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Old 21st February 2009 | 07:31
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Bookworm - but you don't have an airframe temperature gauge and the metal skin of your aircraft in a 100 kt wind (cruise) is likely to be lower than the OAT if you have melted snow evaporating from it. Add to that the variations in temp that will naturally occur in and around the base of convective cloud and you cannot in any way be sure that just because you see snow there is no risk of icing.
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