Originally Posted by
ninjadriver
EX 3585 applies to the destination and/OR the first ALT. In other words if your destination wx is below mins in the conditional language (TEMPO, PROB, BECMG) but your first ALT is suitable, a second ALT must be listed due to the destination wx.
One more question, why not just list the second alternate only initially and not worry about the first alternate with marginal taf remarks in the body?