mike, thanks for the pirep. i just happen to be sitting here doing
my first session with robert buck's WEATHER FLYING (4th ed). i've got a
396 in the skyhawk but it's new and so am i so i found your report
really interesting. while aloft, did you work with flight watch at all
during all this decision making??

dan


Mike Spera wrote:
We made a 250NM trip from the Chicago area up to Eagle River, WI this
weekend and it was the first cross country with the new 396.

snip....

It appears that the Nexrad returns of moderate to heavy rain can be
overstated, but the lighter stuff may not show up at all. The locations
of most rain appeared to be pretty accurate as long as it was not very
light to drizzle. At no time were we getting "old" data, most was 3
minutes or so. I'm sold.

Good Luck,
Mike