"Tim J." wrote in message
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"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.

Could be. I've read this area's the worst, but we can't believe
everything we read.

I can say thast the worsst iceing by far I've encountered in some 50
years of committing aviation was near Williamsport, PA, just NE of
here.

In about ten minutes I picked up so much clear ice I could just barely
hold altitude, at 80 knots, with full power, in a Cherokee.

It could have been worse; you could have been torpedoed. ;-)

Worse yet, it could happen twi.....um.....naaaahhhh.

Wolfgang
who, much to his surprised, has discovered that his credulity actually has
limits.