diff --git a/SQF/dayz_server/compile/server_weather.sqf b/SQF/dayz_server/compile/server_weather.sqf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fafcdf773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SQF/dayz_server/compile/server_weather.sqf
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+private ["_weather","_windX","_windY","_weatherOptions","_numWeatherOptions","_forcastTime"];
+ 
+//[overCast,Fog,wind,rain]
+//wind is split randomly in to east-west/north-south direction
+_weatherOptions =
+[   
+	[0,		0,		5,		0],          
+    [0,		0,		4,		0],			 
+    [0,		0,		3,		0],          
+	[0,		0.1,	2,		0],          
+    [0,		0.2,	1,		0],			 
+    [0,		0.3,	2,		0],        
+    [0,		0.4,	3,		0],        
+    [0,		0.5,	4,		0],        
+    [0,		0.4,	5,		0],          
+    [0,		0.3,	5,		0],          
+    [0,		0.2,	4,		0],        
+    [0.1,	0.1,	3,		0.1],		 
+	[0.2,	0.1,	2,		0.2],        
+    [0.3,	0,		1,		0.3],        
+    [0.4,	0,		2,		0.4],      
+    [0.5,	0,		3,		0.5],      
+	[0.6,	0,		4,		0.6],           
+    [0.7,	0,		5,		0.7],			  
+    [0.8,	0,		6,		0.8],          
+	[0.9,	0,		7,		0.9],          
+    [1,		0,		8,		1],			
+    [0.9,	0,		9,		0.9],    
+    [0.8,	0,		8,		0.8],         
+    [0.7,	0.1,	7,		0.7],      
+    [0.6,	0.2,	6,		0.6],          
+    [0.5,	0.3,	5,		0.5],          
+    [0.4,	0.4,	4,		0.4],     
+    [0.3,	0.5,	3,		0.3],		
+	[0.2,	0.4,	3,		0.2], 
+    [0.1,	0.3,	4,		0.1],		
+    [0.2,	0.2,	5,		0.2],        
+    [0.3,	0.1,	6,		0.3],           
+	[0.4,	0.2,	7,		0.4],           
+	[0.5,	0.3,	8,		0.5],           
+	[0.5,	0.4,	9,		0.6],           
+	[0.6,	0.5,	10,		0.7],           
+	[0.5,	0.6,	11,		0.8],           
+	[0.4,	0.7,	12,		0.8],           
+	[0.3,	0.8,	13,		0.9],           
+	[0.2,	0.9,	14,		0.9],           
+	[0.1,	1,		15,		1]
+];
+_numWeatherOptions = count _weatherOptions;
+
+// get inital weather forcast for the next 60 minutes
+_forcastTime = 3600;
+if (isNil "WeatherForcast" and isNil "WeatherForcastTime") then {
+	WeatherForcast = floor(random(_numWeatherOptions));
+	WeatherForcastTime = diag_tickTime;
+} else {
+	// after 60 minutes get a new forcast
+	if (WeatherForcastTime >= _forcastTime) then {
+		WeatherForcast = floor(random(_numWeatherOptions));
+		WeatherForcastTime = diag_tickTime;
+	};
+};
+
+if (isNil "CurrentWeatherOption") then {
+	// set inital weather to current forcast
+	CurrentWeatherOption = WeatherForcast;
+} else {
+	if(CurrentWeatherOption < WeatherForcast) then {
+		// start transition up if forcast is higher in the array than current weather
+		CurrentWeatherOption = ((CurrentWeatherOption + 1) min _weatherOptions);
+	} else {
+		// start transition down if forcast is lower in the array than current weather
+		if (CurrentWeatherOption != WeatherForcast and WeatherForcastTime >= _forcastTime) then {
+			CurrentWeatherOption = ((CurrentWeatherOption - 1) max 0) ;
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+// current weather 
+_weather = _weatherOptions select CurrentWeatherOption;
+
+_windX = floor(random(_weather select 2));
+_windY = (_weather select 2) - _windX;
+_weather set [2,[_windX,_windY]];
+
+diag_log format["Weather %1", _weather];
+ 
+PVDZE_plr_SetWeather = _weather;
+publicVariable "PVDZE_plr_SetWeather";
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diff --git a/SQF/dayz_server/init/server_functions.sqf b/SQF/dayz_server/init/server_functions.sqf
index a4523c335..da13c6a88 100644
--- a/SQF/dayz_server/init/server_functions.sqf
+++ b/SQF/dayz_server/init/server_functions.sqf
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ zombie_findOwner =			compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\co
 server_updateNearbyObjects =	compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_updateNearbyObjects.sqf";
 server_spawnCrashSite  =    compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_spawnCrashSite.sqf";
 server_handleZedSpawn =		compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_handleZedSpawn.sqf";
-server_spawnEvents =			compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_spawnEvent.sqf";
+server_spawnEvents =		compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_spawnEvent.sqf";
+server_weather =			compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_weather.sqf";
 
 fnc_plyrHit   = compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\fnc_plyrHit.sqf";
 server_deaths = 			compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\z\addons\dayz_server\compile\server_playerDeaths.sqf";
@@ -154,11 +155,21 @@ server_hiveReadWrite = {
 	_key = _this;
 	//diag_log ("ATTEMPT READ/WRITE: " + _key);
 	_data = "HiveExt" callExtension _key;
-	//diag_log ("READ/WRITE: " +str(_data));
+	// diag_log ("READ/WRITE: " +str(_data));
 	_resultArray = call compile format ["%1",_data];
 	_resultArray
 };
 
+server_hiveReadWriteLarge = {
+	private["_key","_resultArray","_data"];
+	_key = _this;
+	//diag_log ("ATTEMPT READ/WRITE: " + _key);
+	_data = "HiveExt" callExtension _key;
+	// diag_log ("READ/WRITE: " +str(_data));
+	_resultArray = call compile _data;
+	_resultArray
+};
+
 server_characterSync = {
 	private ["_characterID","_playerPos","_playerGear","_playerBackp","_medical","_currentState","_currentModel","_key"];
 	_characterID = 	_this select 0;	
diff --git a/SQF/dayz_server/system/server_monitor.sqf b/SQF/dayz_server/system/server_monitor.sqf
index 72bf69ffd..b5c68e755 100644
--- a/SQF/dayz_server/system/server_monitor.sqf
+++ b/SQF/dayz_server/system/server_monitor.sqf
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if (isServer and isNil "sm_done") then {
 		_objectCount = _hiveResponse select 1;
 		diag_log ("HIVE: Commence Object Streaming...");
 		for "_i" from 1 to _objectCount do { 
-			_hiveResponse = _key call server_hiveReadWrite;
+			_hiveResponse = _key call server_hiveReadWriteLarge;
 			_objectArray set [_i - 1, _hiveResponse];
 			//diag_log (format["HIVE dbg %1 %2", typeName _hiveResponse, _hiveResponse]);
 		};