Originally Posted by
saxman66
Been at SKW 7 years and not ever heard of giving a “weather warning.” If weather is below minimums you can’t launch anyways. I agree with the OP. I never talk about an alternate and don’t say we might not get in. Only say something when you are actually going to land at your alternate. Flew with a captain once that said we have an alternate of XYZ when the ceiling was 1200 feet at our destination. The poor FA’s had to field questions about why we weren’t going to our destination for 3 hours.
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It was definitely a "thing" before you were hired. It wasn't just for wx below mins, also if wx was going to be near mins. Common on the west coast with the layer rolling in in the evening, you know it's coming but not exactly how bad or how fast.
But yes you can, and we did, launch with WX below mins, it just has to be forecast at mins at arrival. Pretty common headed to SOCAL coastal airports in the morning.