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Hi GS OK, the maps have to be bigger to allow compensations for digital and widescreen television. Otherwise they appear elongated, this was one of the problems with the old graphics. The position of the warning 'dog' is placed there over the SE for a technical reason. It is not desireable to have all towns placed over the maps. They pick out half a dozen major cities or towns for the examples. However if there is a specific story of national interest to tell the forcasters can add a town quite easily. The software for the graphics is the same for all BBC local tv stations, the forecaster just does not choose to use it. Intensity of snow is defined by bigger and smaller blobs you hopefully will see this as the Winter draws on. Ihope this helps to answer your questions MB If it is what I think you mean then, yes.

If I am correct in understanding your question, I believe it shows where snow has fallen or is laying.

A few of the people on the biogs page are no longer with BBC Weather for various reasons or are on attatchments elsewhere. The new faces (and I cannot tell you who they are yet) will be replacing Helen Young, Sarah Wilmshurst and Mike Fish. Keep an eye the Met Office pages and BBC Weather pages for more details next year. MB I would not say Dan is eccentric but he has a very witty sense of humour and is great fun. Having spent a good deal of time in the USA presenting weather there, he has picked up and developed a lot of 'sayings' which are unique to his presenting style. MB

Just for you ILS i have found Matt's BBC profile for you http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/fo...aylor_faq.shtml MB

Howdo Mr CN.... BBC Weather currently use 16 national weather presenters over 11 radio and television channels, daily. Recently the pack was given a 'shake' to introduce more faces and there are 2 more new faces yet to be seen, still in training. It is very possible Dan will be seen again at the 2235 slot. Hope this answers your question. MB

Hi Andy, Glad you approve of the frost graphic and yes, I think you will find that temperature numbers will still be used in conjuction with the pic graphics where necessary. MB Keep watching ES, there is more to come. As I mentioned a few posts ago, tests and experiments are being carried out at the moment with the new graphics system, (not with the presenters!) .... so you will see a few more symbols appearing and disappearing as the weeks go by. Now that the software has been in place for nearly six months and people have got the general jist of the new system, ways of enhancing the national maps are currently being looked at. Keep watching MB

Many times OON, especially trying to explain things on here! You win some and you lose some John - one thing I have learned from 20 something years at the BBC!! Problems and aggro surrounding the changes to the weather graphics are relatively minor compared to explaining to 'joe public' and answering questions now on switching off analogue television transmissions and going digital. Good points Button04 will pass them on for you tomorrow The BBC changed to temperature numbers within squares so as not to confuse wind speeds in circles. A common complaint with the old system. MB Keep watching Jackone!

Big wind arrows, jumping rain bands whatever next Minor modifications and experimental new features are being played with all the time at the moment with a view to making some future on-screen enhancements soon. MB

Hi Chris, Sorry for the delay in replying... a few days off! <_< It is a mix of both I am told and the images are digitally enhanced for bolder television definition which is why they may appear slightly different from the online images. MB Of course you are entitled to your own opinion and interpretation of how the BBC appears to you!

Cor blimey I thought we had peaked with the negativity on this subject.

Maybe I can assist you Shuggee. The key word in the opening paragraph was 'boderline'. This is why no snow symbol was used. In your second paragraph 'ring fence' This is not possible to do on the national maps. Maybe your local BBC tv weather will be able to do this is more detail on a local map. Your third paragraph suggests there is no symbol for sleet? Can I reassure all of you worried and losing sleep over how the new weather symbols will represent sleet and snow. When sleet is in the forecast of an appreciable level then the rain graphics with snow blobs falling as well will be used. With continous snow there are 2 sizes of blob, small for snow not amounting to significance and larger blobs for accumulation. Be patient folks I am sure this winter will provide more than enough use for the animations. MB

No problems Mr. S - glad to have been able to assist 'on the inside'!! B) MB

Majorities not minorities TM and why not at the same time try to cater for all! ... and then the BBC still gets accused of getting it wrong!

If only the BBC was that simple Shuggee

As I have mentioned before, in an ideal BBC world, weather pres would love to do a daily five minute forecast but there is not the time permitted to do it. Literally! Without going into the rights and wrongs of programme trailers and the alloted time given over to them again, weather buffs will have to survive with the 2 - 3 minute bulletins in the longer term. Sorry, but there are absolutely no plans to make longer radio and tv forecasts. MB PS I will pass on the internet request for a longer detailed forecast to the weather team.

THOUGHT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS ARTICLE!!! MB http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4310702.stm

Interesting points raised in the past few days.....keep them coming. It seems we still cannot please all the people all the time MB

As you will probably see this Winter, the 'Snowblobs' are bigger and more pronounced than the rain splashes Darkman. As for hail, there are no plans to show seperate graphics for this at the moment. If Hail features in the forecast then reference will be made to it along with the coloured rainfall intensity animations. MB

Howdo Jackone, Hmmm, which is best, difficult decision.... for those who can watch it the 1327 daily Mon to Fri on BBC1 - is live, as is the 1827 and 2232. News 24 have introduced more live inserts into the rolling news service, difficult to say exactly thae times that are live each day on this but you should find the forecast at 2055 daily on News 24 is live and where possible the BMO's do live inserts where time permits. Hope this helps.. MB

Animated white 1cm blobs for light snow or 2cm blobs for heavy snow! Now sleet that is a blob and a rain splash faded in together! :unsure: MB

True Shuggee, but TV technology being what it is sometimes, does play tricks! MB

Yes Andy, this has been noticed recently by others elsewhere and the comments about the erratic animations have been passed on to the graphics team. MB

'In your opinion' I hope PP !

All BMO's and weather presenters have the facility and option to use synoptics every day if they want to use them to enhance the weather story. It is not mandatory. Animated synoptics are used most weeks in the Countryfile forecasts on Sundays. MB

Points noted Shuggee