FAR DECODED — GLOSSARY

VFR NOT RECOMMENDED

Definition

VFR NOT RECOMMENDED

An advisory provided by a flight service station to a pilot during a preflight or inflight weather briefing that flight under visual flight rules is not recommended. To be given when the current and/or forecast weather conditions are at or below VFR minimums. It does not abrogate the pilot's authority to make his/her own decision.

Source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).