New Weather Scenarios

[gsagostinho]

Hello all,

As I really enjoy flying the using the advanced weather scenarios, I was thinking we could add some more of them to FG. Here are some suggestions which could be interesting:

Cold sector
Light snow
Overcast (but not raining)

Also, I would like to ask if the Marginal VFR scenario really depicts what the name says. I mean, using that scenario I always get a rainy overcast day with very low ceiling and extremely poor visibility. At around 1000 ft AGL it starts to be a bit difficult to fly VFR, at higher altitudes it gets even worse. Is this really a condition in which people would try a VFR flight in real life? That sounds crazy to me!

Let me know what you think!

Cheers,
Gilberto

[Hooray]

http://wiki.flightgear.org/Advanced_wea ... ther_Tiles

[Torsten]

Also, I would like to ask if the Marginal VFR scenario really depicts what the name says. I mean, using that scenario I always get a rainy overcast day with very low ceiling and extremely poor visibility. At around 1000 ft AGL it starts to be a bit difficult to fly VFR, at higher altitudes it gets even worse. Is this really a condition in which people would try a VFR flight in real life? That sounds crazy to me!

The limits for flying visual vary from country to country. In Germany and within airpspace G you need a visibility of 1500m, keep the ground in sight and have to stay clear of clouds. That is flyable but one usually does not follow the "direct to" route the GPS suggests

Torsten

[gsagostinho]

http://wiki.flightgear.org/Advanced_weather#Creating_custom_Weather_Tiles

Thanks Hooray, I will start messing around with those!

The limits for flying visual vary from country to country. In Germany and within airpspace G you need a visibility of 1500m, keep the ground in sight and have to stay clear of clouds. That is flyable but one usually does not follow the "direct to" route the GPS suggests

I see, so that scenario really depicts the very limit then. Still sounds like a no-go to me . Thanks for the answer, Torsten!