an improvement to TV weather news broadcasts-- daily lows and daily highs
 

The trouble is that the graphics mostly commonly used confuses people.
They have a graphic forecast for 7 days in advance in which they
estimate the high and low for the next 7 days. The trouble is that they
show the "high" first and then the "low" below. But herein lies the
trouble. We all know that the high usually comes around midday whereas
the low usually already came earlier in that day, just before dawn.

So the confusion is that the graphics gives the low for the previous
day, or the viewer is mislead.

To correct this graphical problem, simply just state the "low" first
and below the low give the "high". Most TV weather reports give the
"high" first and then incidently give the low below. But since our
daily lives experience sequentally the morning first, and then midday
later on, so too, the TV weather graphics should display the "low"
first and then the "high" next.

So I wonder if any TV weather news cast does this properly, or does
everyone on TV news all have their forecasts lousy display.


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an improvement to TV weather news broadcasts-- daily lows and daily highs
 

a_plutonium wrote:
The trouble is that the graphics mostly commonly used confuses people.

It doesn't confuse me. Maybe you're the only one.

They have a graphic forecast for 7 days in advance in which they
estimate the high and low for the next 7 days. The trouble is that they
show the "high" first and then the "low" below.

This is only confusing if the program is in the evening. If the program
is in the morning (after the lowest temperature of the day), then the
"high" _should_ be the first number that people see, in the upper-left
hand corner of the matrix of numbers, and it is. For evening programs,
they should leave that spot blank.

BTW, Chaos Theory has shown that any forecasting beyond the fifth day
is no better than chance based on the overall climate.

But herein lies the
trouble. We all know that the high usually comes around midday whereas
the low usually already came earlier in that day, just before dawn.

So the confusion is that the graphics gives the low for the previous
day, or the viewer is mislead.

To correct this graphical problem, simply just state the "low" first
and below the low give the "high". Most TV weather reports give the
"high" first and then incidently give the low below. But since our
daily lives experience sequentally the morning first, and then midday
later on, so too, the TV weather graphics should display the "low"
first and then the "high" next.

So I wonder if any TV weather news cast does this properly, or does
everyone on TV news all have their forecasts lousy display.

Sounds like you need to do more research.

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"a_plutonium" wrote in message
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The trouble is that the graphics mostly commonly used confuses people.
They have a graphic forecast for 7 days in advance in which they
estimate the high and low for the next 7 days. The trouble is that they
show the "high" first and then the "low" below. But herein lies the
trouble. We all know that the high usually comes around midday whereas
the low usually already came earlier in that day, just before dawn.

Not always.

So the confusion is that the graphics gives the low for the previous
day, or the viewer is mislead.

To correct this graphical problem, simply just state the "low" first
and below the low give the "high". Most TV weather reports give the
"high" first and then incidently give the low below. But since our
daily lives experience sequentally the morning first, and then midday
later on, so too, the TV weather graphics should display the "low"
first and then the "high" next.

So I wonder if any TV weather news cast does this properly, or does
everyone on TV news all have their forecasts lousy display.


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On 22 Oct 2006 23:35:01 -0700,
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+ BTW, Chaos Theory has shown that any forecasting beyond the fifth day
+ is no better than chance based on the overall climate.

Ummmm...no. But thanks for playing.

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important to have SEQUENTAL TIME graphics an improvement to TV weather news broadcasts-- daily lows and daily highs
 

Here is an example of a typical weather TV graphics of the next 7 day
forecast. It is from a local TV station. Usually they are bar graphs.

Tues Wedn Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon
54 60 43 49 52 61 45
20 34 37 34 31 32 18

Now the only reason most every TV weather station puts graphics like
this is because they feel that the high numbers should be listed first
and low numbers below. This leads into the trouble of messing up the
sequental order of the day.

The above listing would be far better displayed like this:


Tues Wedn Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon
20 34 37 34 31 32 18
54 60 43 49 52 61 45

Because then we have a Time sequence aligned with reality.

Because we know that from 12:01 ( a minute past midnight of Tues 24
Oct) to about 7 am will likely reach 20 degrees F. Then from 7:01 to
12:00 pm will reach the 54 degree F.

The confusion of the poor graphics is that someone would think that the
20 degrees is for Wedn morning.

It is best to synchronous the time with the forecasted temperature and
since mornings come before afternoons, the lows for the day should come
first, then the highs.


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