Channel 4 Weather

[Dom W]

Hi there, Channel 4 has launched a new weather website and suspicions about the unusual twist have been answered. The UK has been split into a series of blocks with each block containing a weather symbol and a colour to represent how the weather feels. Channel 4 also have a new weatherman named Liam Dutton who was on the BBC.

The site was launched but the weather after the actual news is still the same; I guess it will change soon too.

To check out the site, check out www.channel4.com/weather

Edited December 2, 2011 by Dommy

[wimblettben]

I was told about this in school today and was expecting to see a more improved website.

But it looked very bland to me and seemed extremely simple. I don't like how they have used big horrible blocks for the seperate parts of the country.

[Mountain Snow]

That website is awful! I certainly won't be going there for my forecast.

[slinky1989]

Well that looks terrible. Unless you turn on the cities, there's almost no way you can work out what part of the country you're in.

It's a bit too much web 2.0. Much prefer the bbc still.

[Marcus_surfer]

Very basic, something new but nothing special....give it a miss

[TonyH]

That's awful even with the cities on. Leicester is not further south than Birmingham.

Edited December 2, 2011 by TonyH

[Crepuscular Ray]

Apparently, televised forecasts with a presenter start in a week or so.

[Mark Neal.]

They don't even have Oxford as one of the main cities in the region, they have bigger towns instead :/

[Summer Sun]

Well if that is what they call a weather website they want to give up a 5 year old could design a better site than that.

I mean what is good about this?

Its just awful.

Apparently, televised forecasts with a presenter start in a week or so.

God help us I dare to think what the graphics will look like.

[Scarlet_Snow]

Oh dear....looks as if somebody at channel 4 got bored on microsoft excel during their lunchbreak and thought it would be a good idea to make a forecast map....

[MattH]

Yeah unfortunately, whilst I do like Liam (Dutton) as a good all round forecaster to be classed as the 'front runner' for this setup is a shame as it really is a poor setup they have got. The blocky-shaped design to the website is horrific and looks more akin to days of 28.8kb dial up internet web pages!...

I guess it's a work in progress as it all seems to new, but still to go live with this isn't good!

M.

[Summer Sun]

The only good thing is it can't get any worse can it........

[Thundery wintry showers]

Yes, pretty awful, and not well timed either (as the BBC has recently been improving the layout and facilities of the much-maligned BBC weather website). Not that I ever took much notice of Channel 4's weather anyway...

[feb1991blizzard]

It does look dyer but i judge a weather site / programme by its forecast verification than by its presentation.

[J10]

First time I have ever seen it, there are some decent ideas there but the design is horrific.

[Mark Neal.]

In this day in age as weather websites are upgrading to much more modern technological layouts, it seems Channel 4 have maybe gone for a basic,plain and boring looking template, not good at all!

Edited December 2, 2011 by Mark Neal Ballooning

[The watcher]

terrible way to present a forecast, how can you be accurate with a setup that can't define exact areas. probably the most basic website for weather i've ever seen.

[Richard Lake]

O.o

Its like something designed by a 4 year old. This constant dumbing-down of weather forecasts across the entire TV network is beyond a joke - this C4 'effort' is taking the you-know-what.

And 'they' say we are national that loves to talk about the weather - and we have to be subjected to this monstrosity. I remember a time when the content of a weather forecast within the schedule wasn't 75% about today's weather, 20% about tomorrow's weather and 5% devoted to 'what could happen'.

[A Winter's Tale]

probably the most basic website for weather i've ever seen.

Looks like met check has got some competition!

[BlueHedgehog074]

It's okay, but I must admit I'm not keen on the block idea. Problem is, even within these block areas, there are likely to be large variations in temperatures from one place to another, thanks to urban heating, elevation, distance from the coast, etc. (Leek, for example, is usually 1 to 3*C colder than Birmingham thanks to its higher elevation).

I do, however, like the vast range of weather symbols they have in their 'Weather Symbols' section.

[Dom W]

Have noticed that the TV weather has been given a revamp, it started yesterday. Sort of a mix between BBC and Sky News; seems to be a common trend to follow a similar style of map now. At least this weather map is green.

[Crepuscular Ray]

I do, however, like the vast range of weather symbols they have in their 'Weather Symbols' section.

Some of which are going to have the BBC copyright lawyers reaching for their pens...

It remains to be seen whether the television forecast is more accurate than the BBC/MetO or anyone else, but it's no great breakthrough as far as presentation/graphics are concerned.

Edited December 13, 2011 by crepuscular ray