turbulence issue

[scoobyx]

this morning i was flying in the 737-800 on approach to kric. forecast was for light winds and a low overcast layer. that was in fact what i had going into the airport. landing runway 02, winds were reported 040 @ 7 and there was a thick overcast layer starting right around 2000ft. the moment i descended into the overcast layer you'd think i went through the eyewall of a cat5 hurricane. i opened the debug panel and it was indicating that i was in heavy, in-cloud turbulence. seems a little unrealistic to me and i am unsure whether i have done something wrong or if there's something i need to change to make this a little closer to what i believe should be happening in that situation. most of my settings are default aside from the fact that i have lowered my rotational turbulence down to ~10.

 

[damian]

I will need some more information here or in cases like this, to establish exactly what the conditions are that are triggering this. There could have been specific data (sigmet/airmet, convectivity, etc) which may be causing it. A 2000ft stratus layer should not be causing heavy turbulence in most circumstances unless there is other data showing the heavy turb. I will attempt to duplicate this situation (KRIC Sept 13 1400Z?). Let me know if you have a repro scenario that works better. Thank you.

 

[scoobyx]

damian, the original post was made just after the incident so the time you have listed would be fairly accurate. apologies for the delayed response but i have been out of town for a couple of weeks. in the meantime, i have turned a couple of my settings down and it's gotten better so i may have just had everything turned up to 11 and that's no bueno...

i will have time to do some more flights this week and can report back if i run into anymore issues like this.