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Good show with about the comments about the use of
millibars by the Weather Channel. The NOAA National Weather Service and
the American Meteorological Society have converted to hectopascals.
However, they use millibars in severe storm warnings since
that is what the public and most amateur weather people have on their
pressure instruments. Kilopascals would be a much better unit to use for
weather.
As you know, millibars is metric and is equal to
hectopascals which is another name. Millibars has been used
for a century. Compatibility with other uses of pressure was not a
consideration when weather people chose hectopascals.
Stan Doore
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- [USMA:35476] Re: Weather channel web site and millibars G Stanley Doore
