There were quite a few complaints (from day 1) about the 12pm/12am situation and it being a bit confusing. Why they didn't use the 24 hour clock from the beginning I don't know. But there seems to be more use of the pressure charts again these days to, so perhaps common sense is now prevailing at the Weather Centre.
Is anyone used to the BBC brown maps yet? I still can't stand them and fail to see why they couldn't be green.
The previous look was a lot better - they should have just made that tilt a bit and got rid of the symbols.
I really don't like the BBC's weather, and lord knows I've given it a shot.
I understand why the weatherscape software is great in New Zeland. The country is the perfect shape for panning across, seeing weather fronts passing over. If the UK were at 90 degrees on the map it would work, but going up and down and side to side the way it does just now just makes my head spin.
The tilt is still awful. Scotland's central belt is miniscule on the screen, making it difficult to see whether my city is dark brown,
darker
brown or blue.
Whatever that means.
I don't doubt the consultation period was exhaustive; and you can't please everyone. So hey ho.
Is anyone used to the BBC brown maps yet? I still can't stand them and fail to see why they couldn't be green.
The previous look was a lot better - they should have just made that tilt a bit and got rid of the symbols.
Probably to do with the contrast between the shading used for weathers such as rain, hail, sleet, snow, frost etc.
As for the maps, could never see what the problem was. The initial change took a bit of getting used to but it's far more concise than what's been before
Is anyone used to the BBC brown maps yet? I still can't stand them and fail to see why they couldn't be green.
The previous look was a lot better - they should have just made that tilt a bit and got rid of the symbols.
Probably to do with the contrast between the shading used for weathers such as rain, hail, sleet, snow, frost etc.
As for the maps, could never see what the problem was. The initial change took a bit of getting used to but it's far more concise than what's been before
While the new system is graphically more concise, there was clearly an editorial decision at the time of the changes which resulted in less information being presented.
Wind direction and strength was completely dropped at first. Then re-introduced. Quite how any weather forecaster thought it was acceptable to omit this information is beyond me.
There were no Atlantic pressure charts at all when the graphics changed, They are now shown some of the time, but not all of the time, which is a pity. Displaying them animate for 10 seconds is a quick and simple overview of the weather to come.
Why do we need the city names on the map ALL the time? Are we really to believe that people can't locate where they live on a map of the UK?
The flyarounds waste time. For 75% of the time you are looking at an area of the country which is irrelevant to any one individual. At least if the presenter is talking about the south-east, on a wide shot I can still SEE what the weather's going to do where I am.
Subtitles frequently obscure the date and time, which is rather usless for the hearing impaired.
The weather homepage displays the new graphics for your home location. The 5 day forecast page displays the old symbols. Why?
The links for sea temperatures on the website haven't ever worked. Why not remove the links until such time the information is available?
The Pollen Forecast is broken.
On a more positive note, that Tomasz bloke's quite cute.
I really never thought I would ever say this, but I've actually got quite used to the BBC weather maps.
With the old symbols, I'd often sit through a weather forecast and realise at the end that I'd not actually taken any notice of anything that was said. Now I actually seem to take everything in more, and remember the forecast. Despite hating it at first, I actually think if they reverted to the old symbols now I'd miss the Weatherscape system.
That's not to say it can't improve - indeed, I agree with most of Marksi's points above. I'd still prefer the land to be green. I don't believe different shades of brown are any easier to make out than different shades of green - and there's no other green graphics which would clash.
I'd also like to see the return of pressure maps on each main forecast rather than the occasional token use we have now.