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Well you'd want to do that anyway (even stock Diku does that) - but personally I think the current weather can also make a nice addition to the descriptions you see when you type 'look', as (at least to me) it makes the world feel less static.
Surely if there's a storm brewing off to the west, you should be able to see it from a pretty reasonable distance away?
I find it much more convenient to show the clouds overhead in a format like this:
<span style='font-family:Courier'>> weather
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..oo.. ..oo..
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.... ..oo.. ..oo.. .. ....oo..
..oo.. ...... .. .. ..oo......OO.. .. ....oo.. .. ....OO.. ..
ooOOoo....oo.. .. .. ......oooo@@oo..oo.. ..oooo.. .. ..ooOOoo....
.. ..ooOO@@OOoooo.. ..oo.. ..oooooo..
@@@@OOoo.... ..OOOOX@OO.... .. ........
@@OOoooo.. ..oooo@@OO..
OOoo.... ....OOoo.. ..
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There's a thunderstorm.</span>
And then later:
<span style='font-family:Courier'>> weather
.. ..oooo.. ..
.. ..oo....
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.... ..oo..oo..ooOO.. .... ..oooo.. ..
oooo.... .. .. ..oo..oo..OO@@oo.. ..oo.. .. ..OOoo....oo..
OOoo..oo.. .. .. ........oo@@@@OOoo.. ..oooo.. .. ..ooOO.. ..oo..
OO....oo.. ..OO@@OOOOoo.. ..oo.. ..oooo.. ....
oo.. .... ..OOOOooooX... .... .... ..
.. ..oooo.... .. ..
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There are light clouds overhead.
The tide is currently high.</span>
Thus you can see the clouds swirling around and drifting across the sky from a fairly long way away, just as your character would be able to if standing outdoors. You can even predict when a storm is coming in, although because of the way the cloud pattern swirls as well as moves it's not possible to be overly accurate with your predictions.
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