The tale used to go like this: It's a dark and stormy night. You've spent the last 500 miles bouncing around the inside of an unbroken cloud, living in a world of round instruments 20 inches in front of your face. You've kept the attitude indicator blue-side up, the altimeter's 100s hand at 12 o'clock, and the CDI needle within a degree or two of center as VOR after VOR has ticked by. On departure, the TAF for your destination was sickeningly close to minimums—but that information is hours old.
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