The official weather reports are those quoted by the Met Office (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/), not the tabloids. The met office uses Celsius for temperature, millimeters for rainfall and a mixture of knots and m/s for wind speed.
The press, radio and television do not officially report the weather; they buy their data from the Met Office (or some other source) and sometimes convert it). -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Humphreys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2007 14:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [USMA:38672] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph "Weather is officially given in metric units" Not really - which newspaper or television station uses km/h for wind speed? " but the tabloid press often translate high temperatures into Fahrenheit." BBC radio quotes both, the tv stations pretty much leave the decision to the weatherman/woman. >From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:38672] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph >Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 10:03:03 +0100 > >Petrol is priced by the litre it became illegal to price it by the >gallon, >other than as a supplementary unit in 1995. > > > >Weather is officially given in metric units, but the tabloid press often >translate high temperatures into Fahrenheit. > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Nat Hager III >Sent: 12 May 2007 23:27 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38669] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph > > > >Carleton, > > > >What do they do with the weather or price of gas/petrol? Metric had pretty >much taken over in those areas last time I visited the UK. > > > >Nat > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Carleton MacDonald >Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 17:49 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38668] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph > >I get a daily news digest from the Telegraph. The only time they use >metric >in any story is if it is a direct quote. > > > >Carleton > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Nat Hager III >Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 09:13 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38660] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph > > > >This sounds like solving the Schrödinger wave equation to calculate >electron >orbitals! Are £123 6s 4d and £123 6s 8d separate spin states? Do they >follow >Fermi exclusion principle? > > > >I'll take good 'ol metric dollars and cents and day! > > > ><g> > >Nat > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Martin Vlietstra >Sent: Saturday, 2007 May 12 8:26 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38659] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph > >It is quite easy to calculate mentally how many times 6s 8d go into £123 9s >9d the answer is 370 times with a remainder of 3s 1d. However 6s 4d is >not so easy after all 6s 8d is exactly one third of a £ while 6s 4d is >not >a sub-multiple of a £). I suspect that somebody had a dim memory of this >short-cut from their school days, but the memory was so dim that they got >confused between 3s 4d (one sixth of a £) and 6s 8d (one third of a £). > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Han Maenen >Sent: 12 May 2007 09:52 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38658] Reaction to the Telegraph > > > >My reaction sent to the Telegraph on the article Stone me!...: > >A.C. Sherman: "Hurrah for Imperial Measures! Why is it that we always seem >to have to adopt continental ideas and they never adopt ours?" >Not true whatsoever. We have adopted English as the global language of >communication; English is a mandatory examination subject in all >post-primary schools in mainland Europe. It is even taught in primary >schools here. >The continentals never accepting anything British.. It's exactly the other >way around! You mean of course, that the continent should adopt the English >language AND the Imperial system! As for me, the second part, no way, >never, >ever. I am a proud user of the metric system. And I like to use metric >units >of British origine like the watt, the joule, the kelvin, the volt, etc. I >honour and acknowledge the priceless contributions made to metric by UK and >US scientists. >Last but not least, someone should explain to me how it is possble to >calculate mentally how often 6s 4d go into £123 9s 9d? > > > _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk/
