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Change weather according to altitude and/or season?

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I am getting my act together to write a portion of the Kettle Valley Railroad in British Columbia - specifically Hope BC to Penticton BC.
Now in the winter there is rarely snow in Hope but 20 miles up in the mountains it is deep. So I was thinking it would be nice to change the terrain (green, light snow, heavy snow) Also the weather (clear, rain then snow)during winter 'running'. I don't think this is possible but.....

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RE: Change weather according to altitude and/or season?

You can vary the terrain textures with altitude and see more ground snow as you climb (Innsbruck-St. Anton has some snow on the ground near its high point, St. Anton).But I agree that you are stuck with one weather pattern per run.Michael Vone
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