EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 254; Flight Crew Type 380
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure
[We were] descending for the approach into ZZZ in VMC [when] we got a GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) warning to climb for terrain. We got a GPWS warning from the plane. There was a ridge in between us and the airport and we decided to descend to final approach fix altitude slowly so we wouldn't trigger the warning to go off. The Captain disconnected the auto pilot and started a climb; once we were on the other side of the ridge and deemed that a normal approach can be continued; we started a descent and landed as planned. We should have stayed at the MSA (Minimum Safe Altitude) and started the descent on the other side of the ridge since we were coming from that direction.
ERJ First Officer reported receiving a Ground Proximity Warning while conducting a visual approach with the terrain in sight.