Into the weather...

Just after passing KAMIN, we're vectored to the right for traffic, then brought back on course as the turbulence gets severe. I tighten my harness and make sure everything is secure. A glance at the OAT shows that we're still in danger of icing, so I deploy the ice vanes, and switch on the auto ignition. Turbulent air penetration speed is 170 KIAS, so we need to slow down. We're still descending at pilot's discretion, so I consider leveling off for a minute to slow down before resuming the descent. I pull the power to 80% N1, push the prop pitch full forward to slow us down some more, and that does the trick...we're going down at 1,000 fpm and 160 KIAS.

ATC has us continue our descent to FL100, and wants us down in 30 miles or less, so I go to approach flaps and increase the descent rate to 1,200 fpm, adding some power to keep us at 160 KIAS.

Visibility drops to zero in heavy rain at FL100, and lightning is everywhere around us. We're given clearance to descend to FL060, and the vectors take us west of the field...the wrong end for an ILS RWY 25 approach. That's a little worrisome, but ATC is apparently just vectoring us onto a sort of downwind.