Haze thicker than METAR value

[CaptainRude91]

Also relevant here, I don’t think we are talking about haze, rather mist:

Hot Fix to get rid of haze

I’m not even talking about the transition, when I’m at an airport and look at the real world METAR I would expect: The ATIS to exactly match that METAR. Clouds not to be on the ground. Visibility to more or less match. Correct QNH, temperature and dewpoint. No mist or haze if the real world visibility is great. I want to clear up one thing though, I don’t believe we are talking about haze in this thread, you can rarely see haze from ground level, usually it can be seen obscuring the horizon w…