UK snow coverage (or lack of!)

[bigifooti]

Also there is a threshold for when MSFS shows a snow cover. From memory it was something like if meteoblue shows 20cm or more. 

[srcooke]

With AS datanet active it definetly gave snow coverage at Manchester this morning in MSFS2024

[ianb2469]

59 minutes ago, filou said:

It only bothers you.You can also use my settings you will save time.

If you take the time to look at the default weather forecast FS24 is wrong twice ,no snow on the ground and in the sky let's not talk about it....

 

For Active sky i use the last Beta.(Not sure if there is anything to do with that) only the snow cover is missing.

Final score result

Ative Sky 1 

FS24 0

 

With the settings you use are the transitions minimal? I watched a youtube and it was so abrupt it went from few clouds to overcast in the blink of an eye which is no good really for me personally.  

[Flic1]

20 minutes ago, ianb2469 said:

With the settings you use are the transitions minimal? I watched a youtube and it was so abrupt it went from few clouds to overcast in the blink of an eye which is no good really for me personally. 

I have ASFS but use Passive mode only which adds just the turbulence effects (works very well).  The transitions can be very obvious and abrupt when using the ASFS Live WX.  If you are flying from A to B and there are clear skies or only some scattered clouds, you probably will not notice the transitions as much (this is probably why you hear people say they don't notice any transitions).  If you are flying between areas where the weather is drastically different (ie crossing a frontal area) you are going to see the abrupt changes.  Plus, you will never see the different WX around you.....you will be in a weather bubble.  I did a flight yesterday and literally saw a line of snow moving in from the west  at KMSP as I sat at the gate.  Departed the airport and then moved in to the clearer weather to the east after departure.  This would not happen with ASFS..... 

[sloppysmusic]

I did Lands End to Shoreham this week at dusk and as I came out of the mist for final there were flakes in the air and I landed with light snow on grassy areas. I looked out the window and saw the same (very light snow).

ASFS of course. Quite magical sometimes.

[filou]

44 minutes ago, ianb2469 said:

With the settings you use are the transitions minimal? I watched a youtube and it was so abrupt it went from few clouds to overcast in the blink of an eye which is no good really for me personally.  

I fly 30 to 50 hours a week only with Active Sky! You have to be completely stupid to fly in a weather that changes abruptly, right???? I don't have abrupt changes in all my flights, the only thing that interests me is to get closer to reality so if it changed abruptly on each flight on each arrival I would have given up a long time ago. It turns out that visually it is perhaps in some scenarios less visually pretty but I don't care. Active sky is able to show you a diversified weather which FS24 is incapable of doing. I know FS well enough to say that their weather is purely schematic.

 

With Active sky every flight is different in its visual diversity as it is in reality.

[ianb2469]

The discussions here are making me think it’s worth getting AS for the turbulence alone (I’ve been down a YouTube rabbit hole!) 

[psolk]

Just passed over the UK and from FL 340 it looked like from at least  Doncaster West had snow textures with ASFS including Manchester and Liverpool...   

Sorry, it's nighttime but you can still see the snow... 

 

Edited January 10 by psolk

[rome0kil0]

2 hours ago, filou said:

I fly 30 to 50 hours a week only with Active Sky! You have to be completely stupid to fly in a weather that changes abruptly, right???? I don't have abrupt changes in all my flights, the only thing that interests me is to get closer to reality so if it changed abruptly on each flight on each arrival I would have given up a long time ago. It turns out that visually it is perhaps in some scenarios less visually pretty but I don't care. Active sky is able to show you a diversified weather which FS24 is incapable of doing. I know FS well enough to say that their weather is purely schematic.

 

With Active sky every flight is different in its visual diversity as it is in reality.

I agree with this. Also, i have been seeing snow coverings and snow falling on most flights this week to and from the uk using active sky.

ps. I use filou posted settings.

Edited January 10 by rome0kil0

[ianb2469]

12 minutes ago, rome0kil0 said:

I agree with this. Also, i have been seeing snow coverings and snow falling on most flights this week to and from the uk using active sky.

ps. I use filou posted settings.

I think I’m sold. For £20 it’s worth a try even for the better turbulence. I’m still flying in 20 too.

 

can you share Filou’s settings please? I can’t see them (assume it’s signature which isn’t visible on mobile).   Thanks again! 

[sloppysmusic]

Couple weeks back was snowing NE USA. This was heading up towards NYC:

[rome0kil0]

41 minutes ago, ianb2469 said:

I think I’m sold. For £20 it’s worth a try even for the better turbulence. I’m still flying in 20 too.

 

can you share Filou’s settings please? I can’t see them (assume it’s signature which isn’t visible on mobile).   Thanks again! 

I’m using active sky preset, not passive weather. They were posted in the AS thread.

Edited January 10 by rome0kil0

[JRBarrett]

7 hours ago, Flic1 said:

I noticed in MSFS 2024 late yesterday, snow was not showing where it should in mid-Atlantic US.  It was working well about a week ago but looks like the snow coverage is not currently working.  To the OP...no, AS will not fix the snow coverage issue.

I am currently flying from JFK to ATL(2020, not 2024), and Live Weather is giving me extensive snow coverage along the Appalachians - most probably from the most recent storm a couple of days ago, but more is being dumped over the same area today. ATL currently has snow and freezing rain - I’m curious what conditions will be like during descent and landing.

[spilok]

As an avid user of Active Sky for both MSFS and P3d, I would absolutely guarantee that Active Sky would have fixed the weather situation. I have toggled between Active Sky and default real weather and real weather is always wrong.  Active Sky does it right.

[Damian Clark]

17 hours ago, filou said:

 

Active Sky

FWIW, this is NOT Active Sky controlled weather. There are several clues, including the clear skies preset loaded, lack of any wind layers, default ISA conditions throughout, etc. Your ASFS screenshot does not show what depiction mode you are in, only the weather data source/mode.

If AS preset weather were showing, you would see the Active Sky FS Preset Weather preset name loaded along with the proper conditions. Which would be set as described in the conditions screen.

Not quite sure what we are seeing here. Just wanted to clarify, as this is quite confusing and misleading. It looks kind of like you have manually changed the preset to clear skies here, or have changed the depiction mode and instantly took screenshot without waiting a few seconds for things to load in.