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Why do we use Celsius rather than
Fahrenheit?
The Celsius scale is the World Meteorological Organization standard
for temperature measurement and is used throughout the world by
the meteorological community for global exchange of information.
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How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
From Celsius to Fahrenheit - F=9/5*C+32
From Fahrenheit to Celsius - C=5/9*(F-32)
where C is the value in Celsius and F is the value in Fahrenheit.
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How do you convert from millibars
to inches?
Multiply the millibar value by 0.02953 to get the value in inches.
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What are hectopascals?
The SI unit for pressure is a pascal. The worldwide meteorological
community uses the hectopascal, i.e. a hundred pascals, which is
the metric equivalent of a millibar. However, millibars (and inches)
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What is UTC?
UTC stands for Universal Time Coordinated and it is equivalent
to GMT. The Royal
Observatory web site has more information on
the history of timekeeping. It also has a description of local
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