Thanks Ezra and John. I went to that Montreal Gazette weather page through the provided link and just for fun, I picked United States to see if it would stay on Celsius (it did) but when I tried to find the city where I live (Salem Oregon) I noticed that Salem is twice on the list with no indication of any state, so how am I supposed to know if it is Salem Oregon or Salem Massachusetts? Same thing with Portland; there is more than one Portland in the United States. It is beyond me why Nashville is on that pull-down list twice though. Someone should contact Montreal Gazette and let them know of the errors.
----- Message from "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> --------- Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 04:07:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [USMA:53796] Re: Now this is the way I wish we did weather here in the States To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Actually, we do. Ignore the media and use the National Weather Service. They have many products and some are Customary only.
However,
find their Point Forecast product and: 1. set it up for your zipcode or street address. 2. scroll down to bottom of page, find and click on the link for SI units (default is "English") 3. now bookmark the page, your location and SI preference will be saved in the bookmark The SI version has a few minor issues, but it's pretty good. Among the issues: 1. They use millibars 2. Some data is presented as dual, both metric and Customary 3. In temperatures, the data is presented both with and without a space between number and unit, also with no unit 4. Rainfall may be in either millimeters or centimeters depending on value. The figures need to be comparable for all days of the
forecast.
Pick a unit, stick with it. 5. Excessive resolution (2 decimal digits) in visibility under 5 km, should be to nearest 0.1 km, based on resolution of the equipment as specified in FMH-1. If you want another choice, Weather Underground also has pretty good SI options after you find the switch. It is a " °F | °C" link near the
top
of the page. I prefer NWS but both are reasonable choices. Since I live near the border, I also have a bookmark for Windsor, Ontario. Environment Canada is better in its SI usage, but also has a link to switch the page between Imperial and SI, although their default is SI.------------------------- FROM: "ezra.steinb...@comcast.net" <ezra.steinb...@comcast.net> TO: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> SENT: Monday, May 12, 2014 6:24 AM SUBJECT: [USMA:53795] Now this is the way I wish we did weather here in the States Just ran across this web page from the Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/weather/index.html?city=montreal&rg=qc How beautiful! Too bad we don't do that here (yet?) Ezra
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