Thinking about it, I wish now they've gone for this system, they should bin the symbols altogether. The pictures kindly posted on the last page are far more effective than the old symbols, and on the maps the shading should be used.
I live in Wrexham, NE Wales (just to the left of the '17' on the map). What's my weather? No idea! Could be rainy or sunny, we're halfway between two symbols.
If it were shaded as on the TV forecast, I'd know.
Which is all very well, and no matter how lovely it is flying over a badly-antialiased map of Britain waiting for your part of the country to appear, I can't help but think that it was rather easier before: you knew exactly where the bit you live is on the map and simply look for the nearest symbol to work out what the weather will be like. Symbols such as a cloud a sun or a big jagged lightning bolt. Clear as day. Or a cloudless sky.
Now I've not only got to either wait patiently for my bit of the country to appear, or search over the map, try and work out just where the rain border ends and decide whether I'm in a light brown or a dark brown bit in order to work out if it'll be cloudy or not.
Yes the graphics are fantastically well done and the whole concept is very clever. But it's a little TOO clever. They've gone that bit too far. Weather bulletins shouldn't be like a Mensa exam question.
Whats with only having place names on the coastal fringes on the national forecast ? That fiercely territorial midlands lot won't be very happy with that.
Whats with only having place names on the coastal fringes on the national forecast ? That fiercely territorial midlands lot won't be very happy with that.
There's now not enough room for the temperatures otherwise, what with the map being smaller etc. ...
Whats with only having place names on the coastal fringes on the national forecast ? That fiercely territorial midlands lot won't be very happy with that.
There's now not enough room for the temperatures otherwise, what with the map being smaller etc. ...
