"rps" wrote in message
oups.com...

He may have been stupid in departing into known icing, but I didn't
check yesterday's METARs or PIREPs in the area, and so don't know
whether icing was forecast or known. However, we don't yet know why he
didn't pull the 'chute handle and so can't yet call him stupid for that.


WAUS45 KKCI 251345 SLCZ WA 251345 AIRMET ZULU UPDT 2 FOR ICE AND FRZLVL
VALID UNTIL 252000 AIRMET ICE...ID MT WY NV UT CO AZ NM FROM GTF TO 20WNW
MLS TO AKO TO TBE TO INW TO ELY TO BOI TO GTF OCNL MOD RIME/MXD ICGICIP BTN
FRZLVL AND FL200. FRZLVLS 050-080 OVR NRN AND WRN PTNS AREA RSG TO 100-120
OVR SRN AND ERN PTS. CONDS SPRDG NEWD DURG PD...CONTG BYD 20Z THRU 02Z.
ELSW...NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT. FRZLVL...SFC-080...N AND W OF
FMG-OAL-BCE-JAC-BOY-GGW LN  ...080-120...N AND W OF BZA-TCS-LVS-DEN-MCK LN
 ...120-140...S AND E OF BZA-TCS-LVS-DEN-MCK LN ..

WAUS45 KKCI 251945 SLCZ WA 251945 AIRMET ZULU UPDT 3 FOR ICE AND FRZLVL
VALID UNTIL 260200 AIRMET ICE...ID MT WY NV UT CO AZ NM FROM HLN TO MLS TO
CYS TO LVS TO 20W SJN TO PGS TO TWF TO HLN OCNL MOD RIME/MXD ICGICIP BTN
FRZLVL AND FL220. FRZLVLS 050-080 OVR NRN AND WRN PTNS AREA RSG TO 100-120
OVR SRN AND ERN PTNS. CONDS SPRDG NEWD DURG PD...CONTG BYD 02Z THRU 08Z.
ELSW...NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE CNVTV ACT. FRZLVL...SFC-080...N AND W OF
FMG-OAL-BCE-JAC-BOY-GGW LN  ...080-120...N AND W OF BZA-TCS-LVS-DEN-MCK LN
 ...120-140...S AND E OF BZA-TCS-LVS-DEN-MCK LN ....

METAR KHND 251856Z 03011KT 10SM CLR 21/05 A3001 RMK AO2 T02110050 SLP129

METAR KIGM 251859Z AUTO 23018G21KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP108
T01890100 TSNO

METAR KINS 251856Z AUTO 35010G15KT 10SM BKN085 18/M08 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP149
T01831083

METAR KDRA 251853Z 03013KT 10SM FEW070 SCT090 19/M11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP150
T01891106