Hi, Everyone,

Our autumn programme at the NE Centre Royal Meteorological Society begins
this Friday, 14th October, with a presentation from Penny Tranter (London
Weather Centre). TV weather forecasting in the 21st century.

Meetings begin at 7:45pm in the Senior Common Room of St Chad's College,
North Bailey, Durham City. Admission is free to everyone and there will be
plenty of time to chat to Penny after the formal part of the meeting ends
around 9:00pm.

Best wishes,

--
Ken Cook (Treasurer, NE Centre Royal Met Soc)
Copley (253m, 830ft) & Copley Lead Mill (218m, 715ft)
5 miles north of Barnard Castle, County Durham.
(All times GMT)
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

Some could ask her why she never uses pressure charts etc...

Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, Everyone,

Our autumn programme at the NE Centre Royal Meteorological Society begins
this Friday, 14th October, with a presentation from Penny Tranter (London
Weather Centre). TV weather forecasting in the 21st century.

Meetings begin at 7:45pm in the Senior Common Room of St Chad's College,
North Bailey, Durham City. Admission is free to everyone and there will be
plenty of time to chat to Penny after the formal part of the meeting ends
around 9:00pm.

Best wishes,

--
Ken Cook (Treasurer, NE Centre Royal Met Soc)
Copley (253m, 830ft) & Copley Lead Mill (218m, 715ft)
5 miles north of Barnard Castle, County Durham.
(All times GMT)
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

wrote:
Some could ask her why she never uses pressure charts etc...

........... or the new aspect of the new style BBC forecasts that caught
the corner of my eye today (I don't pay anything like the attention to
them that I used to) and I've been hoping ever since that I dreamt it.

The lunchtime forecast presenter said they "use the globe at the
beginning" (as a forecasting prop): "When the globe is cloudy it's
likely to rain; when it's clear it's going to be sunny".

Dumb .... dumber ...... dumbest?

Have fun, BTW, Ken.

- Tom.

PS. I've got one of those snowmen in a globe things, somewhere. You
know, the sort that when you shake it up, it snows. Now, where did I
put it? It'll come in *very* handy around Xmas. Anyone got a decent
sledge for sale????

Tom Bennett wrote:
wrote:
Some could ask her why she never uses pressure charts etc...

.......... or the new aspect of the new style BBC forecasts that
caught the corner of my eye today (I don't pay anything like the
attention to them that I used to) and I've been hoping ever since
that I dreamt it.

The lunchtime forecast presenter said they "use the globe at the
beginning" (as a forecasting prop): "When the globe is cloudy it's
likely to rain; when it's clear it's going to be sunny".

Dumb .... dumber ...... dumbest?

Have fun, BTW, Ken.

One thing to NOT ask is how much input the forecasters had in the new
graphics etc. I had a very revealing answer from Paul Hudson (BBC Look
North) on this topic, and not for the life of me will I reveal the answer,
but I think you can guess it for yourselves!
--
Rob Overfield
Hull

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:40:14 +0100, "Rob Overfield"
wrote:

One thing to NOT ask is how much input the forecasters had in the new
graphics etc. I had a very revealing answer from Paul Hudson (BBC Look
North) on this topic, and not for the life of me will I reveal the answer,
but I think you can guess it for yourselves!

I've watched several different regional forecasts over the last few
months (you can see them all on Sky Digital) and it's clear that there
is a standard basic set/sequence of charts and graphics that all
regions must follow. However, there is a degree of latitude and some
regional presenters have managed to "personalise" the standard
sequences.. obviously with the agreement of their regional producer.

When I last watched BBC South Today a couple of weeks ago, Alina
Jenkins was still showing synoptic charts fairly often, together with
an obviously "personalised" diagonal view of the South Coast so that
she could place the tide information geographically in the correct
places. Wind information was displayed additionally in the "old" way,
much more meaningfully than those stupid wind field arrows (which were
sometimes shown as well but never exclusively).

I think the regions have more flexibility than some of them like to
admit... but of course, they do need the co-operation of the local
production team - including sufficient time to complete any modified
forecast sequences. I have been as big a critic of the new style
graphics as anyone but now, I am very happy with the way forecasts are
presented on BBC South. Not so with the National forecasts.

Cheers,

Dave
Fareham

In article , Dave Ludlow writes:

.. I have been as big a critic of the new style
graphics as anyone but now, I am very happy with the way forecasts are
presented on BBC South. Not so with the National forecasts.

I agree. Alina Jenkins does provide a better service than the National forecasts
- within the limits of the new system. I have wondered whether the requirements
of the Solent sailing community has kept standards up, or whether this is down
to the presenter/producer, themselves?


Cheers,

keith




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