National weather service to stop yelling in all caps in forecasts
 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO STOP YELLING IN ALL CAPS IN FORECASTS
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Weather nerds, rejoice.

The National Weather Service an**unced on Monday that it will soon stop using all-caps style in its weather broadcasts, ending a long-standing but frequently mocked holdover that stems to the days of typewriters.*




"LISTEN UP!" **AA spokesperson*Susan Buchanan writes in an email,*"BEGINNING ON MAY 11, **AA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU."

The weather agency says the changes come as a result of upgrades to its computer system, and that a 30-day **tification period is officially underway.

The all-caps style is reportedly a result of an antiquated system that was built to move weather reports over a "wire" made up of teleprinters. Those, the agency explains, resembled "typewriters hooked up to telephone lines."* Read more...


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