March 16, 20179 yr Author In the Navy we referred to that as zulu time, and is always what we ran by when we were underway. Actually Zulu time is different. It is based on the zero meridian which goes through Greenwich, England. It is also known as GMT or Greenwhich Mean Time. It is not quite as accurate for time as UTC time. It was really confusing to mean when I first started doing these weather reports until I study on it. I didn't know there were actually different.
March 16, 20179 yr Actually Zulu time is different. It is based on the zero meridian which goes through Greenwich, England. It is also known as GMT or Greenwhich Mean Time. It is not quite as accurate for time as UTC time. It was really confusing to mean when I first started doing these weather reports until I study on it. I didn't know there were actually different.Oh cool, learned something new.
March 16, 20179 yr I knew Zulu or GMT was based on the zero meridian, but I thought the Atomic clock was also
March 16, 20179 yr Author I knew Zulu or GMT was based on the zero meridian, but I thought the Atomic clock was also I think it is also but I think the main difference is accuracy. The way I understand it UTC time came about in the 1960s and Zulu time has been around much longer. I think UTC came about around the time countries started putting satellites into space. I could be wrong on that point though.
March 17, 20179 yr Author Those others didn't seem to last so I'm just testing another way. This shows the showers for today through Saturday afternoon.
March 18, 20179 yr Author I'm mesmerized by your graphics, @nWo! :wideyed: Thanks, just trying to get the information out and show what I look at.
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