Yesterday, you flew into John Wayne Airport (KSNA) for a short meeting-and stayed overnight due to severe thunderstorms. Now you're behind schedule, sweating in yesterday's clothes. You need to get home, shower, change, and get to the office ASAP. The typical summertime marine layer is blanketing the area, with John Wayne reporting an overcast ceiling at 600 feet and two miles visibility. Multiple PIREPs report tops around 2500. ATC clears you via,"... the Anaheim Five departure, Lake Hughes transition, then as filed. Climb via the SID. Expect 8000 10 minutes after departure. Squawk 5522." You load up the flight plan and departure procedure in your Garmin 430W, and blast off from Runway 02L. Tower sends you over to Departure as you're turning left, direct to the Seal Beach VOR. That's when you realize that you've got a small problem. Or two. Or more. Answers on page 23.
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