Just come across a curious video which may be of interest of some of you.
It's Ian McCaskill presenting the weather after the 9 O'Clock News one night sometime in the 80's. I know Ian even in normal circumstances bumbled about quite a bit, but in this broadcast he seems extremely on edge, very nervous and messed his maps up quite a bit. By the end he seems so stressed it's actually quite hard to understand what he says!
Any ideas what the problem could have been? By the way he looks around a lot I presume someone else might have been in control of his maps?
I've removed the distracting US weather updates. This is a UK site and whilst foreign discussion is perfectly fine, repeated bumped posts with no personal content isn't suitable. Ta.
WRAL - 5 - Raleigh - Launched a new television broadcast radar system which is supposed to be amazing for broadcast use. Its a big investment for tv stations to make. So they usually put tons of ads and press behind the launch. Here is the OTT promo.
WRAL - 5 - Raleigh - Launched a new television broadcast radar system which is supposed to be amazing for broadcast use. Its a big investment for tv stations to make. So they usually put tons of ads and press behind the launch. Here is the OTT promo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceXW5jljY9c
Definitely. Its laughable and OTT. But for those of us that are media watchers it looks that way, but for the causal viewer it might grab their attention. Its a big investment for these small stations to make. And if you put out hundreds of thousands to a million dollars you are probably going to do a bit of a song and dance about it.
But for those of us that are media watchers it looks that way, but for the causal viewer it might grab their attention.
Not in the UK - they'd think it was a spoof.
Indeed they would !!!
In any case, in Europe it's the 'state' owned, or legacy state owned meteorological agencies that supply all broadcasters with the raw weather data, they will always be better equipped than any broadcaster to provide rain radar images.
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In any case, in Europe it's the 'state' owned, or legacy state owned meteorological agencies that supply all broadcasters with the raw weather data, they will always be better equipped than any broadcaster to provide rain radar images.
In the US, for those that dont know, NOAA office at the Severe Storms Prediction Centre in NORMAN OK provides the forecasts for severe weather forcasts. NWS in various sites across the US provides the new dual pole Doppler radar and in addition local NWS (National Weather Service) offices are responsible for providing the actual official warnings and official data (also some stations also use private data services). Most of these "broadcast" Doppler radars supplement the live data from Government owned radars. Also since the government radars are under the control of the NWS. There is only such much control the broadcasters have with the data provided. These radars sweeps are updated every 5 minutes or so, which is in line with current technology. Using their own radar to supplement NWS doppler allows them to stop the radar beam and concentrate on one storm cell and actually slice the storm vertically with the radar and analyze and scan it faster than the NWS radar which takes a 3-5 minute loop. Most stations have the ability to switch live between all the NWS Radars overlaying it with their own. NOAA and NWS view these broadcasts operations and the trained meteorologists as a key and important part of the warning process. But all of this is a result of the US severe weather which isnt experienced in Europe of course. Just giving a little background info.