Haze thicker than METAR value

Yeah, that’s a big part of the problem for sure. As soon as you approach an airport it reverts from the model weather to the METAR weather, and the METAR weather reads that 10sm visibility verbatim, even though it actually means 10sm or greater.

The METAR mist and haze looks great when it’s actually less than 10sm and there isn’t much variance between stations. Otherwise it just causes bubbles of 10sm mist all over the place or harsh transitions. I was flying around central CA today and I could tell when I was getting close to a towered airport because a blob of mist would appear.

Then there’s those clouds on the ground…

I’d love to see something like this in real life, looks awesome!

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