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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 3683966" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>All meteorology observations, models and forecasts are done in the metric system, worldwide. </p><p><em><strong>Then just the surface data, only in the US, is converted to the old Imperial System.</strong></em></p><p>When I look at the upper air data to get the 1000mb to 850mb thickness (important to snow forecasting) the value will be in decameters.</p><p></p><p>Most people who get hostile about the metric (universal standard) system don't know any system, just a few Imperial (English) units.</p><p>Ask them how many inches in a mile, furlongs in a league, or the conversion from Miles per hour to feet per second or Furlongs per Fortnight. Conversion nightmare.</p><p></p><p>Then ask anyone in the rest of the world to convert km/hr to m/sec, or how many cm in a km. Simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 3683966, member: 796"] All meteorology observations, models and forecasts are done in the metric system, worldwide. [I][B]Then just the surface data, only in the US, is converted to the old Imperial System.[/B][/I] When I look at the upper air data to get the 1000mb to 850mb thickness (important to snow forecasting) the value will be in decameters. Most people who get hostile about the metric (universal standard) system don't know any system, just a few Imperial (English) units. Ask them how many inches in a mile, furlongs in a league, or the conversion from Miles per hour to feet per second or Furlongs per Fortnight. Conversion nightmare. Then ask anyone in the rest of the world to convert km/hr to m/sec, or how many cm in a km. Simple. [/QUOTE]
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