Abrupt weather changes

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

Weather: I am not sure since when exactly, but might be since SU5, I am experiencing abrupt weather changes with live weather. For example today flying within a high density cloud layer and the whole cloud layer suddenly disappearing. This is rather frequent now. I could see something occasionally in former versions, but not nearly as frequent as now.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Happens almost every flight at least once, sometimes more

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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  1. Free flight

  2. activate live weather

  3. see weather e.g. cloud formation abruptly change

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using:

keyboard, joystick, pedals

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

No dev mode

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

RTX4070

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

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Yep! This happened in MS2020 and they fixed it in one of the Sim Updates. Cannot believe this happens again in MS2024.

Also seeing this a lot more often using Live WX. The entire WX system needs to be improved incl. clouds, atmospheric lighting, etc. Weather has degraded so much from early MSFS 2020 days…it’s unfortunate.

I don’t know if it’s related, but for me the Live Weather produces standard conditions (clear skies, no wind, QNH 1013).

This is a different issue than the one reported here. I would recommend to create a new topic in User Support Hub > Weather & Live Weather reporting it and see if others users are experiencing the same.

yup, been having the same issues, cruising then suddenly lose or gain altitude and the airspeed jumps around

Hi,

These abrupt weather changes are happening right now in MSFS 2024 as I fly the FA50 online on Vatsim. Very annoying. :unamused_face: