I flew to the GRR area a couple weeks ago from STE, flying south to RFD then
south around Chicago to SBN. In between layers tops at 2800 at STE, by MSN
they were 4000, RFD was about 5000. Upper layer was at 12,000. Once I
"turned the corner" and headed north east, the tops came up faster as the
moisture from the lake was lifted. SBN was 8000. Once I got inland towards
AZO, the tops dropped away quickly, down to 4000 Broken. My airport of
landing was just south of the GRR VOR and by the time we got there it was
VFR 2500 scattered with the solid layer above at 12,000.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Paul Tomblin ) wrote:

I'm curious as to the answer to that as well, especially as regarding
lake
effect snow off the Great Lakes.

I was just up flying approaches in a lake effect band off Lake Ontario
last
night (RVR kept fluctuating between 1,800 and 5,000) with a very
experienced pilot/flight instructor. He told me that typically the cloud
tops for lake effect snow events are between 5 and 6,000 feet.

--
Peter












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