here’s another example, Humberside UK, absolute messy representation in the sims..which was once capable of pre su7
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Last year when we were seeing big inaccuracies with the weather, myself and some other users finally tracked down the issue where from 20:00z-08:00z the next day, weather data was completely missing. So when it hit 20:00z, it would load in the weather for 08:00z the next day and therefore the weather would be incorrect because you were seeing the weather for the next day too early.
Since SU7, I’ve had the same suspicion that something similar is going on with the data included, especially seeing as the Meteoblue data was meant to have been improved for SU7. I suspect this data change they’ve made isn’t making its way into MSFS as it should be. I just cant’ quite figure out exactly what’s going on. But it’s clear that it’s not working as it should.
Here’s couple of examples from this morning:
As you can see, even when the METAR reports cloud cover in these places, it’s not been drawn in. Temps, pressure, wind match up correct. But cloud cover is totally wrong. I’ve included previous METARs so you can also see it’s not a case of it transitioning from clear skies as all 3 airports here have reported cloud for past 2-3 hours.
Yesterday I observed the opposite, low cloud cover when there should not have been, it should have only had high cloud.
My conclusion is there is something bugged with the data once again like we saw last year and I strongly suspect the data is corrupted or missing.
Tried the airports again, now the weather looks different:
Confirms what I thought that data is often missing or corrupt.
Same thing at LKPR today.
METAR LKPR 130730Z 22013KT 9999 BKN034 M01/M02 Q1037 NOSIG=
While I like that they added visibility into the sim, something bad has definitely happened with their weather system/data. The sky is very boring recently. Middle/upper level clouds missing more than half of my flights. Low level clouds are cumulus only, or entirely missing. Overcast stratus layers are nearly nonexistent.
I hope they will fix this with SU8.
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Yeah, the data getting injected is not correct it seems.
It’s hard enough trying to blend a METAR report with meteoblue, but trying to blend incorrect data all together must be even harder - no wonder we see such a mess so often.
Same story in Dublin again right now as it was this morning, as if it’s completely missing its data for cloud despite the live weather working
Yes its complete messed up and doesnt match at no time 
This is the normal view without fog and exact the same position
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Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it?…no
Brief description of the issue: ATIS…ATC…cockpit (Baron G1000NXi) wind notifications do not match up. For landing what matters is the wind on arrival as displayed on the cockpit instruments.. ATC notified windspeed approaching Houston was NNW at 44 knots…actual wind was 21KTS. Neither ATC wind nor ATIS are trustworthy at present.
Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue: …latest real weather
Events have evolved since this post. Weather, particularly windspeeds invariably do not match up between ATIS, ATC arrival /departure weather and the cockpit windspeed gauge. ATC often “allocates” departure and arrival runways without consideration of the windspeed and direction. Using Real Weather I have been “instructed” to use an arrival or departure runway with a double figure tailwind component without the option to select a more suitable runway. ATC-ATIS-Real Weather (when it works ) co-ordination at the moment is a complete shambles in my view.
There’s a sharp cold front passing through Poland right now with a squall line in front of it.
Here’s the (very interesting) METAR:
METAR EPMO 170900Z 31018KT 0500 R08/0500D +TSSN BKN007CB M00/M02 Q1001
And here’s how it looks in the sim:
At the ground level it looks really nice.
Above the clouds it doesn’t look like a sharp cold front at all.
No cumulonimbus clouds, no anvils, it just looks like a stratus cloud layer with high tops.
No lightning either.
It’s funny. When you expect cumuliform clouds and lightning to be simulated, there’s none.
But when there’s a layer of stratiform clouds, all you get are cumulus clouds everywhere (with lightning shooting everywhere just an update ago).
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Oh dear, METAR has 5500ft Overcast, Meteoblue has >95% low cloud cover, with a base at roughly 1500ft.
Sim has…
It is just not doing what it is supposed to, where is it getting the data from? Neither of the supposed sources indicate the weather seen in the sim. It is totally broken and needs fixing as a priority.
EGAA now, cloud cover shows on world map and flight conditions widget shows correct weather. Yet cloud cover non-existent? Live weather servers are working but I don’t know what it’s injecting, it’s not correct though.
Server downtime?
No this was after the usual daily downtime once the servers were back up
Same issue this morning, the wrong data is very obviously being loaded in. Compared those airports with meteoblue data also and it think there should be cloud there.
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Still some weird issues with coverage. Check out LFRS that should be overcast, cloud cover on world map shows cloud, metar states overcast and even Meteoblue has accurate cloud cover, yet no cloud.
funny I was just at this exact location (Nantes) and noticed the same thing, not a single cloud in the sky, the issues with this sim are so frustrating
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Yeah it’s a real strange one when this happens, usually I would put it down to the forecast being wrong. But here all areas of data match up and its still wrong.
I’ve sent a zendesk regarding this and I’ve got a reply saying its been passed on to the relevant team so hopefully whatever is causing this issue they will find and fix.
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Hi all just a Question? Is it just me?
I have not experienced lightning or hi towering CB at all.