This can't be right, the ASOS must be broken!
Monday, 15:00Z, Tuscaloosa, AL:
Area forecast: VFR
Nearest TAFs: Better than 5,000-and-5 for at least 12 hours.
Nearest METARs: Better than 5,000-and-5.
Surprise! KTCL ASOS: Visibility less than 1/4 mile, freezing fog.
Indefinite ceiling 100. Temperature -2, dewpoint -3.
The airport's next to a river.
My pax was waiting for me in the FBO, so after a miss on the ILS RWY4, there
was nothing to do but hold for an hour 'til the weather came up.
Moral: never underestimate local weather factors no matter what the forecast
says. Arrive with plenty of fuel, just in case.
--
Dan
T182T at 4R4
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