As for 2 - sadly no! As a RL glider pilot I spend many days testing both live and preset weather and as of current state of SU11 beta I see that thermals greatly miss connecting to Cu clouds. As if cloud visualization and thermals were completly unrelated mechanics. It may be to some extent caused by thermal strength being artifically limited by wind speed, but even then if Cu clouds were result of thermals they should appear where thermal reaches condensation height, which sadly is not the case.
I created release note feedback about it here https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/6-improved-atmospheric-simulation-with-a-big-focus-on-thermals-and-general-tweaks-for-the-cfd/550009 with some video demonstrations of the issue. Some other RL glider pilots also confirmed this and other issues about thermals. Hope Asobo take care of it before SU11 release at least about cloud connection to thermals as otherwise it will rather discourage people from usig MSFS for gliding.
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