FLC OF A CPR LTT TURBOPROP DEVIATED FROM VISUAL APCH CLRNC TO DEVIATE AROUND WX RESULTING IN ATC INTERVENTION AND CANCELING LNDG CLRNC. RPTR WAS THEN VECTORED TO ANOTHER FINAL FOR A VISUAL APCH.

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APCHING WILMINGTON; NC; ARPT. ATIS RPTED WINDS VARIABLE AT 3 KTS WITH CEILINGS GREATER THAN 5000 FT AND VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 5 MI. ABOUT 10 MI TO NW OF ARPT AND 6000 FT WE RPTED ARPT IN SIGHT. APCH CTL WANTED US TO FOLLOW A MIL C130 ON A 3 MI FINAL. WE DID NOT HAVE HIM IN SIGHT. APCH CTL SAID TO FLY WESTERLY HEADING AND INTERCEPT A STRAIGHT-IN FINAL TO RWY 17 AND CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH; CONTACT TWR. TWR CLRED US TO LAND. HOWEVER THE WX BECAME LOWER IN THE AREA APCH CTL HAD HEADED US INTO. SPECIFICALLY; WE WERE 4 MI OUT AND A PUFFY LITTLE CUMULUS WAS NOW BTWN US AND ARPT. SO; WE PROCEEDED WESTERLY AROUND CLOUD TO COME BACK TO A SOUTH EASTERLY HEADING TO INTERCEPT A FINAL. TWR CANCELED LNDG CLRNC AND ISSUED 'MAINTAIN ALT AND HEADING AND CONTACT APCH.' SWITCHED RADIOS BACK TO APCH WHO SAID HE HAD A DEP IN OUR VICINITY AND NEEDED TO KEEP US CLR. APCH THEN VECTORED US AROUND TO ANOTHER FINAL AND WE LANDED. AT THE FBO WAS A NOTE ASKING TO CONTACT TWR. THE APCH CTLR ASKED US TO GIVE HIM A HEADS-UP NEXT TIME SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED. I EXPLAINED THE DEV AROUND WX AND WE PARTED AS PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS.