The military operates worldwide and the TAF is standard worldwide. METAR outside the US is metric. The US METAR is a compromise to satisfy the FAA and US domestic aviation.
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: [USMA:24035] Re: hPa > Does anybody know why the US military uses meters for the military TAF > but not for the military METAR? > > > Correspondence preferred in the mailing list rather than email. > > > G. Stanley Doore wrote: > >The US military works worldwide and therefore is accustomed to > >using metric in weather > > > >From: Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 12:44 PM > > > >>Han Maenen wrote: > >>>The US has rejected international METAR/TAFs, because they are > >>>too metric as they do not use inHg, visibility in yards and > >>>statute(!) miles etc. etc. > >> > >>That applies to US civil aviation. US military TAFs go one step > further > >>and give visibility in metres. > >> > >>See: > >>http://www.lewis.army.mil/1ws/ftl-wx/taf.htm > >>http://www.hanau.army.mil/AFWeather/afpam11-238.pdf > >
