curazao Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 Why is it that I usuually get overcast skies, altough FSMETEO may say cavok, and if I change to another airport, the previous weather of the previous airport remains. There is no weather change or update, even if I force the weather to refresh from within FSMETEO. I duly cleared the temporary internet files, as suggested sometimes, but problem remains. I do not know if it is FSMETEO related, or FSUIPC (registered) related. Help? Comments? Marcelo Santiago, Chile Posted on saturday Nov. 29, 8:45 pm EDT
Pete Dowson Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 Why is it that I usuually get overcast skies, altough FSMETEO may say cavok, and if I change to another airport, the previous weather of the previous airport remains. There is no weather change or update, even if I force the weather to refresh from within FSMETEO. I duly cleared the temporary internet files, as suggested sometimes, but problem remains. I do not know if it is FSMETEO related, or FSUIPC (registered) related. FSUIPC just does what it is told. You are lucky ot get overcast clouds at all, the main complaint I see about FS2004 clouds is that they are rarely if ever truly overcast. But are you sure the skies aren't simply gray, not from clouds, but from mist? Check the visibility. In FS2000 and FS2002 any visibility less than 4 miles made the skies grey instead of blue. In FS2004 this limit seems to have gone up to around 10 miles. Many METAR stations are automated, and those give visibility as "9999" metres or "10SM", which means literally 6.2 miles or 10 miles respectively, for any higher visibilty. If this is taken literally at that value, the skies will be gray. Switch on the option (in FSUIPC) for Extend METAR max vis) and it will generate a variable visibility between the 6.2 (or 10) miles and your maximum setting in FS. I think the option is also accessible in FSMeteo. Other than that, if it is cloud overcast you are seeing, you'll need to send the data to FSMeteo support to find out why the METARs are being misinterpreted. Regards, Pete
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