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[[File:Good-soaring-advanced-weather-settings.jpg|thumb|right|More or less the easiest-to-fly thermal weather (The METAR is the scenario "High pressure Region")]] | [[File:Good-soaring-advanced-weather-settings.jpg|thumb|right|More or less the easiest-to-fly thermal weather (The METAR is the scenario "High pressure Region")]] | ||
The [[A local weather system |Local Weather]] package (for Flightgear 2.0.x and 2.4.x) or [[Weather#Advanced_Weather|Advanced Weather]] (2.6.x) has the option to automatically generate thermals along with the convective clouds<ref>The [[Weather#Advanced_configuration|Wiki entry]] has advanced details on configuration options</ref>. For this, the checkbox 'generate thermals' has to be selected. The slider 'thermal properties' modifies the behaviour of the thermals - for 'low convection' it will generate little turbulence, thermals with a large radius and only modest lift, for 'rough day' it will generate strong lift and turbulence in narrow thermals. | The [[A local weather system |Local Weather]] package (for Flightgear 2.0.x and 2.4.x) or [[Weather#Advanced_Weather|Advanced Weather]] (2.6.x) has the option to automatically generate thermals along with the convective clouds<ref>The [[Weather#Advanced_configuration|Wiki entry]] has advanced details on configuration options</ref>. For this, the checkbox 'generate thermals' has to be selected. The slider 'thermal properties' modifies the behaviour of the thermals - for 'low convection' it will generate little turbulence, thermals with a large radius and only modest lift, for 'rough day' it will generate strong lift and turbulence in narrow thermals. | ||
If you want it easy, dial turbulence to zero and the convective slider more left than right - very broad thermals are too weak to carry most gliders, but strong narrow thermals are really hard to find and fly, so you want them somewhat broad for starters.<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=386168#p386168</ref> | |||
The convective cloud system generates rather realistic results: | The convective cloud system generates rather realistic results: | ||