OAT of 248 C ?! (Impacts negatively on aircraft performance and autopilot function)

There is a possible long term fix for these temperature errors. The ISA, International Standard Atmosphere, as defined by ICAO is used in aviation as a set of standard temperatures and pressures for assessing aircraft performance. Very often you will see aircraft performance charts stating that the measurements were made in accordance with ISA conditions. ISA conditions basically correlate to a temperature of 15 centigrade at sea level and an atmospheric pressure of 1013.2 HP or 29.92 inches. The temperature then drops by approx 2 degrees for every 1000 ft altitude. There are published charts that show the standard set of pressures and temperatures for the atmosphere. While these standard figures do not occur absolutely as listed, it should be a relatively simple task to programme the weather injection system to ignore any figures that are either wildely inaccurate, or differ markedly from the general trend in temperature reduction with altitude. There are occasionally temperature inversions in the atmosphere, where temperatures climb with altitude, and warnings of these inversions are often passed to pilots, as they will affect the aircraft performance. But nothing remotely close to the temperature figures seen in the Sim would be possible. Whether its a Meteoblue issue or Asobo system fault, it should be possible to program the system to prevent these issues in future.

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