NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO STOP YELLING IN ALL CAPS IN FORECASTS

Weather nerds, rejoice.

The National Weather Service announced on Monday that it will soon stop using all-caps style in its weather broadcasts, ending a long-standing but frequently mocked holdover that stems to the days of typewriters. 

"LISTEN UP!" NOAA spokesperson Susan Buchanan writes in an email, "BEGINNING ON MAY 11, NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU."

The weather agency says the changes come as a result of upgrades to its computer system, and that a 30-day notification period is officially underway.

The all-caps style is reportedly a result of an antiquated system that was built to move weather reports over a "wire" made up of teleprinters. Those, the agency explains, resembled "typewriters hooked up to telephone lines."  Read more...