Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020: How to Enable Live Weather

Open Flight Conditions from the World Map

In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, go to the World Map and open Flight Conditions at the upper-right of the screen. Microsoft’s guide uses this page to change the default Clear Skies preset to Live Weather. This procedure concerns the 2020 simulator’s World Map interface. [1]

Steps

1. Go to World Map and open Flight Conditions in the upper-right. [1]

Change the Weather & Time preset

In Weather & Time, change the preset from Clear Skies to Live Weather. Selecting a clear-weather preset and enabling the live-weather choice are different actions; use the named Live Weather setting when the aim is live conditions. [1]

Steps

1. Change the weather preset to Live Weather. [1]

Check for the Live icon before starting the flight

Return to the World Map and check the Flight Conditions box for its Live icon before starting the flight. Microsoft presents this icon as the visible check that Live Weather is enabled. It confirms the selected mode, not a guarantee that every online service is currently functioning without interruption. [1]

Steps

1. Confirm that the Flight Conditions box shows the Live icon before the flight. [1]

Restart Online Functionality if the service is failing

For a live-weather service problem, Microsoft’s online-services procedure opens Options, General, Data, switches Online Functionality off, applies and saves, then switches it back on and applies and saves again. Complete both Apply & Save actions; the guide lists a saved change at each stage. [2]

This is the publisher’s documented initial service-restart check. It is broader than merely choosing the weather preset and does not establish a universal fix for every weather discrepancy. [2]

Steps

1. Switch Online Functionality off and Apply & Save, then on and Apply & Save. [2]