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Old June 13th 17, 10:22 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is offline
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Default Met Office trialling use of obs from navigational buoys

It's down to cost and requirement. MMS are expensive and need to be serviced/repaired so accessibility is also a factor. Cheap, off the shelf systems use non-standard sensors and are, thus, unacceptable.