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When you set wind direction are you setting the wind at ground level or the wind aloft

It's the surface wind, up to a certain altitude. If you've never gone into the advanced weather settings, it has a default altitude where it transitions to another direction and velocity. I've change my weather so many times; with multiple wind levels, that I can't remember that default altitude.

If you're taking the time to user define the weather.. you might as well go into the advanced settings and set multiple layers (or set the top of your single layer to something higher than you'll be flying). You can define how sharply the transitions happen (shear strength) and even select gust levels and turbulence.

It's a good challenge to set levels of different directions and velocities, at low altitude. There's nothing like flying an approach into a 20 knot headwind.. and then have it shift to a 10 knot crosswind (or even tailwind

Thanks Brett. I kind of figured that  out by going into advanced. But there was info that said ground level is set by default. Just wanted to make sure. My transition altitude is 4500ft but will try more altitudes.  :-/