Weather

[rabiner]

Pete,

I'm no longer getting the same visibility I used to. At high cruise on a clear day (or night), I have trouble seeing the ground. Is there anything in FSUPIC that has changed that (or can help me fix it)?

Thanks!

David

[Pete Dowson]

I'm no longer getting the same visibility I used to. At high cruise on a clear day (or night), I have trouble seeing the ground. Is there anything in FSUPIC that has changed that (or can help me fix it)?

Nothing has changed in any of the weather handling in FSUIPC for a long time. Most folks' complaints about FS2004 (is it FS2004, you don't even say?) are that you can still see the ground when above so-called overcast cloud layers.

If you have no clouds it is probably the visibility layer below and the thin film of stratus FS puts over the top so that as you climb you don't suddenly come out of mist and see sharp ground below. There is a minimum visdibility setting in FSUIPC. You could try setting that to something over 10 miles, though then you may never get mist or fog again.

Also check whatever weather it is you are using.

Pete