"Jose" wrote:

I just watched a storm develop from just light rain to nasty boomer on the
radar (and pass over my house) in seven minutes, which leads me to wonder
whether, had I been relying on Nexrad for strategic weather avoidance, I
might have flown right into it, and whether sferics would have given me a
better heads-up.

Given a choice, and noting that you usually can get a radar loop before
takeoff, which would you prefer installed in your simgle-engine IFR
bugsmasher? (The choice is between sferics and downloaded Nexrad images)

I just returned from a 2-day trip to s. Texas, during which I used NEXRAD to
weave in and out among air mass CBs. I would NOT have wanted to do this
with spherics alone, as it simply does not give a clear enough "big picture"
for me to be comfortable with such tactics. Would I like to have a
Stormscope as well? Sure. Have to choose one? NEXRAD, hands down.

I wonder if sferics is still the better choice, given it's real time, no
subscription, and lightning is reported to precede rain by significant
time.

Nice to have, but inferior *overall* to NEXRAD link, IMO. The
no-subscription feature is a real point in its favor, though.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM