I wonder why not Pa as it is common in Europe for other pressures. I guess because they do not have much hurricanes or tornadoes. Stan J.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 3:24 PM Hillger,Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin, > > The use of millibars is certainly increasing, except for aviation and TV > weather (which to me is ridiculous, as it's really the pressure change > that's important, so any number would do). > > Unfortunately, knots are standard fare for winds for many meteorological > applications, tropical cyclones/hurricanes in particular. I think that's > driven by seafarers who are all about knots! > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 28 August, 2019 12:24 > To: USMA List Server <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1184] Seeking a Hurricane Web Site > > I wonder whether anyone knows of a metric site that plots statistics on a > map for current hurricanes, e.g., Dorian, using metric units. The only one > I know of is incomplete, www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/tracker. > It offers a metric option, but the information is not directly plotted on > the map, but is given in a table below the map. It uses millibars for > pressure, but knots for speeds instead of km/h. > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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