Weather PSX/MSFS

[Ton van Bochove]

Most of the time there is a difference in weather (metar) between PSX and MSFS. Is there a way to synchronize or is it just a matter of different sources.

[Will]

I use Balt's RealTraffic, which not only injects real-world traffic into the PSX TCAS, but also injects METARS and winds aloft into PSX. There is always excellent agreement between the RealTraffic METAR and MSFS.

[Ton van Bochove]

Hi Will,

So RT injects the weather in PSX and disables the PSX weather? Did you have to change a setting? I tried to copy paste the metar of MSFS/Navigraph into the local weather in PSX but this is not changeable.

[Will]

In PSX, on Instructor > Situation > Weather, uncheck the box that says "Set zones by flight track and downloaded METAR."

In RealTraffic, on Settings > Advanced Weather/Time Settings, check "Inject advanced weather."

After that, RealTraffic injects the METARs to PSX. It will also add a point (the present position) to the PSX Wind Corridor that gives you real-time winds aloft, so that you're flying in the same atmosphere as actual real-world traffic. (For me, this feature alone is worth the subscription price for RealTraffic.)

When it comes to the METARs, I get perfect congruence between RealTraffic, PSX, and Navigraph. I don't know how to check the actual METAR in MSFS, but the weather that MSFS depicts is a plausible depiction of the METARs seen in the other apps.

[Ton van Bochove]

Thanks Will, Realtraffic sounds interesting!