using fs9 no weather addons just default weather. setting a wind directions as follows ..surface to 5000 feet..080 @5 5000 to 10000 feet 010 @15 10000 to 15000 feet 355@35 15000 to 20000 290 @ 45 the problem here is after the 5000 foot mark the wind stays at 080 @ 5 through 10000 feet ..at 10000 feet instead of the direction changing to 355 degrees it goes to 095 and increases up from there..so instead of 355degrees it goes 095 096 097 all the way up to 135 degrees ..then starts going back down and is not as it is set until it hits and passes the 20000 foot level..i stumbled on this by accident and dont know if its a glitch in the sim a bad file or if im doing something wrong...the flight starts at kord rw 9 and goes to kmht...i would like to hear from someone who knows what might be going on...im stumped..if any of you folks have time could you try this flight with the given parameters and monitor the the wind direction? id love to hear your findings..thank you all in advance

YES please send your files ill try it on my sim...i never thought about the wind change may need more space to be correct ..good call.. i will try your files if you still have them and will also try what you are suggesting...it does make sence..ill let you know..

>>settings were surface to 6000 feet 080 @5 then @ 20000 feet 360 at 45 once i cleared fl200 wind was set at 275 at 55 but showed 077 at 55..and i could not under any circumstance get the wind direction to 275 so matter what numbers i put in..so it almost sounds like a curupt file<<

I tried those settings, guessing at where you made the change to 275� @ 55 knots and placed it at FL210 1,000 feet above your second wind setting.

Flying those settings, wind direction and speed began changing about 6,500 feet, both direction and speed increasing to FL200 where I observed wind from 160� @ 45 knots. Between FL200 and FL210 the wind and speed changed abruptly to 275� @ 55 knots - a 115� shift!

Added Sat 12/11 - experimented some more and found that adding a third wind change - at any altitude - almost always causes the wind to shift southward causing unexpected changes. With two wind levels set the wind change is always northerly when using your surface wind of 80� and FL200 wind of 275�.

Give this a try:
1. Set surface wind as before: 080� @ 5 knots to 6,000 feet
2. Set the second wind line at FL200 wind 275� @ 55 knots & do not add any more wind level settings!
3. Then, with just the two wind settings, exit weather and save the file.
4. Fly it to observe wind direction & speed.

Here's what I got with the above settings:
Takeoff to 6,675 feet - wind 080� @ 5 knots
Then gradual, steady changes in wind direction [decreasing] and speed increasing reaching 0�/360� at 29 knots at 13,160 feet.
At FL200 - wind 277� @ 55 knots
At FL 220 - wind 278� @ 55 knots and remained there to FL250 where I leveled off. Adjustment of the FL200 wind should produce the 275� you want.

Wayne

>>and atleast resolved the issue to some extent.<< Hang in there! I'm sure you'll get things blowing the right way.