fly a trip to Oceania I made in Feb/March, or anticipate a flight I may make in another February. I can not use live weather for that.

[Stiller Water 252]

1 hour ago, tup61 said:

I doubt that. Historic weather is one of the main reasons people want a 3rd party weather addon. The fact that it doesn't get priority says absolutely nothing about the popularity of a certain desired feature. I myself can't imagine that anyone who likes to fly in various locations all over the globe (which is something MSFS really focuses on) is NOT interested in historic weather.

Supported. And, see the link that Dominique has posted above: There are many more with this interest.