You know what puzzles me here in Canada (among a few other things) - is that the visibility given in the current conditions is a direct conversion from miles (6.4 km, 16.1 km, 24.1 km). Additionally, ceiling is given in feet.
Cheers, Nikolay Vancouver, B.C., Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James R. Frysinger Sent: Sunday, 8 September 2002 18.35 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:22150] Re: National Weather Service: temperature in Celsius Yes, of course; forecast offices would disregard anyone outside their area. For "competition", you might mention such sites as the one I use on my college web site at http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj Your local newspaper might be another good target for letters at the same time, though often their weather information comes from a commercial weather service, not the National Weather Service. You know, I've always thought it strange down here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina that the local weather personalities on TV and radio give the central pressure in hurricane eyes in millibars (which is what the National Hurricane Center, NHC/NOAA, provides) yet they give normal weather pressures in inches of mercury. How can one compare the two easily without having a background in this? Unfortunately, the way the local sources handle that problem---when they do---is to convert the pressure in millibars (numerically equal to hectopascals) to figures in inches of mercury. Jim
