Great idea. MSFS 2024 certainly has issues, but it’s also the best version of the sim I’ve ever played, and I’ve been on and off with it since V1. Glass is more than half full for me. Can it get better? Sure, but sometimes it’s just good to step back and smell the clouds, or taste them!
Sorry I don’t have exact times, and I don’t take METAR info. They are just point snapshots in time anyway. Good thread on why they should do away with METAR for the weather system here: NEXRAD display shows METAR bubble around airports - #134 by Sonicviz
From my perspective the weather system is a very complex & challenging part of the simulation and will always continue to be a WIP. There have definitely been improvements to the clouds, and the lighting, from my experience.
From some recent flight/sim testing.
Half-moon bay to SF, USA
Queenstown, NZ
Antarctica, opposite tip of South America
Yukon, somewhere between CYHT and Dezadeash Peak
Canada, somewhere up near Cav4 iirc
Canada, somewhere between CBR2 and Cooper Creek iirc
Somewhere west of Idaho ~30k
Somewhere over the tip of the Alaskan Coast ~30k
I think that modern pilot in the excellent P-51 mod (h/t to Best Warbird for MSFS 2024 - #12 by JohnnyT5000) has either got no parachute or a bad case of the CAC Boomerang midget disease, will have to check!
Update: Definitely sitting a little low:
