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> 'Nice' weather girls... >More wet weather set for UK (February 2005)

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AJ
A.J.A.
Dan posted:
A.J.A. posted:
Yep, I've a feeling in my bones that if people want to see the new graphics, they should watch tonight's Newsline. Wink


Or Wales Today Smile


Oh poo. I thought it was a BBC Newsline: News Worth Watching exclusive! Very Happy
DA
Dan Founding member
A.J.A. posted:
Oh poo. I thought it was a BBC Newsline: News Worth Watching exclusive! Very Happy


I think the nice people in London have sent everyone a Project Storm tape and cue Smile
AP
AdamP
It looks as though South Today is also having a look at the new graphics at the end of the programme.
R2
r2ro
I've just looked at the video on the Breakfast Website and one of the 'sneak previews' is of that globe and cloud which is pictured earlier on this thread animating. I hope the rest aren't like that; I don't like that graphic.
DE
denton
So, the easy to understand symbols are to be dropped.

For example the sunshine symbol has been replaced with.... nothing.

You can only tell where the sun will shine by comparing with areas where there will be cloud cover. So if the forcast is for a day of blanket cloud (or blanket sunshine) you will need to analyse how dull or bright the sludge coloured earth is on the weather map. Fantastic.

On the same bent... if there is blanket rain over Northern Ireland the map will be a sea of blue. You will only be able to tell if it is a full map of Northern Ireland, as opposed to a close up of an area, if there are place names written on the map. Progress.
CA
cat
But are you genuinely stupid enough to not understand that 'no clouds in the sky' means 'you will be able to see the sun'?

It seems a pretty obvious link to me.

The Look East graphics looked fairly unspectacular... just like a 3D Sky News map. No doubt there are more spectacular things to come.
DE
denton
cat posted:
But are you genuinely stupid enough to not understand that 'no clouds in the sky' means 'you will be able to see the sun'?

It seems a pretty obvious link to me.

The Look East graphics looked fairly unspectacular... just like a 3D Sky News map. No doubt there are more spectacular things to come.


Thank you for that rude interlude.

You've missed the point.

As demonstrated by BBC Newsline's Angie... sunshine symbols have been replaced by nothing . You can only contrast with areas where there will be cloud, which is represented by a shadow cast over the map. On the occasions where there is a complete lack of cloud in the sky there will be no shadow on the map with which the viewer can draw a comparison.

Therefore you will only be able to tell that it is a cloud free day by remembering how bright the map looks on a cloud free day, as opposed to how dull it looks on a cloudy day.
AN
Andrew Founding member
A very brief mention on Hull Look North accompanied by Peter Levy yawning and mocking him for making such a fuss. A similar response on Leeds Look North as well.
LE
Lee
http://www.leeseaman.com/TV/presentation/bbc/weather/lookeast/newgraphics01.jpg

http://www.leeseaman.com/TV/presentation/bbc/weather/lookeast/newgraphics02.jpg

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RW
Robert Williams Founding member
Peter Cockroft previewed the new graphics on BBC London News:

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/Weather1.jpg

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/Weather2.jpg

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/Weather3.jpg

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/Weather4.jpg
NE
Noelfirl
Why have they used such a dull brown for the landmass?

I not so sure that this new system is going to be a great step forward from the symbols currently in use, but I'll wait til Monday to judge it fully.
LE
Lee
I would've thought that to make the forecasts seem more real - which is what they say they're trying to do - they'd use a more real-looking map, like the maps they use now.

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