frankbyte Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi Thanks for this great add-on! I have a question: since it is supposed to model the clouds as there are at different airports in the vicinity based on the METARs, what happens if we fly for example over the ocean? Will the clouds be like they were over the last airport passed? Or would the NOAA-plugin (if installed of course) take over and override it with its own values it gets from the upper sky (grib2-File)? Thanks and cheers Franz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 FSGRW creates "fake" METAR stations, and RWC would use those if they are present. NOAA doesn't do that, however. In the absence of FSGRW, RWC will go with the closest METAR report, wherever it may be. Could be on the nearest island with an airport for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbyte Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Are you sure? That's strange because with the NOAA-Plugin i get some changes of the weather over the oceans that match with the conditions i can see on skyvector.com (like thunderstorms etc.) and that doens't seem to be related to any metar-station far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 What I meant is that NOAA doesn't generate actual fake METAR data that is passed to X-Plane. It communicates using datarefs, which lack the information RWC needs to place individual cloud systems. The way FSGRW does it however does cause the information to flow through to RWC and SMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy.dma Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Hi frankbyte, I know, it's more to pay, but the best combo is FSGRW and RWC. Should be even better with 10.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbyte Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Hi birdy Ok so i will try with FSGRW again. I purchased it and didn't liked it...i prefer the NOAA plugin. But if the results in combination with RWC is better, i will try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbyte Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 5 hours ago, sundog said: What I meant is that NOAA doesn't generate actual fake METAR data that is passed to X-Plane. It communicates using datarefs, which lack the information RWC needs to place individual cloud systems. The way FSGRW does it however does cause the information to flow through to RWC and SMP. OK, thanks for these informations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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