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Old December 20th 07, 07:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Just look at CLIMATE summaries on the NWS, they have many digital and
graphical presentations. Climate is long term weather.



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| Well, those are useful links for weather prep, but the motivation for
| my question is more finding out about the regional statistics.
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| Supposing one were to move from where it's VFR 300 days a year to
| someplace else -- the general weather pattern might be a
| consideration. I might not want to move someplace like the west coast
| of Oregon or Washington if it's IFR 300 days a year, even if it's a
| beautiful place.
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| Yes, getting an IFR rating is great -- but I like to look down and see
| the things ...
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| So, I was really after stats rather than current charts. Something
| like in Aviation Weather where they have a chart that shows average
| number of thunderstorms per year in the continental US.
|