Simviation Forum - Weather Watch....

Sep 25^th, 2012 at 5:57am

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The one thing I really like about the MS Flight Sims, over the years, as a keen Motorcyclist, and Sim Pilot, is the interest in learning all about the weather, that it brings!
I closely inspect my Weather Station in my garden at different times of the day to obtain local conditions; and also obtain weather details for the areas of the World, on the Web, that I am about to "fly" in, in the Sim!
Dialling up; "Real Weather", will often leave me "Grounded".. Cry

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Even setting up; "Custom Weather" in the Sim, can result in surprises.. Shocked

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A really fascinating subject:..."Weather"... Smiley

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Paul...Weathering the Storm!...Whether I like it..or not... Grin

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Last nights sudden local Pressure drop: 29.83 - 28.40 ins = Stormy!

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Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:17am

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So the question is, whether one should weather the real weather or whether one should make one's own weather. Either way, whether you pick real weather or whether you pick your own weather, weathering the weather is a daily part of life whether you like it or not............... Grin

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Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:30am

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expat wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:17am:

So the question is, whether one should weather the real weather or whether one should make one's own weather. Either way, whether you pick real weather or whether you pick your own weather, weathering the weather is a daily part of life whether you like it or not............... Grin

Matt

I reckon your trusty Missus did a quick spell check on that, before you posted it, Matt... Grin

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Paul...Whether she did, or not, depends upon the Weather at the time.... Grin

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Reply #3 - Sep 25^th, 2012 at 8:37am

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Fozzer wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:30am:

expat wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:17am:

So the question is, whether one should weather the real weather or whether one should make one's own weather. Either way, whether you pick real weather or whether you pick your own weather, weathering the weather is a daily part of life whether you like it or not............... Grin

Matt

I reckon your trusty Missus did a quick spell check on that, before you posted it, Matt... Grin

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Paul...Whether she did, or not, depends upon the Weather at the time.... Grin

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It was all my own work today Paul, well, whether you count Firefox spell checker as your own work is a matter of opinion..... Grin

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Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2012 at 7:52pm

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I always download real time weather, it makes it... well, more realistic Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2012 at 10:04pm

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expat wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 8:37am:

Fozzer wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:30am:

expat wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 7:17am:

So the question is, whether one should weather the real weather or whether one should make one's own weather. Either way, whether you pick real weather or whether you pick your own weather, weathering the weather is a daily part of life whether you like it or not............... Grin

Matt

I reckon your trusty Missus did a quick spell check on that, before you posted it, Matt... Grin

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Paul...Whether she did, or not, depends upon the Weather at the time.... Grin

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It was all my own work today Paul, well, whether you count Firefox spell checker as your own work is a matter of opinion..... Grin

Matt

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Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:34am

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"How's the weather?
Weather or not, we're together
Together we'll see it much better."
-from the Young Rascals tune, 'How Can I Be Sure'.

And more weather tunes:

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
Purple Rain - Prince
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Rock You Like a Hurricane - The Scorpions
Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan
When the Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney
No Rain - Blind Melon
Lightning Crashes - Live
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder

And let's not leave out the rainy, thundery start of the first Black Sabbath album, and also the phrase, "Heavy Metal thunder" from Steppenwolf's 'Born To Be Wild':

"I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under"

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 12:04pm

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Apex wrote on Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:34am:

"How's the weather?
Weather or not, we're together
Together we'll see it much better."
-from the Young Rascals tune, 'How Can I Be Sure'.

And more weather tunes:

Adding this one:
Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

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Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 12:47pm

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Aah, I had such feelings of relief and anticipation when I first saw this title...
my travel has been beset by rainy conditions, even locking my bicycle's gears; a weather watch upon one's wrist with which one could not only know the time of day but select the weather one's engulfed in; enveloped in a cocoon of pleasant weather while transversing the inclement weather of Mudder Nature... Oh, (not so) well.

Anyway, a few more to the song list:
Rythm of the Falling Rain - Cascades
Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka
Raindrops - Dee Clark
Lightning Strikes - Lou Christie
Thunder & Lightning - Chi Coltrane
Thunder and Lightning - Chicago
Green Grass - Gary Lewis & the Playboys