James R. Frysinger wrote: >When I looked at it, it gave the conditions for Washington, DC >as having winds SW13 [no units], barometer 29.30 [no units].
Sorry I should have been more explicit. When I said 'dual units', I only meant temperature. >Also, and this seems to be the harder part to convert >automatically, it gave the verbal forecast entirely in >non-metric units. I don't know what you mean by 'verbal' forecast because I do not have sound. The section titled 'NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST' says things like 'HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S'. Perhaps this is what you meant. I now see that the Accuweather site allows to choose units. It would be nice to have a 'big bang' transition but this cannot always be done. Early in a gradual transition process it is best to present both units without choice. This is so that everybody is exposed to metric units and values. Later in a transition process it is best to have metric by default with an option for non-metric. This option can then be simply withdrawn later.
