BBC Weather Forecast

[peajay]

What do you all think off the new style forecast?

I think it's terrible, no wind speeds, direction, or isobars

I've just mailed the bbc to complain, I would encourage anyone

else to do the same, us kiters need our wind info,

 

all the best

PJ.

[murraybeetle]

hi there it not much of a Forecast but there is a wind speeds on there

[Simon Edmonds]

If you want accurate local weather forecasting try:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather

http://www.weather.co.uk

http://www.windguru.cz

[sprogg]

I haven't seen any wind speeds on the new forecast. They also don't go high enough to see what the weather is doing here. They always say 'it's raining in Scotland' and that's a bout it.

 

Rubbish

[PsiLo]

I always use this one:

 

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

 

Much better wind speed indications and forecast.

[Cornish Blade]

For upto date weather look out the window LOL. Na seriously i also use www.xcweather.co.uk great for upto date info....

[dmb]

...

They always say 'it's raining in Scotland' and that's a bout it.

...

 

More accurate than the old one then ?

[Gandromedus]

There's still wind info on the 5-day and 24 hour forecasts.

 

I use http://www.metcheck.com

[FO Kite]

Try www.theyr.net I find it pretty good. You can see temp, windspeed, cloud and precipitation for anywhere in europe.

 

 

F/O Kite

[Noodle]

I think its great! They do do wind speed, what the waves are like, scotland gets a bit of a harsh deal, but other than that, it shows you cloud cover, rain, and wind direction etc all in more detail!

 

Just take time to get use to it!

[fatwoul]

What do you all think off the new style forecast?

I think it's terrible, no wind speeds, direction, or isobars

I've just mailed the bbc to complain, I would encourage anyone

else to do the same, us kiters need our wind info,

 

all the best

PJ.

 

I haven't been on this site for a little while, and it's funny that the first thread I stumble across is about this. On the BBC Weather website, you can ask Helen Young questions or make comments about the new weather forecasts, and the moment I saw the first one, I thought "where the hell are the windspeeds? Where the bejesus are the wind directions?!"

 

I recommend that as well as a general email to the BBC, you also send similar questions and comments to the weather website too. They claim they will reply to the most commonly asked questions at the end of the month, so if enough of us bother them with the same question, they will at the very least be forced to explain themselves.

 

Of course, we don't really need an explanation, since we know why they have done it. They have done it as part of the BBC's dumbing-down campaign that seems to be destroying anything of quality on those channels recently.

 

Here is the link to the feedback page on the BBC Weather site:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/features/graphics_feedback.shtml

 

I strongly urge all of you to do as I have already done, and nag them about this problem.

 

It can't just be us who could do with wind information. Yacht-types and golfers could probably do with those details being brought back. So if you know anyone with a connected hobby, get them to complain too. PLEASE.

 

I mean, skiers get the skiing forecast, so why can't we at the very least expect the occasional windsports forecast.

[Jules B.]

xcweather does it for me! it kicks ass and just got better

[fatwoul]

Looks like I'm not the only one who hates it. Scots don't like their country being shrunk disproportionately, and some guy at ITV weather recently said that they were offered a 3-D system last year, but turned it down because their viewers just want to know what to wear tomorrow. The problem with the new weather is that it is another example of the BBC telling us how it is, without actually giving us the information (such as isobars etc) to decide for ourselves.

[Jules B.]

youll be glad to hear that it seams like bbc are changing their weather system!! too many complaints! it was on the news

[peajay]

Hope they make a good job of the changes, can't be bothered to put the computer on every time I want to see what the wind is going to do, much easier to call up the weather on the tv.

[TallPaul]

Let's face it. 9 times out of 10 BBC weather was wrong anyway.

 

Have to say XC weather is good for me but the local weather station is perfect for where I live.

[fatwoul]

Hey jules_b - That's quite a novel use for a signature. Maybe once I've been around long enough, I'll have me a hatelist too!