I also noticed that lightning is coming not from the clouds themselves but rather from the cloudless higher atmosphere layer and then goes down through the clouds. It was this way as far as I remember.
2021-10-23 00:19 UTC
YPDN airport - Darwin, Australia
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Coordinates:
Metar:
Video (aircraft nose is facing SSW):
Meteoblue wx forecast at that time:
Meteoblue CAPE:
Meteoblue Total Cloud Cover:
Windy.com lightning
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Just did a flight into KHAE which according to the cape index map in currently in an area with no vaule
Still had bright flashes of lightning on approach though so maybe the CAPE in not the issue. Hopefully this is finally fixed though with SU7&8
If you have them, could you post the details of where this was, and when?
They will fix this, and the fix will come with SU7 and SU8, it says so in the latest development update.
I can try. It would only be a rough approximation though.
Asobo need exact locations, and times, so they can then compare that to live weather.
If possible, including the info that the MSFS team asked for would help them investigate and remedy this.
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Is it different than this one that is listed as not started? I did not see anything, but maybe it was another report.
Here you go:
Item #19
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Excellent!!
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From what’s been said they are doing a complete rework of the weather so I doubt they are spending valuable time on this outside of that package … However they are fully aware of it and its causes so expect it to not be an issue after the new engine is released.
Does anyone still get this? I feel like this can be closed; I haven’t seen any lightning since the last few updates…
Not in clear skies, for sure.
I was gonna say I haven’t seen any lightning at all in months, but I’m wondering if it’s because I’ve been doing a lot of northern hemisphere/winter flying. Although I do AU/NZ now and then and used to get thunderstorms often but I haven’t heard thunder or seen lightning with live wx in quite some time now.
Certainly the clear skies lightning issue is gone at least. Hope to see some thunderstorms soon.