He should just say "a couple degrees above freezing". That plus "around freezing", "a couple degrees below freezing", "well below freezing", and "well above freezing" covers the range -5 to +5 nicely, without need for conversions.
That's what Leonardo what's-his-name used in the movie "Titanic", to describe the water temperature for an international audience. Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chimpsarecute Sent: Monday, 2004 March 08 18:25 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:29128] Re: Temperature When I went to South Carolina a few weeks back, the pilots gave the temperature only in Fahrenheit over the intercom. On the way down, the pilot hesitated for a second before he stated the temperature was "about 35�F". On the return flight, the pilot hesitated a good 5 s before giving the temperature. It was obvious to me they were doing conversions. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2004-03-08 07:28 Subject: [USMA:29122] Re: Temperature > > Of Pat Naughtin > >I have heard that the USA Weather Service changed to degrees Celsius > >in > 1995 > > At 0800Z on 1 July 1996, the FAA started using Celsius. The National Weather > Service and the Department of Defense acted in parallel. The formal > scope of > the change was limited to aviation weather. > > http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_products/NewformatsBrochure.htm > > http://metar.noaa.gov/table_master.jsp?sub_menu=no&show=text_overview.js p&ti > tle=title_program_overview > > >
