We’re getting into some of the most predictably pleasant flying conditions in the U.S. That’s not to say we can’t get the occasional hurricane bearing down, or a cloud-filled clipper sweeping down from the Dakotas. But as autumn arrives, days are getting shorter, the broad-scale heat-driven cyclone in the western United States is much less intense, and the onshore wind component between the oceanic highs on both coasts and the inland areas dies down.
Reduced surface heating means that diurnally-driven thunderstorms are less aggressive. And for most of the western and southern U.S., this means lots of VFR conditions, especially early in the day.
