On Wed, 25 May 2005 18:59:55 +0100, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

Good old Jim Bacon checked over his shoulder to check nobody was
watching then preceded to show an Atlantic Isobar animation for the next
three days, no fronts, buts it's a start. If you read this Jim, Thanks.

Keep the pressure up guys, I think we're getting through 'Houston'.

BBC South Today sent Alina Jones out into the gaden this evening
but she still showed animated isobars AND fronts on a North Atlantic
chart this evening, as she did last Friday when I last looked. Fronts
still looked rather crudely drawn in and the frontal symbols too small
- the new system is clearly the problem, here - but it was far better
than not having them at all. She also calls them "fronts", not
"weather fronts".

Alina again threw almost everything in, including the standard wind
field animation complete with tiny squiggly arrows which were, of
course, almost useless apart from vaguely indicating a veer from SE to
SW tomorrow. That definitely needs a big redesign - but she is
clearly aware of it and added TWO clear, full screen graphics of wind
speed and direction in four major ports - for tonight and for
tomorrow.

I also checked BBC Wales as like the South, they have a long length of
coastline. Unfortunately, Liam Dutton showed no isobars,
National/Atlantic graphics or wind information of any kind, not even
for coastal waters so only one star there, to Alina's four out of five
with another half for effort. I'm starting to feel quite pampered and
will now do an email of support for her and her producer's apparent
stand against the decree from on high.

I'll try to check another region, tomorrow.

--
Dave