Unexpected Icing

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Reading and comprehension helps before posting.

Clarence

[Bob_Belville]

3 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

Reading and comprehension helps before posting.

Clarence

Yeah, but not as much fun.

[bradp]

We had freezing rain / drizzle / fog here this morning. I thought it would be fun to post the skew Ts from a perfunctory flight from PIT to ORD crossing a warm front and a cold front.

Screen grab from foreflight shows pireps for icing.




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[exM20K]

Brad,

Good call. I picked up 1/2" of clear ice on my car driving from west 'burbs to O'hare this morning. Freezing drizzle is nothing to mess with.

[Bennett]

You guys make me glad I live in California. Yeah, I know we do get some icing in winter, but nothing like the rest of the country. I once picked up an amazing amount of ice in just a few minutes over the Sierras, and when ATC told me "stand by" when I asked for higher, I just said "unable" and climbed - 1000' was all that was needed, and I just knew I couldn't stay at my current altitude. I did tell ATC what I was doing, and if they wouldn't approve, I would declare an emergency. Yes, this is a bit of an aggressive attitude on my part, but better than crashing. I didn't get to be an old pilot by being meek in the cockpit. PIC means just that.


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[bradp]

I wasn't even considering flying today (work day for me) and I had a slip and slide on the way in with about an inch of ice that had fallen. I just wanted to post the skew t diagrams to show vs reality. They really are pretty useful- I wish I had learned about them earlier.


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