"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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Yeah, it happens. Nothing, but nothing, beats a set of human eyeballs
in the location right now to report what the weather is doing. I've had
ATC try to sell me a visual when I'm looking at a solid cloud layer
below me. He's sitting in a room with no windows looking at a computer
readout of some automated system, but I'm looking at clouds. Who should
you believe?


You should believe your eyes. But you should also understand that it
generally isn't a choice between a set of human eyeballs in the location
right now to report what the weather is doing and an AWOS, it's a choice
between an AWOS and nothing.