If the destination forecast indicates ceiling 3200 ft and visibility 2.5 SM, what action should you take?

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If the destination forecast indicates ceiling 3200 ft and visibility 2.5 SM, what action should you take?

Planning the flight correctly means treating forecast conditions at the destination for your arrival time as part of your risk assessment. If the forecast shows conditions that aren’t in the VFR range, you should have an alternate ready. Here, the destination is forecast to have a ceiling of about 3,200 feet and visibility of 2.5 miles. That visibility is under 3 miles, which drops the destination into MVFR for the ETA, even though the ceiling is still above 3,000 feet. MVFR at the destination means you may not be able to land there under those conditions, so you should plan to land at an alternate airport where the weather is forecast to be better or where you have an acceptable approach. So the best action is to file for an alternate airport to ensure you have a viable landing option if the forecast holds. The other choices aren’t appropriate here: not filing an alternate ignores the MVFR forecast, a waiver isn’t a standard remedy for forecast weather, and canceling the flight entirely isn’t warranted unless conditions actually deteriorate to unacceptable levels.

Planning the flight correctly means treating forecast conditions at the destination for your arrival time as part of your risk assessment. If the forecast shows conditions that aren’t in the VFR range, you should have an alternate ready.

Here, the destination is forecast to have a ceiling of about 3,200 feet and visibility of 2.5 miles. That visibility is under 3 miles, which drops the destination into MVFR for the ETA, even though the ceiling is still above 3,000 feet. MVFR at the destination means you may not be able to land there under those conditions, so you should plan to land at an alternate airport where the weather is forecast to be better or where you have an acceptable approach.

So the best action is to file for an alternate airport to ensure you have a viable landing option if the forecast holds. The other choices aren’t appropriate here: not filing an alternate ignores the MVFR forecast, a waiver isn’t a standard remedy for forecast weather, and canceling the flight entirely isn’t warranted unless conditions actually deteriorate to unacceptable levels.

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