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17 Aug 5:53 pm 71 62 73 WSW 10 10.00   CLR 29.80 1009.5 29.81        
17 Aug 4:53 pm 72 62 71 WSW 10 10.00   CLR 29.81 1009.6 29.82 75 70    
17 Aug 3:53 pm 73 63 71 SSW 6 8.00   FEW005 29.82 1009.9 29.83        
17 Aug 2:53 pm 74 63 69 S 9 8.00   CLR 29.82 1010.2 29.83        
17 Aug 1:53 pm 74 63 69 S 8 10.00   CLR 29.84 1010.8 29.85        
17 Aug 1:14 pm 73 64 73 SSE 9 10.00   SCT019 29.85   29.86        
17 Aug 1:00 pm 72 63 73 SSE 10 6.00 Haze BKN019 29.86   29.87        
17 Aug 12:53 pm 72 64 76 SSE 8 6.00 Haze BKN019,OVC016 29.86 1011.5 29.87        
MSFS WX looks off , I use REX WX Force                      

 

 

     
 
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18 minutes ago, BradB said:
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17 Aug 5:53 pm 71 62 73 WSW 10 10.00   CLR 29.80 1009.5 29.81        
17 Aug 4:53 pm 72 62 71 WSW 10 10.00   CLR 29.81 1009.6 29.82 75 70    
17 Aug 3:53 pm 73 63 71 SSW 6 8.00   FEW005 29.82 1009.9 29.83        
17 Aug 2:53 pm 74 63 69 S 9 8.00   CLR 29.82 1010.2 29.83        
17 Aug 1:53 pm 74 63 69 S 8 10.00   CLR 29.84 1010.8 29.85        
17 Aug 1:14 pm 73 64 73 SSE 9 10.00   SCT019 29.85   29.86        
17 Aug 1:00 pm 72 63 73 SSE 10 6.00 Haze BKN019 29.86   29.87        
17 Aug 12:53 pm 72 64 76 SSE 8 6.00 Haze BKN019,OVC016 29.86 1011.5 29.87        
MSFS WX looks off , I use REX WX Force                      

 

 

     
 

I loaded touch and goes at KSbA after with REX WeatherForce.  Totally different.  Clear skies.  I just don't get MSFS sometime.  Thanks for the weather info.   Can I ask where  you obtained it?

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9 minutes ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said:

I loaded touch and goes at KSbA after with REX WeatherForce.  Totally different.  Clear skies.  I just don't get MSFS sometime.  Thanks for the weather info.   Can I ask where  you obtained it?

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.42611000000005&lon=-119.84124999999995#.YRxtr99lCY0

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a guy on another sight was arguing that he thinks the weather in MSFS is predicted weather, not sure how true this is, I thought it was METAR based....I use REX uless I prefer to set some nice stuff to see the scenery, I then use a preset from SOFLY...

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7 hours ago, wain71 said:

a guy on another sight was arguing that he thinks the weather in MSFS is predicted weather, not sure how true this is, I thought it was METAR based....I use REX uless I prefer to set some nice stuff to see the scenery, I then use a preset from SOFLY...

Last night it didn't seem right for some reason and I was wondering if my REX was working, so I usually do what you do as well, use REX or SOFLY when the weather isn't all that up to par for some scenery to be visible below.   

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On 8/18/2021 at 7:54 AM, wain71 said:

a guy on another sight was arguing that he thinks the weather in MSFS is predicted weather, not sure how true this is, I thought it was METAR based....I use REX uless I prefer to set some nice stuff to see the scenery, I then use a preset from SOFLY...

 

MSFS weather us a mixture of actual data and pedicted/calculated weather in between real world weather stations. That's why it looks much better than those only metar based add ons, which are only based on metar stations and therefore can't be "dynamic", because metar stations are not densly spread across the world.

So when using add on weather apps you only fly from one "metar weather" into the next and you are going to miss the dynamic interactions and changes of weather. With add ons you basicly see the same kind of weather, no matter if looking to the East, West, South or North.

Sometimes the weather might be more correct in the vicinity of a station though.

Conclusion: I finally only fly with MSFS live weather.

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