In article , vincent p.
norris wrote:



Here, we get "Lake Effect" precip. Air moving across Lake Erie (elev.
about 600 feet) picks up moisture, then drops it as it rises over
these mountains, puny though they be. We also get the worst icing
conditions for flying in the U.S., for the same reason.

I always thought the worst icing in the US was the North Cascades in
Wash State although it's for the same reason, warmish water in Puget
Sound, Straits of Juan De Fuca and the Pacific hit the Cascades and the
moisture is sent up over the 10,000 peaks. I know that's where they
tested the Concorde for icing. Of the four times I've declared an
emergency to ATC two of them were icing where they kept trying to hold
us in ice and the Prowler does not have any airframe deice so it turns
into a falling safe quickly.

You guys play nice for the wek, I'm off to Charleston for business then
a stop on the way back in NC to quail hunt with a buddy.

Allen
Catonsville, MD