On Thu, 19 May 2005 18:59:54 +0100, Kevin Andreoli
wrote:

Just watched the local forecast from BBC South (South Today). The local forecaster
started with a synoptic chart!. She followed up by mentioning the pressure in the
Atlantic, and then gave offshore and onshore wind forecasts for the next four days.
There was even a display of the local pressure.

In fact she produced a pre-change forecast using the new graphics!

There is hope!

There is - unfortunately I missed the South Today forecast but in the
most recent News 24 forecast, Darren Bett showed the NW Atlantic way
beyond the confines of the British Isles, and included a wind field
(animated wind arrows). The arrows were far too small in the North,
because of the weird map perspective used, but that can be fixed and
it shows the presenters are able and willing to try new things and
tweak the implementation.

I hope that one by one, some of the best bits of the old system will
creep back in - rainfall radar sequences and perhaps even a NW
Atlantic pressure chart at the start. I'm sure the brown background
will change, too... given time.

--
Dave