>Of Howard Ressel >I have no clue where they get their weather data from >but since its probably from the airport and the >National Weather service stations there it is >probably provided in English
Since July 1996, it has been provided by airports and the National Weather Service in Celsius. Try putting a South Carolina airport (or any other) into the National Weather Service website: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml You can get a list of South Carolina airport codes at: http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/northamerica/southcarolina.ht m When I checked at 2004/03/09 12:56 UTC, the weather for Columbia Metro airport was reported as: KCAE 091256Z 12004KT 10SM SCT090 BKN110 04/M02 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T00391017 The T0039 means 3.9 degrees Celsius. >>>>Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>03/09/04 01:54AM >>> >Dear Euric, > >Doesn't it fill you full of confidence in the pilot of your aircraft >when >you know, that instead of flying the plane, he or she is sitting up >there >wrestling with the mathematics of a calculator or a conversion tables >to >convert from one temperature to another! > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS >Geelong, Australia >-- > >on 2004-03-09 10.25, Chimpsarecute at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>When I went to South Carolina a few weeks back, the pilots gave the >>temperature only in Fahrenheit over the intercom. >> >>On the way down, the pilot hesitated for a second before he stated >the >>temperature was "about 35�F". On the return flight, the pilot >hesitated a >>good 5 s before giving the temperature. It was obvious to me they >were >>doing conversions. >> >>Euric >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Monday, 2004-03-08 07:28 >>Subject: [USMA:29122] Re: Temperature >> >> >>>>Of Pat Naughtin >>>>I have heard that the USA Weather Service changed to degrees >Celsius in >>>1995 >>> >>>At 0800Z on 1 July 1996, the FAA started using Celsius. The >National >>Weather >>>Service and the Department of Defense acted in parallel. The formal >scope >>of >>>the change was limited to aviation weather. >>> >>>http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_products/NewformatsBrochure.htm >>> >>> >> >http://metar.noaa.gov/table_master.jsp?sub_menu=no&show=text_overview.jsp&; >ti > >>>tle=title_program_overview >>> >>> >>> >>
