The Weather Forecast Thread

I think it'd be slightly more useful if some more inland cities were marked on the map- you can easily judge where say, Newcastle or Plymouth are by the coastline, but confronted with a heavily zoomed in brown, undistinct landmass, how am I supposed to identify where Leicester is?

Talking of place names, the other big thing I'd like to see changed is the return of a few more cities on the summary screen. Having just Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London is a fat lot of good here in Yorkshire... and much of the rest of the country too.

I'm totally used to the new graphics now as well - although there are things which annoy me. I agree that the flyovers are a waste of time. The only use I can see for them is for people who are travelling/commuting to different areas of the country etc - but even then they can just look at the map while it is still. I think just zooming in on any area that is relevant to the weather for the country (e.g tracking a band of rain) would be more appropriate.
The big 'plus' for me is the tracking of precipitation. Whilst it is of course not always accurate, it is far more helpful than the old symbols, especially when it is sunshin-and-showers weather.
As for the green of the map, yes, it would be nice, but it really doesn't bother me that much.

As much as I liked the other system, I am finding that now I am looking in much more detail at the weather. I am now looking at what time of day I am going to experience rain and at what time it is going to stop. To improve further I would get rid of the fly-around and put a more detailed summary in as the weather for Cardiff or London is no use for me in Sheffield.
But the system works brilliantly for the local weather.

I only thing I hate about the new weather forecasts is the brown and the lack of advanced weather information. The rest of it is better than before (I take back what I said in my last post then...).

Still not a fan of the weird tilt (which sometimes obscures the North of England and Scotland - can you even see Shetland on it?) and the red graphics in the corner.

The problem is, the more advanced you get, the more likely you are going to get it wrong. I've found that since they've tried to be more precise, they seem to be getting it wrong!

Why has Carol Kirkwood done the regional weather in Yorkshire today? I remember Dan Corbett has done this too, is it if a regional weather presenter sleeps in?

Aren't the regional breakfast summaries always done by the overnight forecaster in London?

Yorkshire's is normally done live in the studio in the morning. Occasionally they use the pre-rec'd forecast from London if someone is off.

Not all of them no, but most regions' breakfast weathers at 0655, 0755 and 0855 are done by the overnight forecaster in London. There's a playout from the weather centre to the regions at 0545 known internally as Weathervision. There's a set order of forecasts for each region but any additional ones in the case of sickness or absense of the regional forecaster can be requested. Similarly a region might request that the Weather Centre provide a regional forecast for any other regional programme. Occasionally a region "books" a network forecaster to provide holiday cover and they present from the region itself. South Today use Matt Taylor quite a lot and Points West have used Penny Tranter often in the past too. Whether this is on a freelance basis or some other internal arrangement I'm not sure.

The South East breakfast weather (and travel summary) are often done in the studio by the regional team, who most of the time also do live bulletins into Radio Kent's breakfast show. In recent months, it's been known for Nick Miller to even read the breakfast news!

The SE regional forecast at 22.25 is obviously pre-recorded.

Is his father Polish?