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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject: Hurricanes

Can the defalt real world weather in FS9 download a hurricane?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

Ermm...im pretty sure you cant but why dont you just look for a hurricane somewhere in the world and fly there with real world weather or setting your own weather?
Derek

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: no

no if any1 noes bout hurricane denis down near florida i flew a plane out to it and i didnt see it so i went next to the eye and in the and nothing i did this through weather channel

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:46 pm Post subject:

Agreed,

I tried the same thing the same way last year during the Hurricane's. You can get the wind, rain, clouds, but you cannot "FLY INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM".

I really wish we could, FS10???2006??? Who know's, but some day it will be a reality to fly into storms at real time with real weather and the problems associated with them.

Ardie/rd

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

Why don't you'all wait a couple of days for GroundSquirrel to return home. His home is located in Pensacola, Florida and I suspect that he moved his family to safer grounds a couple of days ago. Perhaps he will have some real stories to tell when he comes back on line.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

Short answer is no, The default weather model is not sophisticated enough. It generates an average weather pattern based on the nearest stations.
I was intrigued by this, however, as I have an add on weather engine. I downloaded the conditions as of 11:00 am local time 07/10/2005 and took off from pensacola NAB and headed out at a bearing of 170. The hercules C-130 seemed a good choice for this mission yet it still had a bit of trouble staying true on the runway. Once aloft and after 15 minutes of rather severe conditions a clear area appeared on my weather radar in the wake of the storm I was in and viola ! A fairly calm area appeared. The add on is active-sky 2004.5. Bear in mind that not all weather stations report at times of severe weather and the sim is only as accurate as the data.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject:

Nice plane, What tipe is it?? and how do you get that weather radar add-on??

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

There is an attempt on this website,
no wall cloud, no obvious circulation

..but they do have some strong winds, rain, and
it will blow a c172 all over the place.

see fs2004_ivan_garversion.zip

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:

ikkedus...

The weather engine is called ActiveSky and you can get it at

www.hifisim.com

It's not free, but it's definately worth the money.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: no

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: