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Gareth
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I noticed that during the forecast at the end of the One O'clock news today Rob Mclwee used the Atlantic Pressure chart at the start of the forecast - for some time, describing how the pressure would be affecting the weather over the next few days. The chart also appeared to animate smoothly, though not as smooth as you would think but better than I've seen previously. Could the visual appearance of the pressure animations have been keeping them off the screens or BBC Weather thinking they're too complicated?
Gareth
Gareth
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I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
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I noticed that during the forecast at the end of the One O'clock news today Rob Mclwee used the Atlantic Pressure chart at the start of the forecast - for some time, describing how the pressure would be affecting the weather over the next few days. The chart also appeared to animate smoothly, though not as smooth as you would think but better than I've seen previously. Could the visual appearance of the pressure animations have been keeping them off the screens or BBC Weather thinking they're too complicated?
I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
MA
I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
The pressure charts are, without doubt, used less now than they were before the graphic relaunch. If you know how to read a series of pressure chart (and it really doesn't require much thought) then you will have a much better understanding of the weather for the next few days. It's much more useful that a fly-around the country as 2/3rds of the time spent it is irrelevant to any individual location.
I'm not aware of any major broadcaster in Europe which omits pressure charts the way the BBC Weather centre does, and the pressure chart is more relevant to the British Isles more than just about any other European country owing to the proximity to the North Atlantic and Gulf Stream.
stu20_ml2 posted:
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I noticed that during the forecast at the end of the One O'clock news today Rob Mclwee used the Atlantic Pressure chart at the start of the forecast - for some time, describing how the pressure would be affecting the weather over the next few days. The chart also appeared to animate smoothly, though not as smooth as you would think but better than I've seen previously. Could the visual appearance of the pressure animations have been keeping them off the screens or BBC Weather thinking they're too complicated?
I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
The pressure charts are, without doubt, used less now than they were before the graphic relaunch. If you know how to read a series of pressure chart (and it really doesn't require much thought) then you will have a much better understanding of the weather for the next few days. It's much more useful that a fly-around the country as 2/3rds of the time spent it is irrelevant to any individual location.
I'm not aware of any major broadcaster in Europe which omits pressure charts the way the BBC Weather centre does, and the pressure chart is more relevant to the British Isles more than just about any other European country owing to the proximity to the North Atlantic and Gulf Stream.
PO
I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
Well you must have watched different broadcasts to me then as they used to tell the whole story starting with the pressure charts moving on to the easy to see and remember symbols. A couple of months on I've all but given up on this sh*t weather presentation and tend to catch it on another channel, and I look on the Met Office website daily.
So now I only watch the news on BBC1 and even then I usually turn off when they get to the sport as there's no point leaving it on for the weather now.
stu20_ml2 posted:
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I noticed that during the forecast at the end of the One O'clock news today Rob Mclwee used the Atlantic Pressure chart at the start of the forecast - for some time, describing how the pressure would be affecting the weather over the next few days. The chart also appeared to animate smoothly, though not as smooth as you would think but better than I've seen previously. Could the visual appearance of the pressure animations have been keeping them off the screens or BBC Weather thinking they're too complicated?
I am a regular viewer of the BBC's weather bulletins and for the last few years pressure charts have only been used to illustrate unusual weather patterns, such as deep depressions i.e storms or for weather such as we are having at the moment, i.e high pressure drawing warm air from the tropics. Since the new graphics were launched I have seen several people on here accuse the BBC of dumbing down their forecasts by not including pressure charts. If you look back over the last few years you will see that this is not infact the case. The BBC team are doing the right thing by only using isobars when there is something unusual enough to warrant a mention.
Well you must have watched different broadcasts to me then as they used to tell the whole story starting with the pressure charts moving on to the easy to see and remember symbols. A couple of months on I've all but given up on this sh*t weather presentation and tend to catch it on another channel, and I look on the Met Office website daily.
So now I only watch the news on BBC1 and even then I usually turn off when they get to the sport as there's no point leaving it on for the weather now.
ND
So far this week dear Angie on BBC Newsline has been sent to Helen's Bay on Monday and on the last two days she has been on the roof garden of Broadcasting House with hardly any graphics. On Tuesday we did get captions appearing at the bottom of the screen with a couple of remarks about the weather.
I hope it's just because a vision mixer is on his hols or whoever can fix Angie's computer is away at the moment!
As I've said before, I do a bit of sailing but derive very little info about winds from the BBC tv forecasts now. RTE's charts are much more informative IMHO.
I hope it's just because a vision mixer is on his hols or whoever can fix Angie's computer is away at the moment!
As I've said before, I do a bit of sailing but derive very little info about winds from the BBC tv forecasts now. RTE's charts are much more informative IMHO.
MA
Summary: Technical Disaster For Some.
NorthDown2 posted:
So far this week dear Angie on BBC Newsline has been sent to Helen's Bay on Monday and on the last two days she has been on the roof garden of Broadcasting House with hardly any graphics. On Tuesday we did get captions appearing at the bottom of the screen with a couple of remarks about the weather.
I hope it's just because a vision mixer is on his hols or whoever can fix Angie's computer is away at the moment!
As I've said before, I do a bit of sailing but derive very little info about winds from the BBC tv forecasts now. RTE's charts are much more informative IMHO.
I hope it's just because a vision mixer is on his hols or whoever can fix Angie's computer is away at the moment!
As I've said before, I do a bit of sailing but derive very little info about winds from the BBC tv forecasts now. RTE's charts are much more informative IMHO.
Summary: Technical Disaster For Some.
