I am actually getting used to them now and feel that with a tweak to the colours they'll be ok. On a different tack though on N24 aren't the News Presenters beginning to enjoy taking the proverbial out of the revamp?
In the olden days we'd have got a clear symbol of a sun, cloud and a few raindrops.
So how does the new forecast deal with this?
Darker shade of brown around the time there is cloud, then a brighter lighter patch of 'brown' when the sun is out.
This is the problem isn't it (well part of it) I can't remember what the hell will happen as all we see are the blobs - the clear symbols were memorable!
I'll miss seeing the "sun" symbol if we ever do get a summer - there was something really pleasing about seeing the full sun symbol all over the country, alas no more.
Everyone should watch Eddie Mair's forecasts on the BBC Three News if you can. Normally involve him just reeling out several colours (predominantly brown).
Slightly more worrying then how the graphics look... what you are now seeing is real time data from the Met Office... BUT the new software is cocking up. So when the human forecaster KNOWS the rain is going east... the computer will show it going West. Or just cover far too much of the country/region in rain.
And since these days the "lead meterologist" in London hasn't always trained as one... well listen carefully to national and regional forecasts... despite what the graphics say the presenter may well be contradicting it.
If you can get Midlands Today, stand in weather guy Simon is delighting in contradicting what is onscreen!
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Slightly more worrying then how the graphics look... what you are now seeing is real time data from the Met Office... BUT the new software is cocking up. So when the human forecaster KNOWS the rain is going east... the computer will show it going West. Or just cover far too much of the country/region in rain.
And since these days the "lead meterologist" in London hasn't always trained as one... well listen carefully to national and regional forecasts... despite what the graphics say the presenter may well be contradicting it.
If you can get Midlands Today, stand in weather guy Simon is delighting in contradicting what is onscreen!
IIRC all the BBC's weather peeps are from the Met Office.
I can't remember what the hell will happen as all we see are the blobs - the clear symbols were memorable!
I'll miss seeing the "sun" symbol if we ever do get a summer - there was something really pleasing about seeing the full sun symbol all over the country, alas no more.
Symbols certainly are memorable. I watch the weather forecast now and within 5 minutes, I've forgotton what is going to happen tomorrow. I also asked a member of my family what was going to happen shortly after the weather forecast and they couldn't remember either!
Loads of big sun symbols put all over the old map with no cloud symbols certainly made me smile. As you knew it was going to be a great day not a cloud in sight . When that happens this year, all we will be looking at is a swooping picture of a brown desert with nothing else happening...no symbols...nothing. That won't put a smile on my face.
There also seems to be less stretching and hand movements going on i.e. the map moving instead. The only thing Carol Kirkwood has pointed to is the time ticker - "Keep an eye on this time movement"
i despise the new weather graphics. I live in Scotland and can i just say that most of us feel like we don't exist...you can hardly see us. I hate the colour of the map, Britain now looks like a gigantic pool of mud. The weather team said that the weather was now going to be 'clearer' but I don't feel it is. The sun is supposed to be highlighted from lighter shades but yet again you can't determine if it is going to be sunny in Scotland because you can hardly see us due to the terrible scale of the map. OK, I am perhaps being slightly harsh here but the new weather graphics need revising as I have heard that numerous complaints are coming into the beeb. Also, when they zoom in and fly around, I start to feel slightly dizzy. Not very fond of the representation of rain...looks like Britain has just been hit by a tidal wave or has been badly flooded. I do not feel they were thought of well and would not be surprised if they have to go back and tweak them. Prefered the way the BBC weather was.
I say bring back Michael Fish, he'll sort 'em out!
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Newswatch last night on News 24 with BBC Weather Manager.
Presenter: "there have been some complaints that Scotland has disappeared from the map and hard to see what weather is going on up there, your thoughts".
BBC Weather Manager: "well someone has to suffer through a 3-D new weather map".
Slightly more worrying then how the graphics look... what you are now seeing is real time data from the Met Office... BUT the new software is cocking up. So when the human forecaster KNOWS the rain is going east... the computer will show it going West. Or just cover far too much of the country/region in rain.
And since these days the "lead meterologist" in London hasn't always trained as one... well listen carefully to national and regional forecasts... despite what the graphics say the presenter may well be contradicting it.
If you can get Midlands Today, stand in weather guy Simon is delighting in contradicting what is onscreen!
IIRC all the BBC's weather peeps are from the Met Office.
I thought Simon was freelance? (Doesn't he have a weather related sideline?)
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Well today weather for my region was a dark brown lump floating in a blue pool.
. When that happens this year, all we will be looking at is a swooping picture of a brown desert with nothing else happening...no symbols...nothing. That won't put a smile on my face. 