So what Mark1616 has said it’s still the same weather globally set with no visual fronts correct? (because why shouldn’t it be, that limitation and restriction has not gone away by Asobo)

just not sure what advantages this has over ActiveSky which I already own—

1 hour ago, UAL4life said:

just not sure what advantages this has over ActiveSky which I already own—

One ahead of you; I haven’t even got Active Sky precisely because it can only paint the whole world with one weather. Default Live weather doesn’t look the best, but at least I can see weather in the distance and decide what to do based on it. Not being able to have more than one type of weather in the same sky is a major immersion killer for me.

I honestly don't understand the concept. Isn't the live weather for a time and place "typical" enough to represent the typical weather for said place and time?

23 minutes ago, ha5mvo said:

I honestly don't understand the concept. Isn't the live weather for a time and place "typical" enough to represent the typical weather for said place and time?

This!

Yeah I've just read the description again and can't fathom what it wants to be, I mean it's essentially a Live Weather product that doesn't use Live Weather just what you'd expect in the area at that time of year....so Live Weather then 😵‍💫

So it's not really what I require at all, as before I mainly use the default Live Weather.

What I'd like is a more Random weather option, that changes weather during the flight so not the same as Presets that are the same all over. So yeah, not sure this product is for me at all.

4 hours ago, ha5mvo said:

I honestly don't understand the concept. Isn't the live weather for a time and place "typical" enough to represent the typical weather for said place and time?

Yea, this is one of the strangest product releases I have come across int eh MSFS era, I just can't get the point of it. Maybe just the marketing was not put together well?

The answers to most questions here are answered at the product page: https://parallel42.com/products/typical-weather

It has a great historical-data-based randomizer including Atypical categories, and really easy to dial in realistic and variable weather. Live weather is not always what people want (some examples given here in this thread), and this add-on provides a solution for just that. Please give the product page a look if you're curious.

17 minutes ago, Damian Clark said:

The answers to most questions here are answered at the product page: https://parallel42.com/products/typical-weather

It has a great historical-data-based randomizer including Atypical categories, and really easy to dial in realistic and variable weather. Live weather is not always what people want (some examples given here in this thread), and this add-on provides a solution for just that. Please give the product page a look if you're curious.

You should do a video explainer, perhaps. I think the concept is just not landing. 

A quick look is given starting at 4:18

 

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3 hours ago, JonathanC said:

You should do a video explainer, perhaps. I think the concept is just not landing. 

I thought it seemed quite simple: an injector offering plausible weather for any time of year in any location, that can dynamically adjust weather as you fly between locations.

Is there something else I’m missing…?

3 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

I thought it seemed quite simple: an injector offering plausible weather for any time of year in any location, that can dynamically adjust weather as you fly between locations.

Is there something else I’m missing…?

I get it. Others seem to have questions. 

5 hours ago, Damian Clark said:

The answers to most questions here are answered at the product page: https://parallel42.com/products/typical-weather

It has a great historical-data-based randomizer including Atypical categories, and really easy to dial in realistic and variable weather. Live weather is not always what people want (some examples given here in this thread), and this add-on provides a solution for just that. Please give the product page a look if you're curious.

Ah ok so there is a 'Random' weather feature, I still don't understand the need for a 'typical' summers day weather scenario over Live Weather if it happens to be raining....that's the beauty of Live Weather, it's real at that time so that's what it is.

I guess some might like that but I really don't think that side of the app is for me, the randomiser though that could be cool, I'll await some reviews 👍

Well, it's not a lot of money so I went ahead and bought it this morning. Sleek interface, tested Typical weather at Leeds Bradford and sure enough it injected a miserable wet day! In reality its much brighter here today but I guess that proves its working. Only had a few minutes to test but for me the most useful feature is the randomizer which produces nice variations and cos I'm lazy I find that easier to use than configuring my own weather settings. Whether others think its worth paying for that facility remains to be seen but I'm happy enough.

19 hours ago, ha5mvo said:

I honestly don't understand the concept. Isn't the live weather for a time and place "typical" enough to represent the typical weather for said place and time?

No. It's the difference between a single sample and an average. A point sample may be very atypical, but the key feature of this product is averaging of many historical samples.

For me this is a tool to use when you don't like the current live weather.

dd