vfsintes Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hello can somebody expain me how the SMP handles the thickness of the cloud layer? You can place a BKN layer from 10.000 till 12.000 ft but the cloud layer reaches 16.000 ft and more.... Any idea?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) Broken clouds are just scattered cumulus clouds, and as such a layer of broken clouds won't have a fixed "top" to it. The bottoms of cumulus clouds will be near the base altitude specified, but the tops will vary from cloud to cloud. We simulate how large the clouds are in nature and size them accordingly. In your example, you'd be limiting cumulus clouds to 2km in height, which is much smaller than they would be in the real world. If you create a solid cloud layer such as stratus or overcast, then we honor the top altitude as well as the bottom, since these types of clouds are "slabs" where that makes sense to do. Edited June 7, 2018 by sundog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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