There is lot of snow in the middle of Sweden as in real life, I think we have about 150cm where I live now.

I was flying from KMSP to CYWG. It was like an early autumn with no snow cover at all.

Winnipeger here. We have barely enough snow for ground coverage right now, and we're pretty devoid of the stuff until the 24th.

1 hour ago, Alaaar said:

I was flying from KMSP to CYWG. It was like an early autumn with no snow cover at all.

That's correct for KMSP.  This entire state has almost no snow.  It's been nice.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/snowmap/snow-depth-map-december-28-2023.html

Edited January 4, 20242 yr by ryanbatc

People might be surprised to hear that we don't actually live in a perpetual frozen wonderland here in the north.  I've only had my shovel out twice here in Buffalo and this is the first time the grass has really been covered up (and that will melt in the next day or two).  That was only a very narrow band that covered a few miles. 

Heck, it was 60f over the holiday and there were people golfing in sweatshirts over the holidays this year. 

I know MSFS is not perfect on this, but I think people just assume there should be snow when in fact, MSFS is probably correct.  Snow can vary greatly.  Last year we had a killer storm and needed heavy lifters to dig us out. 

Snow coverage for lake tahoe is correct

Jim B

Yes, we have had a remarkable year. There is no snow here in Toronto and there has only been 3 light snowfalls this season, about 1 cm that would melt the next day or two. I cannot remember a year we had so little snow. But rain we have. There were only 24 hours of clear skies thorough the whole month of December, and some of that was at night. This morning was the first time I can remember seeing sun in weeks, and by early afternoon it was cloud covered again.

So, live weather may not be perfect, but I think it gives a better sense of things than in the old P3D days when snow would faithfully appear on the same day every year and disappear on the same day every spring.

Was just in Colorado for a few days. While waiting for my flight at DEN, you could see many a mountain top to the west looking at the Rockies that was all brown, devoid of snow. El Niño is really suppressing the snowfall so far this year and MSFS seems to be pretty spot on. 

34 minutes ago, B777ER said:

Was just in Colorado for a few days. While waiting for my flight at DEN, you could see many a mountain top to the west looking at the Rockies that was all brown, devoid of snow. El Niño is really suppressing the snowfall so far this year and MSFS seems to be pretty spot on. 

Um, well, not exactly the case. I live here in Colorado on the same side of the Rockies as Denver. Yes, the side that faces Denver is not as snowy as the last two years, but the go deeper into the Rockies and there is plenty of snow. I have already been skiing at several locations in the Colorado Rockies in the past month, and I am going all next week too. In fact, as I type this I am getting snow right now where I live, about an hour south of Denver. 

But, you are right in that El Nino is having it's normal effect on the winter here in general. 

On 12/12/2023 at 12:45 PM, Bob Scott said:

I also flew a leg from Juneau to Ketchikan a few days ago, and there was little to no snow on the mountains.  Just the usual ugly fluorescent lime-green depiction of what I think is supposed to be grass, only maybe after some kind of nuclear accident. 

It's lichen, and the vibe is actually correct - MSFS has the coverage a little dense, but right idea.  Only down side is that they only model the green, not the reds and browns too.  But yeah, the mountains in Southeast are pretty colorful.

I can't run the NSS JNU on my system for some reason, so I was happy to see that SU14 FINALLY fixed the perpetual snow-covered runway on the default JNU.  Now, if only it wasn't perma-winter there, even in August when it's actually 80 degrees out..  and someone really needs to tell Asobo that saltwater that rips through channels in strong tidal currents four times a day never freezes lol.

4 hours ago, sniper31 said:

Um, well, not exactly the case. I live here in Colorado on the same side of the Rockies as Denver. Yes, the side that faces Denver is not as snowy as the last two years, but the go deeper into the Rockies and there is plenty of snow. I have already been skiing at several locations in the Colorado Rockies in the past month, and I am going all next week too. In fact, as I type this I am getting snow right now where I live, about an hour south of Denver. 

But, you are right in that El Nino is having it's normal effect on the winter here in general. 

I was nw of Denver by RMNP and down in Breckenridge. Yes snow was on the ground but even the locals said it was way below normal.

7 minutes ago, B777ER said:

I was nw of Denver by RMNP and down in Breckenridge. Yes snow was on the ground but even the locals said it was way below normal.

I guess different opinions...I am a local, and I agree, it's an El Nino year so it is less, but still plenty of snow in the mountains. I was just in Breckenridge myself skiing first week of December and there was plenty of snow especially for beginning ski season. Heck, the first two days I was there was a big winter storm. And that is where I will be next week to, and they have been getting more snow the last few days (I have several friends that are ski instructors there, so I get constant updates). And like I said earlier, we started getting an un-forecasted snowstorm earlier today, and last I looked outside we had almost 2 inches. My point is, around the Rockies, and in an El Nino year at that, we get plenty of snow, it's just way more wacky when and how we get it due to El Nino.  

 

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by sniper31

42 minutes ago, sniper31 said:

I guess different opinions...I am a local, and I agree, it's an El Nino year so it is less, but still plenty of snow in the mountains. I was just in Breckenridge myself skiing first week of December and there was plenty of snow especially for beginning ski season. Heck, the first two days I was there was a big winter storm. And that is where I will be next week to, and they have been getting more snow the last few days (I have several friends that are ski instructors there, so I get constant updates). And like I said earlier, we started getting an un-forecasted snowstorm earlier today, and last I looked outside we had almost 2 inches. My point is, around the Rockies, and in an El Nino year at that, we get plenty of snow, it's just way more wacky when and how we get it due to El Nino.  

 

Sucks for us. We had 5 days out there just after Xmas and it was clear blue skies the whole bloody time. We went for the snowfall but got nothing. Hopefully next December see snowfall.

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by B777ER

4 minutes ago, B777ER said:

Sucks for us. We had 5 days out there just after Xmas and it was clear blue skies the whole bloody time. We went for the snowfall but got nothing. Hopefully next December see snowfall.

Most years, there IS plenty of snow around Christmas up in the mountain towns. Even this year, where I live, not everywhere along the Front Range, but where I live we actually got fresh snow on Christmas Eve Day, then it stopped, nothing on Christmas, and then the 26th more snow....lol. It's like something specifically didn't want us to get xmas snow. But yeah, I wish you all could have gotten to enjoy more of it. Breckenridge is especially very nice and festive, like a Hallmark town, at Christmas with plenty of snow. If possible, I would give it another try in a non El Nino year. 

9 hours ago, sniper31 said:

Most years, there IS plenty of snow around Christmas up in the mountain towns. Even this year, where I live, not everywhere along the Front Range, but where I live we actually got fresh snow on Christmas Eve Day, then it stopped, nothing on Christmas, and then the 26th more snow....lol. It's like something specifically didn't want us to get xmas snow. But yeah, I wish you all could have gotten to enjoy more of it. Breckenridge is especially very nice and festive, like a Hallmark town, at Christmas with plenty of snow. If possible, I would give it another try in a non El Nino year. 

For sure, we plan on making it an annual deal btw Xmas and New Years.