Abdullah Almuntassir has today released Ultra Weather XP V2.2 for X-Plane 10 and 11. In a post to the '.org, Almuntassir details a massive rewrite of the software. Compatible with both v11.11 and v10.51, Ultra Weather XP receives 12 new sky textures, 12 new cloud textures and new interface, to name a few.

Here is the full changelog;

Completely new 12 settings of Sky colors for all weather condition.

Completely new 12 settings of HD 4096px Clouds textures for all clouds types.

Six water colors for X-Plane 11 , three for X-Plane 10.

New plugin Interface with Percentage value.

Terrain Mist which will add fog over the terrain to make the view looks realistic.

Visibility Mist Feature which will automatically control the fog over the terrain depending the visibility reported which will make the sim looks more realistic.

New function control the moon glow for X-Plane 11 only.

New function , we replaced the Clouds Smoothness Shaders with Slider , now you can control the smoothness as you like without restarting X-Plane.

New button "Extra Blending" which will blend the clouds more if jagged Clouds edge mixed with the terrain.

Lights Power can be controlled better than before.

Shadows Improved to remove the jagged shadows inside cockpit or outside the Airplane for all objects with Far distance Slider to control the shadow draw distance.

Ambient sound which add the life sound to the sim with Volume control slider .

Rain and Thunderstorms sounds can be selected with the ambient sound via the plugin now.

The plugin as known before can works with other Weather information collector plugins such as NOAA , FSGRW.

The plugin works with X-Plane weather system.

The sun glow automatically controlled via the plugin during day and altitude , so the sun will looks more realistic .

The sun reflection on the sea controlled via the plugin for all weather condition , for example there is no reflection on Overcast weather.

No more black smoke behind airplane engines while cruising.

Improve the plugin to saves it settings , now you will not lose your settings after restarting X-Plane.

Add Paste button for the activation , you don't need to write every chart now.

Also on the forums thread, Almuntassir said that for users who have bought v2.0 and above, upgrade will be free to v2.2. However, "Users who bought v1.5 or before need to buy for upgrade with special price, please refer to Org store."

Ultra Weather XP v2.2 is compatible with Windows and Linux only. No Mac version as of yet. It cost $35.00 from the X-Plane.org store. You can see the v2.2 post on the forums here.