Does anybody know why the US military uses meters for the military TAF but not for the military METAR?
Correspondence preferred in the mailing list rather than email. G. Stanley Doore wrote: >The US military works worldwide and therefore is accustomed to >using metric in weather > >From: Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 12:44 PM > >>Han Maenen wrote: >>>The US has rejected international METAR/TAFs, because they are >>>too metric as they do not use inHg, visibility in yards and >>>statute(!) miles etc. etc. >> >>That applies to US civil aviation. US military TAFs go one step further >>and give visibility in metres. >> >>See: >>http://www.lewis.army.mil/1ws/ftl-wx/taf.htm >>http://www.hanau.army.mil/AFWeather/afpam11-238.pdf
