Summer Snow in Switzerland around LSMM

HausiAir · June 20, 2022, 8:40pm

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Souround the airport LSMM (Meiringen) Switzerland (15km Radius) scenery is covered with snow in Live Weather in Live weather. Since several weeks we do have temperatures above +20C currently +30C during the day and snow is gone several month ago in real life. Can you please check. Lake Brienz is frozen even with wather temperature >15C.

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Archer374 · June 20, 2022, 8:44pm

Yeah that’s normal in Live Weather (unfortunately). Been discussed already many many many many many many many many many times …

HausiAir · June 20, 2022, 8:45pm

…and what is done against it?

GenBrienYQB · June 20, 2022, 8:55pm

We dont know

Archer374 · June 20, 2022, 8:57pm

Unfortunately very little …
Live Weather in general - and snow cover in particular - have been a constant pain in the “you know what” …
Also the fact that lakes and rivers are covered with snow in the winter has been a mentioned many times. It’s just a matter of “report and hope for the best”

you can vote here:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/summer-snow/446664

and here:

There surely are more topics on the problem, but I can’t be bothered to search them all now.

DementedCorn327 · June 20, 2022, 9:37pm

I think main thread about snow issue is this one Snow Cover or No Snow Cover, your post should be moved there.

derMicro · June 28, 2022, 10:10pm

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Today 06/28/22

True weather on LSMM

darkshine231 · July 2, 2022, 12:16pm

I have the same problem and I hope Asobo is going to do something for that.

I don’t uderstand how it can be so complicated to correct… 800 m AGL + Summer = Snow Ban, for the 2 or 3 times it snow in decades it’s better to have something right for the 99 % of the cases.

Jigsaw407 · July 2, 2022, 12:20pm

Well, first the issue needs to come up in a Q&A where everyone says that they are not aware of the issue.

Then comes another Q&A where they say the saw the issue and are about to fix it.

Then comes the next SU where the issue is supposedly fixed but isn’t, because they didn’t quite understand what the actual issue was and fixed something else (and broke a couple of other things).

Then we can start talking about what hopefully will be done about it.

That seems to be the usual process with weather issues.

HereChipmunk604 · July 10, 2022, 5:08pm

I noticed the same thing today, flying from LSTS to LSZK

passing Brünig it was ok again

approachingmax · July 12, 2022, 1:43pm

Same here. Parts of the central european alps are snowcovered today…for some reason, which for sure is totaly wrong and Asobo never will get it.

Max

Mar74pilot · July 6, 2025, 1:53pm

The same in MSFS2024 in july 2025 !!!

Mar74pilot · July 6, 2025, 1:58pm

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Despite summer temperatures 20 deg in live weather still a lot of snow in the valleys like in the screenshots

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Interlaken, Meringen

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6th july 2025

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MrFuzzy1337 · July 6, 2025, 4:51pm

This thread is 3 years old LOL
By the time Asobo looks at it, there will be another winter in Switzerland and they will fail to acknowledge the problem for the third consecutive summer

DementedCorn327 · July 6, 2025, 7:11pm

msfs-2024 tag added since issue has also been reported for that version.

HaslePat · July 12, 2025, 8:13am

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

In central Switzerland around Interlaken there an area covered in snow down to very low altitudes even though it’s now summer. For example: Interlaken is at 550 meters AMSL with temperature currently at around 25 degrees Celsius.

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I’ve experienced this in the past, I think even in FS2020 but I think before one of the last 2-3 SU3 Beta updates, I didn’t notice it, so I think it is some sort of regression.

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LSMI

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Yes.

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Always.

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Launch the sim
Fly over Interlaken area
3.That’s it

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RTX 4090, newest Nvidia drivers (576.88).

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Intel i9-13900K, 64 GB DDR4 RAM, all SSD

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