NOAA will stop yelling on May 11th

Started by Eclipse, April 17, 2016, 04:22:45 AM

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Eclipse



National Weather Service will stop using all caps in its forecasts
New forecast software is allowing the agency to break out of the days when weather reports were sent by "the wire" over teleprinters, which were basically typewriters hooked up to telephone lines. Teleprinters only allowed the use of upper case letters, and while the hardware and software used for weather forecasting has advanced over the last century, this holdover was carried into modern times since some customers still used the old equipment.

http://www.noaa.gov/national-weather-service-will-stop-using-all-caps-its-forecasts

"That Others May Zoom"

Holding Pattern

The real question: Which agency was the holdout still using tech that couldn't handle mixed letters?

PHall

Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on April 17, 2016, 05:32:16 AM
The real question: Which agency was the holdout still using tech that couldn't handle mixed letters?

Well, if Congress would stop cutting their budget.... ::)

THRAWN

Quote from: PHall on April 17, 2016, 03:11:30 PM
Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on April 17, 2016, 05:32:16 AM
The real question: Which agency was the holdout still using tech that couldn't handle mixed letters?

Well, if Congress would stop cutting their budget.... ::)

ACTUALLY, IF CONGRESS JUST PAID FOR THE STUFF THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO AND NOT ALL OF THE "DISCRETIONARY" PIGGY FLAVORED EXTRAS....(caps lock intentional....we'll miss you indecipherable messages....)
Strup-"Belligerent....at times...."
AFRCC SMC 10-97
NSS ISC 05-00
USAF SOS 2000
USAF ACSC 2011
US NWC 2016
USMC CSCDEP 2023

etodd

No mention of whether METARs will be affected.
"Don't try to explain it, just bow your head
Breathe in, breathe out, move on ..."

sardak

http://www.noaa.gov/national-weather-service-will-stop-using-all-caps-its-forecasts

Certain forecast products with international implications, such as aviation and shipping, will continue to use upper case letters, per international agreements that standardize weather product formats across national borders.

Mike