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		Spooky23 on Oct 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over ... NOAA is part of the Commerce Department and Oceanic is part of their name. An important consumer of the data are entities who navigate the sea and air. Both constituencies use knots and nautical miles.

kqr on Oct 5, 2016 [–]

> An important consumer of the data are entities who navigate the sea and air.

You make it sound like birds and fish check in with the NOAA before planning migrations.

Edit: and that they're really picky about units of measurement.

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