Looks like "rain ended at 42, snow began at 42." What is the problem?

Bob Gardner

"Dallas" wrote in message
.. .

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?

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Dallas