Crikey, my BBC weather for scotland on bbc.co.uk has also had a makeover


"Brian Blair" wrote in message
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It would appear that the 27/57 slots on BBC news 24 and to a degree
Breakfast have now been replaced with 15/45 past the hour with regional
"traditional" maps and symbols at 28/58

My initial impressions of the new graphics are that Scotland is both more
geographically accurate but harder to see on the UK map - but it is better
as it shows the tilt. The rainfall is better as it much clearer where it
is forecast to fall (normally our rainfall icon sits just south of
Aviemore or on Glasgow or Edinburgh so it is a job to see what we are
getting). I am not sure how they are representing the old one raindrop
icon or the two drop and the sunshine depiction is unclear - folks like to
see a sun icon, period.

I found it hard to see the snow images (snowflakes) amid the rainfall and
it would seem that wind speed and direction will only feature if there is
significant wind?

Ultimately, no matter what fancy graphics they use, trying to present the
weather in 2 minute snippets for the whole of the UK will always be a
tough job. Sometimes it beggars belief to think how many hours a week are
taken up by say Eastenders and how much is devoted to the weather.

brian
aberfeldy

bit nippy this morning, shorts may be a bad call today.