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NATIONAL weather service TO stop yelling IN ALL caps IN FORECASTS
![]() ![]() ![]() 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... More about **aa, Nws, Climate, Weather, and Tech ??????? ??????: National weather service to stop yelling in all caps in forecasts || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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