writes:

Routing and flight planning I don't go to MSFS for scenarios. I use a
real bonified flight planner and fly it in the real bonified world
that expands beyond a computer monitor (or two)

I don't use MSFS for flight planning, either, as its planning features are
very primitive and not very realistic. I plan as I would for a real-world
flight and then fly that in the sim.

All the flight planning in the world doesn't change the fact when you
plan something and something uhhhh, like a cloud (understand not
likely in Phoenix but a scenario) is between you and your
destination. In all my MSFS sim time, this has never happened to me,
yet in the real world, I have had to deviate to avoid the cloud while
VFR several times while ensuring I remain clear of airspace while
enroute.

Then you don't have your sim configured correctly. Try Active Sky.

So, I am pretty safe to say Mx is NOT qualified to answering
questions about flight planning.

Individual clouds are not part of flight planning, since you don't know where
they are or what they will be like until you encounter them.