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5 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

That is not correct.   It is frequently rounded. 

You can keep saying it but you're wrong. The 2:56 pm observation is a METAR report, not a raw 5-minute report [which are reported every five minutes beginning at the top of the hour]. The raw readings are based on the temperature rounded to the nearest degree Celsius, and then converted to Fahrenheit, which is why they can vary +/- 1F from what is reported.

METAR observations, on the other hand, report the temperature to the nearest decimal degree Celsius. In this case, the actual [non-rounded] temperature is 27.8C, which converts to 82F. If you still want to persist in your folly, I will bet you $1,000,000 that the high for the day at MDT is at least 82F.

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16 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

You can keep saying it but you're wrong. The 2:56 pm observation is a METAR report, not a raw 5-minute report [which are reported every five minutes beginning at the top of the hour]. The raw readings are based on the temperature rounded to the nearest degree Celsius, and then converted to Fahrenheit, which is why they can vary +/- 1F from what is reported.

METAR observations report the temperature to the nearest decimal degree Celsius. In this case, the actual [non-rounded] temperature is 27.8C, which converts to 82F. If you still want to persist in your folly, I will bet you $1,000,000 that the high for the day at MDT is at least 82F.

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I corrected my original post to say that I misunderstood your assertion.  I thought you were saying all the reports were metar.    I corrected it before your reply so your internet tough guy routine did not gauge my correction though I did not mean to sound harsh in my response, you did not explain your assertion very well to pinpoint the time. 

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16 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

You can keep saying it but you're wrong. The 2:56 pm observation is a METAR report, not a raw 5-minute report [which are reported every five minutes beginning at the top of the hour]. The raw readings are based on the temperature rounded to the nearest degree Celsius, and then converted to Fahrenheit, which is why they can vary +/- 1F from what is reported.

METAR observations, on the other hand, report the temperature to the nearest decimal degree Celsius. In this case, the actual [non-rounded] temperature is 27.8C, which converts to 82F. If you still want to persist in your folly, I will bet you $1,000,000 that the high for the day at MDT is at least 82F.

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Thank you for the clarification.  No need to be obnoxious about it. 

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39 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Thank you for the clarification.  No need to be obnoxious about it. 

After reviewing everything, I think he is right. I did not know the :56 readings were not rounded.  With that said, I would gladly have paid $100 to have MDT come in at 81 for the day.  A profit of $999,000. 

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