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title: How to turn weather effects on or off
description: "Besides the flight category colours, your map can show the current weather at each airport: lightning flashes, rain, freezing rain, snow, fog or haze, and dust, sand or ash. Each effect can be switched on or off separately. ### Open…"
url: "https://pilotmap.co/help/how-to-turn-weather-effects-on-or-off/"
updated: "2026-10-29"
category: Customization
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# How to turn weather effects on or off

Besides the flight category colours, your map can show the current weather at each airport: lightning flashes, rain, freezing rain, snow, fog or haze, and dust, sand or ash. Each effect can be switched on or off separately.

### Open your map's settings

1. On a phone or computer that is on the **same WiFi as your map**, open a web browser.
2. Go to `http://<map name>.local` (the name you wrote down during the WiFi setup) or `http://<IP address>`, for example `http://192.168.1.50`. If you don't know the IP address, see [how to find the IP address of your PilotMap](https://pilotmap.co/help/how-to-find-the-ip-address-of-your-pilotmap/). Some Android phones can't open `.local` names; use the IP address there.
3. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over **Settings** and click **Editor**.
   ![Settings menu with Editor and Save Config File](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-menu-settings-1.png)
4. Click a blue bar to open that group of settings.
   ![Settings editor with its groups of settings](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-confedit-top-1.png)

### Choose the effects

1. Open **Sectional Map Settings**.
2. Set each effect to **Yes** (shown) or **No** (not shown):
   - **Flash LED's for Lightning**
   - **Show Weather Reported as Rain**
   - **Show Weather Reported as Freezing Rain**
   - **Show Weather Reported as Snow**
   - **Show Weather Reported as Dust, Sand, or Ash**
   - **Show Weather Reported as Fog or Haze**
    ![Weather effect settings](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-weather-effects-1.png)

### Save

1. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over **Settings** and click **Save Config File**. You will see *Settings Successfully Saved*.
   ![Settings menu with Save Config File](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-menu-settings-save.png)
2. That's it. The map restarts its weather display by itself and shows the new setting within a minute or two. While it restarts, the legend may show all green for a moment (that is the normal ["starting" status](https://pilotmap.co/help/status-codes/)). You don't need to unplug it.

**Tip:** changes are only kept after **Save Config File**. If you close the page before saving, nothing changes.

The colours used for each effect can be changed too, see [how to change the LED colours](https://pilotmap.co/help/how-to-change-the-led-colors/).