Making the safe decision (AKA "I hate AIRMET ZULU")

Gary Drescher wrote:
: wrote in message
: ...
: I haven't re-read the entire situation, but a 2700' ceiling
: is not really MVFR.

: Yes it is:

: "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'.

-Cory


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