Originally Posted by
megan
One area not mentioned is weather forcast, if planning a NVMC what cloud base will you accept above your LSALT, Clinton's 3,000AMSL 1,000AGL says clear of cloud, you really, really going to accept that?
Simple. Since for a NVFR flight you must maintain VMC, then the cloud base (for the entire route) must be greater than LSALT + 1,000'. If not, you can't and you don't depart.