On Thursday evening, BBC South Today got poor ol' Alina Jenkins to
broadcast the World's first ever weather forecast "live" from a
fairground roller-coaster!

Now, Alina is my favourite of all current weather presenters - she was
for example one of the very first to get the hang of presenting
isobar/frontal charts in the BBC's new graphics system - but I
generally HATE gimmicky forecasting. So it was going to be interesting
to see whether I'd love or hate THIS forecast!

Well as it turned out, I loved the fun of it more than I hated the
gimmick - for this one time only! I think it's well worth a look at
the video they've put up on the BBC South website - so if you're
interested, here it is (the web page with the story and a video link
at the foot of the page).

Enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/conte..._feature.shtml

--
Dave
Fareham.

Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Thursday evening, BBC South Today got poor ol' Alina Jenkins to
broadcast the World's first ever weather forecast "live" from a
fairground roller-coaster!
What a talented girl.................
'she presented the forecast live from onboard a moving roller coaster -
thought to be a world first in broadcasting.'
ah....the BBC weather team-always at the cutting edge of innovation
and technology.
Now Dan Corbett I wld like to see presenting from a roller coaster,
regards,
David

"Waghorn" wrote in message
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Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Thursday evening, BBC South Today got poor ol' Alina Jenkins to
broadcast the World's first ever weather forecast "live" from a
fairground roller-coaster!
What a talented girl.................
'she presented the forecast live from onboard a moving roller coaster -
thought to be a world first in broadcasting.'
ah....the BBC weather team-always at the cutting edge of innovation
and technology.
Now Dan Corbett I wld like to see presenting from a roller coaster,
regards,
David

Personally I'd prefer to See Dan presenting from a bungee jump where someone
has inadvertenly miscalculated the height of the jump. Or how about
re-enacting a certain Benjamin Franklin weather experiment?
--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

David Mitchell wrote:

Now Dan Corbett I wld like to see presenting from a roller coaster,
regards,
David

Personally I'd prefer to See Dan presenting from a bungee jump where someone
has inadvertenly miscalculated the height of the jump. Or how about
re-enacting a certain Benjamin Franklin weather experiment?

I'm sure the hair wld remain perfect,and the double breasted fully
buttoned throughout,
;-)
D

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On Thursday evening, BBC South Today got poor ol' Alina Jenkins to
broadcast the World's first ever weather forecast "live" from a
fairground roller-coaster!

Now, Alina is my favourite of all current weather presenters - she was
for example one of the very first to get the hang of presenting
isobar/frontal charts in the BBC's new graphics system - but I
generally HATE gimmicky forecasting. So it was going to be interesting
to see whether I'd love or hate THIS forecast!

Well as it turned out, I loved the fun of it more than I hated the
gimmick - for this one time only! I think it's well worth a look at
the video they've put up on the BBC South website - so if you're
interested, here it is (the web page with the story and a video link
at the foot of the page).

Personally, I can't stand all that stupid & gimmicky stuff.
You don't present the news from a roller coaster so it beats me why
anybody would want to present the weather from one.

But if it's real novelty you're after, perhaps they could return to the
Atlantic charts *all the time* and not just for the Countryfile forecast.


Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

On 10 Jun 2006 06:35:01 -0700, "Tudor Hughes"
wrote:
Agreed. It's rubbish, this weather forecasting as
entertainment. Alina Jenkins is just another identikit weather girlie
of the type currently fashionable and has no background whatever in
weather. Shame on the airheads who suggested this and on her for
going along with it. But none of us watches this rubbish, any, or do
we? I always feel let down, insulted even, by TV weather forecasts
since the advent of the Stupid Graphics.

I agree with the general comments about novelty weather forecasts if
that means information or understanding is lost but I don't think
Alina is "just another identikit weather girlie".

As an effective weather presenter, Alina beats most of the others,
irrespective of their meteorological knowledge and background; and she
has proven to be highly adaptable in new situations (the new graphics
system). She has been using Atlantic isobar/frontal charts and has
presented proper wind speed/direction indicators from week one of the
new system. She demonstrated from the start of the new system that she
has acquired a good understanding of everything "meteorological" that
a weather presenter needs to know.

However, taking part in this roller-coaster gimmick has not helped her
image among weather enthusiasts so let's hope it is the one and only
time such a thing is attempted - World Record or not. I did enjoy the
bit o' fun on this occasion - although it seriously degraded the
quality of the actual forecast.

--
Dave

On 9 Jun 2006 23:53:00 -0700, "Waghorn"
wrote:


Now Dan Corbett I wld like to see presenting from a roller coaster,

And I would like to see John Hammond do so if only to force him to
undo a least one of the three jacket buttons that he invariably seems
to have all securely fastened....
R