Wet, Bumpy, and Cold

Andrew Gideon writes:

BTW, this was the first time I'd ever asked for an altitude change
due to icing (the possibility; I never saw any). I wasn't too
uncomfortable as I knew that the tops were - at most - 2000 feet
above me. But the controller dropped me 1000 feet...still wet, but
no longer that cold.

How cold was the OAT? In Ottawa, we ended up with a ceiling at 2500
broken (layers to 8000), with the freezing level also at 2500 and
moderate icing forecast above it. There was no way I was taking my
Warrior up in that -- we ended up with an alternating sequence of rain
and ice pellets through the afternoon.

I'm hoping for another nice, cold, clear winter like last one -- once
it gets cold enough, the weather is mostly VMC, and the clouds are ice
crystals when they are present.


Thanks for the trip report,


David