Actually I would disagree that bad weather is a friend late in the war. Since all of your surface sensors are inferior to most fitted on escorts and aircraft you are forced to close the range, increasing the risk of being acquired and making evasion that much more difficult.
Long range and FATs can equal success and as Hitman writes, 3-4000 metre shots become the norm.
Bad weather does reduce air contacts and while that is certainly a big plus I am not convinced that SH3 models surface radar clutter judging by the ease a schnorkel mast seems to be detected in high seas. Am willing to be proved wrong here, it just does not jive with my experiances to date. Without surface clutter effects, high seas or overcast accent your weaknesses because waves slow you down and clouds delay visual discovery of aircraft that might have radars your electronics might be unable to detect.
After late 1943 I give up thinking and acting a hunter and take on the attributes and attitude of a slightly mobile minefield. Stay hidden and park in a spot where targets are likely to pass through. Prey should come to you or else it gets away since in all areas except passive hydrophones a U-Boat is at a huge disadvantage late in the war.
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