"Steven Barnes" wrote in
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I got my IR last August and finally got to log my 1st post-checkride
actual approach. All while the airport I was landing at was reporting
10 miles and clear below 12,000. More like 1,200. All day long this
place was reporting clear skies. All day long it varied between 1,200
and 1,700.

I've also seen the ASOS reporting fog, low visibility and low ceilings,
and had the airport in sight 30 miles out, and no problems all the way
in. Automated systems do lie sometimes, but they're better than nothing.

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Regards,

Stan