Zach, I don't know what NWS page you are going to, but the NWS page I
use is in metric units (with the exception of pressures in millibars,
incorrectly represented by "mb").
My page has a toggle at the bottom labeled "International System of
Units". Toggle it back and forth between metric and non-metric. See
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.78690538771304&lon=-85.50984692599741&site=ohx&smap=1&unit=1&lg=en&FcstType=text
Start there by entering your city and state or your ZIP code. Then use
the topographic chart farther down on the right to click on your actual
location within that city and state or ZIP code. Bookmark it. I use
Mozilla Firefox and I've got mine saved on the bookmark toolbar for easy
access.
John's postulation was upheld. I got a reply from Angie Lese, the
Science and Operations Officer at NWS Nashville indicating that the
forecast grid squares are set or "preordained", as John said. Pick any
lat/lon within that square and you get the same forecast. Angie said the
squares were either 2 km or 2.5 km on a side.
Jim
On 2013-03-17 07:27, Zach Rodriguez (Metricate America) wrote:
I was likewise disappointed at the National Weather Service's poor
excuse for a "metric" link. I, too, expected the values to be converted
rather than be shown metric legends and calculator boxes, separate from
the map page.
Regarding the new interface, I couldn't find a metric button either, so
I left them a comment (which they say they welcome) on their survey page
<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=wxmap> for the
proposed replacement, saying that, if there is indeed a method to
metricate the page, they need to make it much more obvious, and, if
there is not, then I stressed the need for metric to be the only units
displayed, and, failing that, a one-click toggle switch that will let
people switch from US customary.
After all, virtually every other weather website has a toggle, and there
is no reason that the National Weather Service, of all places, cannot
implement one.
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:49 AM, James Wong <working...@gmail.com
<mailto:working...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Here's the current NWS Graphical Forecast:
http://graphical.weather.gov/__sectors/northplains.php
<http://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/northplains.php>
Metric Unit is here:
http://graphical.weather.gov/__supplementalpages/convert___springfall.php
<http://graphical.weather.gov/supplementalpages/convert_springfall.php>
I thought Metric Unit link automatically convert imperial units to
Metric Unit,
but that WAS not the case.
Now they proposed a new version of graphical forecast:
http://preview.weather.gov/__graphical/
<http://preview.weather.gov/graphical/>
Metric Unit link was gone. What was this? Degeneration?
Kill me.
James Wong
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*Zach Rodriguez*
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