2002-12-21 Not completely.
Forecasts show FFU only. See example: THIS AFTERNOON...MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND MILD. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND BRISK. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. .TUESDAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AT NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .CHRISTMAS...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE DAY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 40. .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 30 AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. Also, wind speed and barometric pressure is also still FFU. See example: CURRENT CONDITIONS Condition: PARTLY SUNNY Temperature: 55F/12C RealFeel: 48F/8C Wind: W14 Barometer: 29.79 Humidity: 31% Sunrise: 7:23 AM Sunset: 4:49 PM But, much better than nothing. I think the Washington DC paper might see a reason for accommodating SI. All of the foreign diplomats in the city would feel more at home with SI. Other newspapers may not feel a need to include SI. They may feel that foreigners show use the opportunity to learn and get comfortable with FFU. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-12-21 06:57 Subject: [USMA:24136] Celsius > Washington Post weather is now fully dual unit as far as I can see > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/weather > > > I presume that this means that Accuweather can do the same for any > client. So we can target them. Perhaps we can start with Accuweather > itself because they do not show Celsius by default. > > > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >
