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Wed April 1976 7tot Articles Reproduced compliments of the Metric Monitor All public weather reports to be given in metric units On April 1 1976 the Atmos pheric Environment Service of Environment Canada began to use metric unlit tor wind speed atmospheric pressure and distance In weather In formation provided to the gen public and news media Wind speed now given in kilometres per hour atmospheric In and distances In km kilometres This port of tho logic Sector Plan the general public which began with change to for temperature in April and snowfall and rainfall amounts to cm and mm in September The accompanying scale has been prepared by tho logy Sector Committee help the public get used to tho new measurement system for wind speeds This scale Is adapted from the Beaufort Scale named after British Admiral Sir Fran cis Beaufort who In 1B06 created a numerical system of estimating the strength wind from a calm lorce 0 to a hurricane force that which no canvas could with stand Atmospheric Pressure The normal range of pherlc pressure Is from to In Canada However the change In pressure rising falling steady is more as a weather Indicator than is the specific pressure reading For example rising pressure over a period time usually i cat the approach of a fair weather high pros sure system whito ailing pros sure indicates its departure The SI derived unit of pros Pa pascal is named a tier Blaise Pascal a French math physicist religious philosopher and writer who lived In tho century Studios in geometry amies and hydrostatic and atmospheric pressure led him to discover what became known as Pascal s law of Not only atmospheric but pneumatic will be measured In Distance Distances although refer red to Infrequently In weaiher formation may be used to locate weather systems on a geographic basis in iho accompanying a forecast For instance a forecaster may say that rain is cted tor Toronto tonight with the arrival of a warm front currently local ad km to the west of the city April conversion day for windspeed pressure distance Term WIND SPEED BENCHMARKS Speed fling cully against Brooks off wall damage occurs gg too TV antennae ad by damaga occurs nfreciuonily in Canada First Canadian barometer Tit barometer pictured hi he tint Canadian barom eter to be calibrated In the SI derived unit lor atmo spheric prauur it produced by Airflow Canada Richmond Kill Ontario manufacturers meteorological All equipment carried by Airflow Development available in ma trie Light of Skmh ex land the Canadian on the Peace at the Part lament weather on the day picture wee taken wee fleeted by a ridge high 180 km eouthweet Lake Michigan temperstui at US plans metric weather The United Stales National Weather Serv NWS is availing go ahead from Ihc Secretary of Commerce be fore embark on a on program While ling approval however NWS his devised a tentative timetable lor metric on inrjo fnr tamper in C and snowfall Th NWS awareness plan to prepare Americans lor the changes They are studying such issues as how much pub tic II be needed to sat sly tho public how soon should a federal agency wean public away from the t system of measurement and public awareness program has proven most use in counlnes currently con vert to metric system Reporter The Canadian Olympic Training Regatta an annual event provide for The yachting events of the 1978 Summer Olympic be held at Kingston the eastern end of Lake Ontario Great chance for business The Olympic Games oilers a great opportunity for quick thinking Canadian business leaders to promotions thai will do two good jobs at once highlight the summer games and on metric system some time now Canadian businesses have not only been planning their own metric conversion but by initialing metric Information programs hotpmg their customers and consumers to also McDonald s Tobacco Eaton the Toronto Dominion and Royal Banks Metropolitan Life Bo water Canadian the Bank of Montreal Kellogg Colgate Nestles KimberlyClark and General Motors are just a few ot companies to launch motnc programs so far Whats the volume Can you estimate the volume paper cup It la SO mm high and mm across the up It la one of a tar lea six metric design cupe produced by the Toronto firm of Cup one supcltera lor the Montrtai Thla another a Canadian company marketing opportunities lo help to learn lo Ihlnk metric Ml For dip FlywolghT of 212 snatch middlew 302 5 kg compeiit 352 kj 1 mm 45 ens hu many Cart ad walk by Marc Lot I the feat