Crisis of some great dimension here....a PPruner needs help!
Boss Fellah had me check the weather forecasts for tomorrow...we are to fly some of our Museum warbirds up to Arlington, WA. for the annual EAA Fly-In and Airshow. The rub is we really do not want to expose the aircraft to flying in rain for its adverse effects upon the paint and rotating components.
Now being the dutiful subordinate....I did as requested and discovered the forecasters giving a report that shows the "percentage of precipitation" as being of all things...."50 percent"!
Being a former math whiz...I figure that is the chance of rain on any given day....either it rains or it does not. My Boss Fellah being neither a math whiz nor a person tolerant of wishy-washy answers....is putting me on the spot.
Just what do I tell him....is it an even chance it will rain all over the area, even chance it will rain at each discrete point of the area, it will probably rain........whats a feller to do here?
I wish to appear decisive...professional...get to fly the warbirds....but the ramifications of standing in a downpour and trying to explain the finer points of weather guessing with the Boss Fellah is not a thing I wish to think about....I am quite sure he would find my explanations somewhat inadequate.
Any ideas are welcome!
