Dallas wrote:

Why does the FAA persist in using a coded system for printed weather
reports and forecasts?

They act like kilobytes are expensive to transmit today... The last time I
saw a teletype machine was in 1974.

And the codes aren't even consistent, M for minus degrees in a METAR and -
for minus degrees in a PIREP. Am I wrong in thinking this old system is
confusing and therefore unsafe?

Because it's an international standard and all the stuff is in place
to handle it.

Use DUAT or DUATS if you want plain English.

--
Jim Pennino

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