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Jul 30^th, 2004 at 3:45pm

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hi all in fs2004 you can choose real time wheather, well i live in northern ireland in the uk, so i choose to download the weather every 15 minutes from the internet, so i set up my flight plan and go and fly from Belfast. If it is cloudy in Belfast its ok, but if i fly to somewhere in spain, it is still cloudy, its the same anywhere i go, can someone please tell me why?. ???

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Reply #1 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 3:58pm

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Could be that its cloudy in Spain. The weather here on the continent is miserable at the moment!

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Reply #2 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:01pm

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yea i suppose, but if i started of in Belfast, then then beofre i take off if i move to say New York, the weather is still the same as it is in Northern Ireland

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Reply #3 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:14pm

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Okay what weather update speed do you have set for weather?

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Reply #4 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:17pm

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i dont know, it says it updates every 15 minutes from the web

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Reply #5 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:23pm

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Right, in weather settings there is a bar near the bottom that controls the speed of weather change. Set it higher.

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Reply #6 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:25pm

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ah thank you mate!! Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:28pm

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Hey fellowes,

Why don't you try checking the weather on the internet if you have these concerns. You might find that the weather is working fine in Flight Sim. I used to be concerned about this too, but I started checking and I don't think I've ever encountered a situation where real-time weather was too off. Good luck.

Awwww, crap!

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Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 4:31pm

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ok thank you i will try that, and see if it solves my problem

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Reply #9 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 8:47pm

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The weather downloads in ACOF isn't entirely accurate. I've loaded up the weather at my local airport and in the sim it's IFR only while outside it's sunny for the whole state. I think if they don't have data for an area the sim just picks something at random (or that's the way it seems). If I find too much differenct I just check the weather on a weather site on the net and adjust my flight sim to that.

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Reply #10 - Jul 30^th, 2004 at 11:13pm

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Never had problems w/ real world weather. (Except sometimes I get booted out of FS9 when the weather is goin wack in the Seattle area Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - Jul 31^st, 2004 at 1:14am

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I have also noticed that you can fly a whole flight without a cloud in sight but as soon as you begin your approach it suddenly becomes IMC conditions......... Shocked

This seems a bit weird Shocked

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