(Snowbird) wrote:
IMHO, that's one of the big "gotchas" for an IFR GA pilot. It's
all too easy to fly along over a nice little layer, with a few fleecy
clouds above and around, beautiful blue sky and brilliant sunshine,
and have no clue at all that the wx is deteriorating below ILS minimums
down below (and gosh, that excellent preflight wx briefing said there'd
be 1500-2000 ft ceilings).

That's why I always call Flight Watch once I'm up in the air to see how
things are going at my destination. If everything is as expected, I can
relax and enjoy the flight. If things have unexpectedly gone south,
I've still got plenty of time to make a new plan (brief an approach,
divert, whatever).