Was heading back today after a localish flight. The weather down South was mostly nice with a few isolated showers. Up by home was a different story. Rain was building on the coast and things were strating to look ugly. Coming North I decided to cut inland North of Saint Augustine.
There was rain North and we could see clear air to the West but their was one cloud that looked tall and ominous. This is where the radar really shines. I was at 1,000' running 20 mile range and 6.25 tilt up. This much tilt is not useful for much further ranges as the beam will likely go over the section you want to see and farther out, just over the top of anything of interest.
So back to our cloud. No visible rain, no characteristich thunder head and it was small, maybe a mile around. Well this little mass of wet air was painting bright red with a steep gradient. Even with nothing showing below we avoided it and had a smooth dry ride. It was a good reminder that just because something isn't really tall, or big, you still need to respect what you are seeing.
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