Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!lmiller From: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: WSI Weather Briefing Service Message-ID: <6263@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 15:03:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.6263 Posted: Sun Jul 7 15:03:43 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:34:44 EDT References: <2718@harpo.UUCP> Reply-To: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP (Dr. Lawrence Miller) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 10 I tried the WSI phone wx brieving. They have a free 10 minute introductory service, so anyone can try it out. I was disappointed. It's expensive, and you must go through a more or less canned speech. Just call flight service, for free, and get a better briefing. In LA it can be impossible to get through to flight service, but there are always smaller stations, a cheap call away, that are happy to talk to you. WSI is expensive and not very useful. And you'll still need to call flight service to file flight plans. Also, you should ALWAYS call flight service anyhow--the accident report looks better when it indicates you got a thorough wx briefing!