No instrument rating? You should have turned ûback already. Do it before it’s too late.

The pilot in command is the absolute judge of his ability to survive in the weather conditions ahead of the aircraft. When a non-IFR pilot has been operating in safe weather conditions and subsequently finds himself involved in an untenable weather situation, the near-universal solution is a 180-degree turn and a return to known, survivable conditions.

There is nothing so absolutely fundamental to a pilot as survival, and most people would argue there are few objectives that justify continuing flight into weather the pilot is not equipped to handle. …