New RTE Weather graphics.

squarecircles · 15-01-2018 4:06pm

AOH77A wrote: »

Terrible graphics and hopefully the voiceover is a once off. Not the same without a presenter.

I think it was a technical glitch.if it were a presentation change I think the graphics shown would be different,in the form of a few different graphics as they went through the forecast like they did in the 80s.

Oddly it felt like going back in time,with the 'new' hideous retro graphics and the voice over presentation.

silverharp · 18-01-2018 10:31pm

why did they hire skeletor to do the weather?

JanuarySnowstor · 21-01-2018 8:32pm

They might as well get the white stick from the late 70s now as well.
The changes are quite frankly pathetic

4068ac1elhodqr · 21-01-2018 8:45pm

How hard can it be to make the weather legible?
All this squinty eyes isn't good.

Harry Palmr · 25-01-2018 7:58pm

Had a L where there should have been a H just now (and it's the Azores H at that! You'd think someone would have spotted it)

Oneiric 3 · 26-01-2018 12:09am

Looks like the BBC Weather is now making the transition from the UK Met over the Meteogroup, with some nice graphical forecasts now on their site, which go out to about 6 or 7 days:

Source: https://www.bbc.com/weather/0/2964180

George Sunsnow · 26-01-2018 12:24am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Looks like the BBC Weather is now making the transition from the UK Met over the Meteogroup, with some nice graphical forecasts now on their site, which go out to about 6 or 7 days:

Source: https://www.bbc.com/weather/0/2964180

I think they transitioned last year

Meanwhile new on the sky news weather slots is a credit at the bottom of the screen saying ‘Data supplied by the met office’
I hadn't seen that before
It’s as if either SKY or the met office want to make THE point

piuswal · 26-01-2018 1:37am

George Sunsnow wrote: »

I think they transitioned last year

Meanwhile new on the sky news weather slots is a credit at the bottom of the screen saying ‘Data supplied by the met office’
I hadn't seen that before
It’s as if either SKY or the met office want to make THE point

The change over was delayed.

pauldry · 26-01-2018 1:37am

I dont like the RTE graphics at all

Why cant they use the radar they have on twitter in Met Eireann on website AND TV?

The maps on bbc weather without the stupid clouds were hideous at first but now they are the most effective. Sky uses them too so why is RTE in a timewarp?

Probably the same reason why RTE never has any good quizzes like BBC or ITV.....just no originality or imagination.

pad199207 · 26-01-2018 2:02am

The 5 min composite radar should be accessible on the website. If it was subscribable I’d pay it. The radar is top notch.

Compared to the rubbish one on the website now...

Wanderer78 · 26-01-2018 8:43am

pauldry wrote:

Probably the same reason why RTE never has any good quizzes like BBC or ITV.....just no originality or imagination.

Funding

Maidhci · 26-01-2018 1:23pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Funding

Or is it the manner in which the funding is utilized?

Gonzo · 26-01-2018 2:09pm

I am really liking the new graphics and look to BBC Weather.

Harry Palmr · 26-01-2018 3:57pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Funding

Lack of money is not an inhibitor of talent.

4068ac1elhodqr · 26-01-2018 4:03pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Funding

A royalty-free pack of weather vector graphics can be readily sourced and downloaded for an average expenditure of $10usd.

Basic legibility assessment costs next to nothing, just takes a quick look by one or more people, and a yes or no to approve them for use.

kneemos · 27-01-2018 10:33pm

The BBC gives a much clearer and more accurate forecast over yer mans shoulder.
They don't even explain themselves very well on RTE.

Larbre34 · 28-01-2018 7:31pm

Joanna Donnelly just acknowledged, mid-forecast, that the temperature graphics on the yellow background are difficult to see, and that they "are working on it".

Good to hear, finally, but who passed them as fit for purpose in the first place?

Edward M · 28-01-2018 9:33pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Joanna Donnelly just acknowledged, mid-forecast, that the temperature graphics on the yellow background are difficult to see, and that they "are working on it".

Good to hear, finally, but who passed them as fit for purpose in the first place?

I heard her say that alright.
I have no problem with them or seeing them personally, but they must be getting complaints, so I guess they are acknowledging and acting to fix the problem.

Larbre34 · 28-01-2018 10:35pm

They were changed on the 9 news forecast, the numeral now appears in dark blue against the yellow background with white border, problem solved.

Beechwoodspark · 28-01-2018 11:53pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

They were changed on the 9 news forecast, the numeral now appears in dark blue against the yellow background with white border, problem solved.

No harm. The colour scheme just wasn’t working.

pauldry · 29-01-2018 12:06am

Next get the twitter radar on website Joanna.

Fair dues.

pad199207 · 29-01-2018 12:19am

Larbre34 wrote: »

They were changed on the 9 news forecast, the numeral now appears in dark blue against the yellow background with white border, problem solved.

Far far better. Now just to get rid of those embarrassing weather icons.

The ‘Gale’ icon looks like steam coming out of a boiling kettle

bluezulu49 · 30-01-2018 2:36pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Far far better.

White numbers on yellow background kindergarten graphics still on the lunchtime forecast yesterday and today.

Larbre34 · 30-01-2018 4:56pm

bluezulu49 wrote: »

White numbers on yellow background kindergarten graphics still on the lunchtime forecast yesterday and today.

Flippin heck. Maybe Joanna has been changing her own forecasts by hand with MS Paint.

:rolleyes:

Steve F · 31-01-2018 10:50am

Macy0161 wrote: »

NewsNow is rumoured to be going.

Any update on this yet?

squarecircles · 31-01-2018 3:57pm

It could be my imagination or has anyone else noticed since the introduction of the new weather symbols,they tend to use the cloud,rain predictive sequences and wind flow charts more and more,and focus less on the weather symbol charts.

Perhaps they are slowly trying to wean people off this type of traditional weather graphic presentation and come more inline with the BBC presentation style.

I personally get a much more accurate picture of the weather when the show the rainfall/cloud predictive sequences.

This may also explain the hideous weather symbols.

noinc · 31-01-2018 5:16pm

It is annoying that so many people are complaining about these new graphics and yet nobody at base had seen how bad they are. We have no intention of buying a 50" screen TV but programme makers seem to think we all have one, the titles/credits are so tiny that it is impossible to read most of them but back to the weather; Are we to assume that the nearer we live to Athlone the more accurate will be as far as the summary is concerned (in our case it is 90Km) . I would also love to know why there is such a small depiction of the map of Ireland. I get to see the west coast of Britain and a lot of The Atlantic and very little of Ireland which makes no sense to me at all. The graphics might improve when the possibility of fog is gone.

squarecircles · 03-02-2018 11:00pm

Joanna Donnelly referred to the graphics as "old fashioned" after the 9 news.

It's becoming apparent now that they are begining to focus more on the rain,cloud sequences instead of the dated weather symbols.

Runswithfeet · 03-02-2018 11:11pm

For older people it must be very difficult to make out the 'new' graphics where there is almost no contrast in colours.

Maidhci · 04-02-2018 6:06pm

Runswithfeet wrote: »

For older people it must be very difficult to make out the 'new' graphics where there is almost no contrast in colours.

For both young and old I would think.

I wonder are the graphics supplied by RTE Graphics or Met Éireann??

New RTE Weather graphics.

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