THE PLT OF AN EMS VFR HELI EXPERIENCED IMC CONDITIONS AND REQUESTED VECTORS ABOVE THE CLOUD DECK TO VMC.

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WHILE ON AN EMS FLT TO ZZZ1 TO DROP OFF THE PATIENT AND TRANSPORT TO ABC HOSPITAL I CONTACTED APCH FOR APPROVAL TO FLY INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. I WAS GIVEN A CODE AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH APCH WITH HEADING AND ALT RPTING. WHILE APCHING THE BRIDGE I NOTICED THAT THE WX THAT WAS BEING RPTED WAS NOT WHAT I WAS ENCOUNTERING. WX RPTED WAS 1300 FT SCATTERED; 1800 FT SCATTERED; 2200 FT OVERCAST WITH 10 MI; BOTH AT ZZZ1 AND ZZZ2. THERE WAS THIS LINE OF CLOUDS JUST PRIOR TO THE BRIDGE. I DSNDED TO ATTEMPT TO FLY UNDERNEATH THE LAYER OF CLOUDS TO STAY VFR. AT 500 FT MSL I ENTERED THE CLOUD BANK AND WAS IMC. I TRANSITION TO THE INSTRUMENTS AND CONTINUED TO FLY STRAIGHT AHEAD ON A HEADING OF 170 DEGS. I CONTACTED APCH AND INFORMED THEM THAT I JUST WENT IMC AND I NEEDED RADAR VECTOR TO VFR CONDITIONS. APCH SAID MAINTAIN HDG AND CONTINUE TO CLB TO VFR CONDITIONS OR DO I WANT AN ILS APCH TO ZZZ1. I INFORMED APCH THAT I'M A VFR HELI IN IMC AND THAT I WOULD LIKE VECTORS TO KNOWN VFR CONDITIONS. APCH SAID CONTINUE TO CLB AND RPT VFR ON TOP. AT 1650 FT MSL; APCH ASKED ME TO TURN TO A HDG OF 270 DEGS FOR JET TFC OFF OF ZZZ2. I REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN MY HDG OF 170 DEGS UNTIL I WAS VFR. THE CTLR TURNED THE TFC AWAY FROM US AND WE CONTINUED TO CLB TO 2500 FT MSL WHERE WE WERE VFR ON TOP. I CONTINUED TO CLB TO 3500 FT MSL WITH THE APPROVAL OF APCH. THE FLT CONTINUED IN VFR CONDITION TO ZZZ1 WHERE I LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PLT RPTED THAT HE IS AN INSTRUMENT RATED ATP PLT.