> [Original Message] The temperature in the METAR below is +4, the dew point is -2. This is further refined in the T00391017 as temperature plus 3,9 dew point minus 1,7C.
> When I checked at 2004/03/09 12:56 UTC, the weather for Columbia Metro > airport was reported as: > KCAE 091256Z 12004KT 10SM SCT090 BKN110 04/M02 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 > T00391017 > > The T0039 means 3.9 degrees Celsius. > > > > > >>>>Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>03/09/04 01:54AM >>> > >Dear Euric, > > > >Doesn't it fill you full of confidence in the pilot of your aircraft > >when > >you know, that instead of flying the plane, he or she is sitting up > >there > >wrestling with the mathematics of a calculator or a conversion tables > >to > >convert from one temperature to another! > > > >Cheers, > > > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS > >Geelong, Australia > >-- > > > >on 2004-03-09 10.25, Chimpsarecute at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>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=B0F". 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=3Dno&show=3Dtext_overvie= > w.jsp& > >ti > > > >>>tle=3Dtitle_program_overview > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
