tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post8471317291056759347..comments2023-03-25T10:09:16.205-04:00Comments on Off the beaten path: Heavy snow in May ?Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-4455565090732192382007-05-16T11:19:00.000-04:002007-05-16T11:19:00.000-04:00What gets me is how they can be completely wrong i...What gets me is how they can be completely wrong in regards to current conditions and we have to abide by what they say regardless of what we see. <BR/><BR/>With the new approach ban we can PIREP the visibility but another example was with the same AWOS yesterday. A thunderstorm (to read 50,000 foot CB :) had just rolled through and the AWOS was reporting a mile vis so I couldn't get the visual approach to an airport I saw 15 miles away.<BR/><BR/>I got the contact of course but still :) Oh well it's going to be the future so may as well deal with it :)<BR/><BR/>Safe flyingFlyin Dutchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-18420520617607801982007-05-15T23:13:00.000-04:002007-05-15T23:13:00.000-04:00I hear ya. I remember going somewhere on a medeva...I hear ya. I remember going somewhere on a medevac where it was supposed to be nice and the AWOS was saying it was down to 1/4 mile or something like that and then we broke out at 10,000 feet! They're wacky machines. Glad you had no heavy snow in May (one never knows in Calgary though - Calgary is it's own wacky wx machine)!Quodlibethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831937151139399713noreply@blogger.com