Peter R. wrote
South Central would be Texas, no? Aren't most of your clouds the type that
make nasty thunderstorms?

That's certainly true much of the year, but with a Stormscope it's
quite manageable. I can't recall the last time I scrubbed a flight
for T-storms.

I suspect, though, that much of the difference may be vertical
development. In my neck of the woods, a summer IFR flight of 2-3
hours might only involve 20 minutes in the soup, mostly in small
chunks.

Michael