How Quickly Things Can Turn!

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Playing the legal card here isn't helpful.

My main intent is to play the safety card.

As anyone
who's flown in the haze can attest, the visibility of 2.9 miles vs. 3.1
miles is not
something that is easily determined in flight.

Todd's estimate was 2-3 miles, not 2.9. More importantly, his description of
his view corresponds to 1-2 miles (or even less).

Remember that it's also very possibly to legally fly under VFR in legal
VMC and
still require instruments to control the aircraft (night, OTT with
strange clouds below, etc)

Sure, but under those conditions you still have adequate visibility to see
and avoid other aircraft. That's precisely what's different in the situation
under discussion.

--Gary

three-eight-hotel wrote:
Is there any way of
finding METAR information for a previous day??? It would be nice to
see a copy for peace of mind...

http://www.uswx.com/us/stn/?code=d&n=24&stn=kRDU
http://weather.noaa.gov/

Perfect! Thanks!

Thanks John! That's very useful, within the 36 hour window, as you
mentioned.

three-eight-hotel wrote:
I don't think it would have been considered VFR in IMC... [...]
I probably had visibility of 2-3 miles through the haze,

In most areas, 2 miles viz is IMC, or at least not VMC. You can't see
aluminum ahead fast enough.

Jose