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[minitour]

I could be wrong but I dont believe that ATCs job is to steer you around weather.

When you ask "isn't that a cell up ahead?" after you've checked with FSS for the past 3 hours and they say "no" three times...then your handoff goes through and the new guy asks for a ride report and gets you out in a hurry....I'd say that was ignorant.

If I hadn't asked three times and been told "no" I wouldn't be pissy.

...but thanks...I hadn't had any sarcasm in about 4 days.

-mini

 

[414Flyer]

Try the feeder cells around thunderstorms...that's where I found icing last summer doing cloud seeding!!!

WMI I would guess?

 

[Trogdor]

Over the Rockies west of Denver. I got some up there the other week.

 

[momalley81]

When you ask "isn't that a cell up ahead?" after you've checked with FSS for the past 3 hours and they say "no" three times...then your handoff goes through and the new guy asks for a ride report and gets you out in a hurry....I'd say that was ignorant.

If I hadn't asked three times and been told "no" I wouldn't be pissy.

...but thanks...I hadn't had any sarcasm in about 4 days.

-mini

Got news for 'ya (and some more sarcasam). Their radar doesn't paint all of it. I've gotten the crap knocked outta me through some scattered TCu that never showed on their scope. No real precip inside, but boy did I want out.

The converse is also true; was blasting through what was being called heavy to extreem precip. Lots of rain and lightning. But smooth enough to peel a tomatoe in.

Only way to garuntee to stay outta the rough stuff is to stay visual when there's embedded convective activity. Or stay on the ground. They might be right 95% of the time, but there is that 5% that can be rough.