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  1. Valid point, don't disagree. I fly mostly warbirds so didn't really think of that. But for reference sea state isn't just whitecaps, it can be thought of as locally generated swell once the winds are really strong, aka it will affect a ships deck just the same as swell. Ideally both should be modelled as close to reality, based on real world values entered into the editor.
  2. Some here may be interested, but there is another post where I provided some professional meteorological insight to this question. TL:DR It is mostly wrong and shouldn't be forced.
  3. As this is a simulator, best if it's kept as close to reality, plenty of material out there to check and verify between what it looks like IRL vs DCS. Has the OP tried the values below, are they different looking? Genuinely interested. Sea state is predominately based off surface wind speed. Swell is separate and probably not really needed for DCS. I have been rightly corrected that swell is important for deck operations.
  4. Theory is all well and good, I can assure you that it is exceedingly rare in reality for 20 knot surface winds to have minimum 45 knot winds at 1600ft without a synoptic forcing feature such as a front or terrain influences such as a nocturnal jet setup, and even then that is alarmingly strong winds just above the surface. I look at observation radiosondes and model traces of this stuff daily to forecast aviation weather, if the OP scenario occurred in reality I would highly likely forecast moderate turbulence across flat terrain. So having that as the hard coded requirement is basically mandating moderate (over flat terrain) to severe (over hills of only 2000ft) turbulence across significant areas. As an example, this is the gradient wind analysis, aka wind strength approx 1500-2000ft MSL, for this morning. Not much strength above 30 knots let along 45 knots, can only see it around strong synoptic features as I stated, such as the Indian ocean low and the Typhoon off Japan. I accidentality linked the address rather than the static image, I have updated it with a image file of today's chart only. Still the only area above 30 knots is ahead of a synoptic feature, the low and trough over Western Australia.
  5. I would like to add my weight to this post also. I have military aviation experience and a weather forecaster/meteorologist background. Any clarifications on what burritto has asked would greatly help mission editors. 20kts surface wind with 45 Knots at 1600ft is very rare meteorologically outside of synoptic or terrain influences. Can this not be forced universally? Is 33ft wind values AGL or MSL? What is the smoothing/averaging that is done across wind levels? Also what do the turbulence values in the ME do? I would be more than happy to assist or provide metrological sources to help.
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