StrataSim Designs Releases StrataWx for MSFS 2020/2024
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StrataWx is a new weather engine addon for MSFS that processes weather data outside the simulator and continuously updates in-flight conditions. It supports four modes (Live, Historical, Sandbox, Hybrid), multiple cloud layers (up to 24 in MSFS), vertical wind/temperature profiles, and includes flight-planning features with simBrief route integration. The addon displays hazards like icing and turbulence, and generates ATIS information. Licensing is one-time purchase at $29.99 per MSFS version or $35.99 for both, with a separate X-Plane 12 version available for pre-order at $40.
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StrataSim Designs has released StrataWx. a new weather engine addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024. It provides live, historical, and manually configured weather data.
StrataSim says StrataWx processes weather data outside the simulator and continuously updates in-flight conditions.
It supports winds and temperatures aloft, pressure, precipitation, cloud layers, and aviation hazards, with gradual transitions instead of full weather reloads.
The software consists of a Windows x64 desktop application and an in-simulator component.
StrataSim says most processing occurs outside MSFS and that the performance impact “is limited”.
StrataSim says the engine supports vertical wind and temperature profiles, as well as multiple cloud layers with configurable bases, tops and coverages.
They say the MSFS version supports up to 24 cloud layers, subject to simulator limitations.
The developer says StrataWx offers four modes: Live, Historical, Sandbox and Hybrid.
The historical mode uses ERA5 reanalysis data, which is several days behind real time, and, as the name says, is intended for recreating past weather.
The application includes flight-planning features and supports simBrief routes, and you can review forecasted winds, temperatures, hazards, cloud data, precipitation, aviation advisories, and generated ATIS information.
Displayed hazards nclude icing, turbulence, freezing levels, and convective activity.
SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and PIREPs can be shown along a planned route.
StrataWx uses a one-time purchase model with separate licenses, where a license for either MSFS 2024 or MSFS 2020 costs $29.99, while a license covering both costs $35.99.
If you already own one, you can add the other MSFS version for $6.99. This cross-grade does not apply to other simulators.
A separate X-Plane 12 version is available for pre-order at $40.
You can buy the program through iniBuilds and simMarket.
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