Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?

("Charles Oppermann" wrote)
Within 24 hours, you can get the local METAR data from the FAA 24-cycle
files, on a FTP site.

Generally the weather, in the form of a METAR, is part of the FAA
preliminary accident report, but the one for the Cirrus crash lists the
weather as unknown.


The crash site is in the southwest corner of Minnesota - 15 miles east of
the South Dakota border, 70 miles north of Iowa.


Montblack