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Nov 5th, 2004 at 11:01pm

Jamie   Offline
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HI ,

Just wondering how up to date Real World Weather is in FS2002 ???    Does not seem very current to me .

Thanks ,

Jamie
 
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Reply #1 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 4:45am

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The real world weather is downloaded in real time from the world-wide Jeppesen database on the web, so you need to be online when you click the button.

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Reply #2 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 5:14am

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The real world weather is downloaded in real time from the world-wide Jeppesen database on the web, so you need to be online when you click the button.

Smiley


If I were to download "Real Weather" at the moment, I would be flying the simulator sat on my comfy chair, wearing my water-proofs and sheltering underneath my umbrella... Roll Eyes.... Grin....!
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Reply #3 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 8:13am

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HI ,

Just wondering how up to date Real World Weather is in FS2002 ???    Does not seem very current to me .


Just to expand a bit on microlight's reply.

Yes, you have to be online in order to update Real World Weather.

I do a "take off" update and several updates along the way just to keep things current. When updating choose the "Local Weather" option.

After choosing it you will notice that the note below the map will read "Nearest reporting station:..." followed by the name of the airport where you are currently located or the name of the nearest weather reporting airport to your current position along your flight path.

Then click "Real World Weather" and the current weather data from the nearest reporting station will be downloaded and then installed into FS2002. It works great. You can choose to include winds aloft data in your download for even more realistic weather conditions.

I always do several updates along the way. Actually, I am not sure if this is necessary- since the weather does change along the flight route even without doing manual update.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the details can say whether manual updates are necessary or if the data updates itself as long as you are connected and have the Local Weather/Real World Weather options selected.

Hehe, now I may be totally misreading your original post and you may simply be asking why it is that when you update your local real world weather at your actual current location in the real world, that the virtual weather on your computer never looks like the actual weather outside at the moment.

I have never run this experiment myself nor can I say that I have ever noticed any difference. I will try it some time.

Cheers,
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Reply #4 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 8:42am

Jamie   Offline
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Hi All ,

I was watching the weather on TV yesterday and it showed really bad weather in the New Hampshire area .  I went right to the simulator and downloaded Real World Weather .  It was almost clear with light winds !  I do know that you have to be online .   I thought perhaps one had to wait an hour or so for the actual weather to show up ???

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Jamie
 
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Reply #5 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 5:59pm

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OK the best way to answer this would be to get a weather program, weatherbug (the new one) being a good choice, it uses the same reporting stations as flight sim would most of the time, it will also tell you if the weather station is real time or based on timed updates. For instance i like to fly in and out of Tupelo in flight sim, however the weather station there is only updated once every 5 mins, with the speed that weather can change there, it is often inaccurate, however just north is a station that is real time and tends to be quite accurate. I also believe Flight sim will update on a regular basis while your connection to the net is active
 
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Reply #6 - Nov 6th, 2004 at 6:58pm

Jamie   Offline
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HI Craig ,

Sounds as though FS2002 real Weather could be improved ???    I have used it and is OK , but just didn't seem to be very current .    Will just use it as it is .

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Jamie
 
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