Massive gusts near the ground, throwing the aircraft around

[hobanagerik]

Blips in weather have happened like this before. I remember documenting once incident where there was a band a few hundred feet up with ~700kt winds.

I just found the post. ATC reports winds at 1350kts.

What is going on with live weather?

I just bought the scenery pack for St. Martin, and Grand Case, and wanted to try out the M20R here. I have Live players only, Live weather turned on. The 530 is showing 2-4kts: [image] The windsock would seem to reflect this: [image] What is not clear in this shot are the trees behind the still, and upright, palm trees, which are being blown around like a hurricane is hitting them. The sea is equally perturbed: [image] [image] [image] Some of the trees are moving so much they are…