Simviation Forum - Weather Problem

Sep 9^th, 2004 at 5:12pm

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I've been trying to d/l real world weather, ie the hurricain off cuba, but all I get is clear or partly cloudy skies.

Am I missing something?

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Reply #1 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 6:42pm

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Maybe everyone in those weather stations evacuated and therefore data not being updated.

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They both will work perfectly, until you open windows.

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Reply #2 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 9:38pm

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Every time there is a major storm and I try "real world weather"....... it is totally disappointing. It always seems to be FAR less severe than in real life.

I think the weather engine in fs2004 is VERY limited in what it can do.

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Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 12:36am

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Thanks guys I was begining to think it was my program. Really disapointing wanted to try out a coast gaurd c130.

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Reply #4 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 8:25am

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Best thing to do if you want to experience that is to do a user defined weather in the advanced settings and make it as close to hurricane weather as possible.

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Reply #5 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 10:06am

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Yes Stephen, Or you can join the club and purchase Active Sky 2004!
Do you have it, if not it is a must for you!!!

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Reply #6 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 10:45am

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Dave,

So are you saying that "Active Sky" will download weather in real time that is pretty accurate? Geeeezzzzeeee .... if that is so..... why can't the "computer powerhouse" Microsoft accomplish that task? ??? Microsoft uses the downloadable real time / real world weather a significant marketing point for fs2004.

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Reply #7 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 10:53am

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Quote:

Dave,
So are you saying that "Active Sky" will download weather in real time that is pretty accurate? Geeeezzzzeeee .... if that is so..... why can't the "computer powerhouse" Microsoft accomplish that task?

Yes John, Active Sky is awesome. You need to set Microsoft's weather totally off, then you open the Active Sky Engine and she will download weather in real time. The skies are constantly changing. Active sky also comes with all its own cloud textures! And if that is not enough, it also comes with weather Radar that also works in real time but I can't figure it out Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 11:29am

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Last i checked . . . Hurricane Ivan passed Grenada and was heading west to Jamaica. this means (to me) Ivan is basically in the middle of the ocean (middle-of-nowhere?) and thus there are no weather reporting points used by FS9/Jepp weather generator.

if you can wait (guess we'll have to) it reaches

Name: Norman Manley Intl
IATA: KIN
ICAO: MKJP
Kingston, Jamaica
Latitude: 17°56' 8" N
Longitude: 76°47' 15" W
Elevation: 10
Runway Length: 8900 Feet

i'm sure the weather generator in FS9 will work effectively.

bill

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Reply #9 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 11:35am

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Yes John, Active Sky is awesome. You need to set Microsoft's weather totally off, then you open the Active Sky Engine and she will download weather in real time. The skies are constantly changing. Active sky also comes with all its own cloud textures! And if that is not enough, it also comes with weather Radar that also works in real time but I can't figure it out Roll Eyes

Thanks Dave.

Looks like another piece of payware coming up Wink

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At this rate..... it is likely that I will have so much invested in fs2004 that fs200X is not going to look very attractive to purchase if the stuff is not "forward compatible.

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.................john

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Reply #10 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 5:18pm

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No I don't have it, did a search for it but found nothing.

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Reply #11 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 7:34pm

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it seems like a cool little program, althought it looks as if it would bring most computers down to very low fps.

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