: : "MVFR means Minimum or Marginal Visual Flight Rules. MVFR criteria means
: a
: : ceiling between 1,000 and 3,000 feet and/or 3 to 5 miles visibility."
:
: : http://www.weather.gov/glossary/glossary.php?letter=m
:
: I stand corrected. The little blue dots on aviationweather.gov always
: seemed
: to go away at 1500'.

: That's a handy web site. Here's a link to the cite's guides to the meaning
: of its symbols and acronyms:
: http://aviationweather.gov/static/info/

As far as the regs go, is "MVFR" even defined? I kinda doubt it... it's
either below minimums (as prescribed by the overly complicated VFR cloud
clearance/visibility rules), or it's not.

In any event, except for mountainous terrain, I wouldn't think twice about
launching VFR into 2700 AGL.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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