diff --git a/gui/dialogs/weather.xml b/gui/dialogs/weather.xml
index e3d775357..a8b48450d 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/weather.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/weather.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
           }
 
           setprop( me.base ~ "/metar-string", normalize_string(getprop("environment/metar/data")) );
-          gui.findElementByName( me.dlgRoot, "metar-string" ).getNode("legend", 1).setValue(normalize_string(getprop("environment/metar/data")));
+          gui.findElementByName( me.dlgRoot, "metar-string-input" ).getNode("legend", 1).setValue(normalize_string(getprop("environment/metar/data")));
 
           # fill the METAR source combo box
           var combo = gui.findElementByName( me.dlgRoot, "source-selection" );
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
             setprop( "/environment/realwx/enabled", 0 );
             setprop( "/environment/config/enabled", 1 );
             metar = getprop( me.base ~ "/metar-string" );
+            setprop("/environment/weather-scenario", scenarioName);
           } else {
             setprop( "/environment/params/metar-updates-environment", 1 );
             setprop( "/environment/realwx/enabled", 0 );
@@ -624,7 +625,7 @@
             </binding>
             <binding>
               <command>dialog-update</command>
-              <object-name>metar-string</object-name>
+              <object-name>metar-string-input</object-name>
             </binding>
           </combo>
         </group>
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@
       <group>
         <layout>hbox</layout>
         <textbox>
-          <name>metar-string</name>
+          <name>metar-string-input</name>
           <halign>fill</halign>
           <stretch>true</stretch>
   <!--
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@
           <slider>15</slider>
           <editable>true</editable>
           <wrap>true</wrap>
-          <live>true</live>
+<!--          <live>true</live>  -->
           <top-line>0</top-line>
           <property>sim/gui/dialogs/metar/metar-string</property>
           <enable>
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@
           </enable>
           <binding>
             <command>dialog-apply</command>
-            <object-name>metar-string</object-name>
+            <object-name>metar-string-input</object-name>
           </binding>
         </textbox>
       </group>
@@ -739,7 +740,7 @@
       <equal>true</equal>
       <binding>
         <command>dialog-apply</command>
-        <object-name>metar-string</object-name>
+        <object-name>metar-string-input</object-name>
       </binding>
       <binding>
         <command>nasal</command>
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@
       <equal>true</equal>
       <binding>
         <command>dialog-apply</command>
-        <object-name>metar-string</object-name>
+        <object-name>metar-string-input</object-name>
       </binding>
       <binding>
         <command>nasal</command>