"Snowbird" wrote in message
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Shortly after you left, a line of t-storms and heavy rain
rolled through. After they passed, Rich kindly downloaded
wx and radar from duats. It looked clear back to St Louis,
so I called 'fright service' for a briefing and to file a
flight plan.

"Nonononono!" said the briefer lady. "There's a cell over
Sparta right now, part of a line from Poplar Bluff through
Farmington and on into Illinois and parts north." "Oh,
that line just went through here" say I. "Nonononono!" said
the briefer lady. "This is a second line which has just
boiled up out of nowhere. It should be at PJY in about 10
minutes complete with chance of hail, 60 mph gusts, and
tornado watch" "but..but..but..but...I just looked at a
radar picture not two minutes old and weren't none of that
there" "Nevertheless."


Sydney, are you saying that your obsolete, soon-to-be-privatized FAA Flight
Service Station wx briefer actually had a more acurate weather picture for
your route of flight than did your commercial online wx resources?

Chip, ZTL