Travelator, thanks for mentioning that ref, even if the OP did know it.
I've been wondering ever since I started flying IFR here whether to report "IMC" on initial contact with a Class D tower, when not visual.
Your reference indicates yes, I should.
About a hundred pages further on in Jeppd, Communications - Phraseologies - 7.7 Frequency Management, "Flights contacting Approach Control", the only mention of flight conditions is, if a visual approach can be made, append "visual" to the initial contact call.
What do you all do? Report "IMC" or say nothing until visual?