VFR "picking his way thru" heavy cells with XM Radio weather

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:17:34 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote:

I mentioned that I was trained to skirt CBs by 20 miles. Of course,
that is the reason.

Maintaining such a hard rule WRT to *all* CBs would make flyng a very
difficult proposition down South in the summertime, as Dylan has pointed out.
Not all CBs need such a wide berth.


What method of avoiding hail is used there?


It's often difficult to maintain good situational awareness of the
buildups if you are in VMC under a cell's base, or the buildups begin
to merge.

That's what XM WX is for, praised be its name!

Some information is better than none, even if it is stale.