An opportunity to influence how probability/uncertainty are conveyed in the
website rainfall forecasts :-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...nty/index.html

Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
An opportunity to influence how probability/uncertainty are conveyed in
the
website rainfall forecasts :-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...nty/index.html

Jon.


I voted for "C"
The one with millimeters on the Y axis, and the shaded vertical blue bars.

The chart with "probability" on the Y axis is too confusing at a glance.
Im used to seeing precipitation bar charts whereby the length of the bar is
an indication of the expected rainfall, not the probability.

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:19:53 -0000, "Jon O'Rourke"
wrote:

An opportunity to influence how probability/uncertainty are conveyed in the
website rainfall forecasts :-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...nty/index.html

Thanks Jon.

First impressions are I think important if this is to gain widespread
use and acceptance. My first impressions a

C = the best combination of usefulness and simplicity.

A = the easiest to understand (for simple minds!)

Unfortunately, the question I answered in C wasn't asked so I had to
assume that's what it meant and use the comments box to reinforce it.

The Met Office needs to bear in mind who is most likely to use these 5
day automated forecast pages and it won't often be the likes of many
of us in this newsgroup.

--
Dave

Jon O'Rourke wrote:
An opportunity to influence how probability/uncertainty are conveyed in the
website rainfall forecasts :-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...nty/index.html

I have voted for C.

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Howard Neil

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message C =
the best combination of usefulness and simplicity.

A = the easiest to understand (for simple minds!)

I also suggested A as the easiest to understand :-)



Unfortunately, the question I answered in C wasn't asked so I had to
assume that's what it meant and use the comments box to reinforce it.

The Met Office needs to bear in mind who is most likely to use these 5
day automated forecast pages and it won't often be the likes of many
of us in this newsgroup.

--

I veered away from C as I found the blue shades a bit too similar and
suggested B as most useful with D being the one I'd prefer to see on the
site. All very subjective though.

Jon.

Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
An opportunity to influence how probability/uncertainty are conveyed in
the
website rainfall forecasts :-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...nty/index.html

Jon.


I voted for "C"

Same here

Graham
Penzance

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:19:51 -0000, "Jon O'Rourke"
wrote:

"Dave Ludlow"

wrote in message C = the best combination of usefulness and simplicity.

I veered away from C as I found the blue shades a bit too similar and
suggested B as most useful with D being the one I'd prefer to see on the
site. All very subjective though.

Yes indeed, it's highly subjective.

For me, C is intuitive. Dark blue at the base of the bars (higher
probability) fades nicely away towards the top (lower probability) and
eventually into nothing (unlikely). I preferred it to colour coding,
which is more often used in that situation.

I couldn't take in B D or E at a glance and I mentally switched off as
soon as my brain started to hurt. Clearly, your brain is more supple
than mine is today!

--
Dave

Felly sgrifennodd Jon O'Rourke :
I veered away from C as I found the blue shades a bit too similar and
suggested B as most useful with D being the one I'd prefer to see on the
site. All very subjective though.

I've gone for D as most useful and the one I want to see. A is
obviously the easiest to understand, as it gives the least information.
As I said in the comments, I really wouldn't want to see A used instead
of one of the others.

C just has too much blue on it. If they coloured it instead in some way,
as for D, then I'd have a job choosing between the two.

Adrian

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Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais/weather/ uk

D

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

David Mitchell wrote:
D

Ditto D

Steve J