Ground snow overlay popping in and out with distance

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Brief description of the issue:

Snow ground cover is removed when approaching the area, and pops in again as you move away. I’ve had this at airports and in other areas, particularly with weather themes. It is a LOD popping issue like the terrain tiles (and is probably related).

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https://youtu.be/WDvKKl0T0c0

ICAO or coordinates (DevMode > Debug > Display position)

In this video: LFTD, but I’ve seen it in many other places too.

Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:

Set a weather theme with light snow, say 5cm depth. As you fly towards the area watch the snow disappear, and looking behind you, watch it appear as you fly away.

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It’s been a while, at least a few months.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

Similar - Different location, and in my case, snow is popping under the aircraft,

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I hit this for the first time today (04/07/24). I was flying between Shiprock Airstrip (5V5) and Chaco Culture National Historical Park POI at ~ 7,500 ft. The red boxed area shows where the popping occured:

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There seemed to be a mis-match between seasonal tiles. The base tiles were “Spring”, but immediately around me the sim was popping in “Light Snow”:

As you can see, the erroneous tiles were centered on the aircraft. & extended for maybe a mile? in every direction:

This continued until I was ~ 25 NM from Four Corners Regional (KFMN)

Partial specs & settings:
Build: SU15B v1.37.12.0
3rd-Party Addons: None, Community Addons: None
Flight configuration: Multiplayer: All Players. Traffic: Live, Weather: Live
i7-12700K (No overclocking), 32 GB 5200 MHz DDR5 CL40, Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v31.0.101.5333).
Graphics Tab: TAA, Render resolution 1700x960 @ 125, AMD Fidelity - 150, VSync - On, FRL - 100% MRR (60 Hz), HDR10 - Off, DX12B, TLOD @ 250, OLD @ 200, Motion Blur - Off, Other settings - all Ultra
Data Tab: Data Connection: All six options - On, Data Limit - Off, Bandwidth - Unlimited, Rolling Cache - Off
Developers Tab: Developer Mode - Off
MSFS Version: MS-Store, Standard, plus All WUs & City Updates.

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