I generally still use the old style site for rainfall radar, and sat
pics. This morning I thought I would give the new site another go. It
still took ages to load and the vis cloud map showed it largely clear
here whereas the old one showed extensive cloud. It is very cloudy here
at the moment. I then tried to change the location and nothing happened
and I realised it had locked up. I have a fairly fast PC running Windows
7 with 60mb broadband that is very quick for most other things. Not
impressed.
Dave

On Monday, June 24, 2013 1:42:55 PM UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
I generally still use the old style site for rainfall radar, and sat

pics. This morning I thought I would give the new site another go. It

still took ages to load and the vis cloud map showed it largely clear

here whereas the old one showed extensive cloud. It is very cloudy here

at the moment. I then tried to change the location and nothing happened

and I realised it had locked up. I have a fairly fast PC running Windows

7 with 60mb broadband that is very quick for most other things. Not

impressed.

Dave

You are right Dave. It is rubbish. Does not depend on how fast your connection is.

I mailed the UKMO about it when it first came out. As did others on this ng.
But they did zilch about it.
It is obviously a low priority, or they have not the resources, or they have not the knowledge to improve it. Probably all three.
It is an embarrassment to them when other sites (eg NOAA) have fast and smooth animations.

I use Rain today
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

or Netweather
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

for radar animations.

Len

On Monday, June 24, 2013 1:42:55 PM UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
I generally still use the old style site for rainfall radar, and sat

pics. This morning I thought I would give the new site another go. It

still took ages to load and the vis cloud map showed it largely clear

here whereas the old one showed extensive cloud. It is very cloudy here

at the moment. I then tried to change the location and nothing happened

and I realised it had locked up. I have a fairly fast PC running Windows

7 with 60mb broadband that is very quick for most other things. Not

impressed.

Dave

I find the Met Office site hugely frustrating at times - its almost like there is too much stuff on there, a lot of it hard to find unless you know the exact URL.
For radar I use meteox.com - just because it seems to load faster on my system