FIVE DAY WEATHER BLUES

AREN'T the BBC's TV weather forecasts abysmal these days?

1. Every night the presenters send you in to a trance by waffling on.
2. Just when they've finished, you wake up wondering what the forecast is for tomorrow, even though you've just 'listened' to it.
3. The maps of Britain bear no relation to reality - they make country look more brown and flat than a tired pancake.

The solution?

1. Colour the maps properly and identify natural features as well as urban areas to make our fair land look more like it does from space.
2. Instantly say what tomorrow's weather will be before anything else.
3. Instead of swirling round the country over time, the presenter should just start at the north and work south - e.g. Scotland bright and sunny in morning, bucketing down in the afternoon; north west England - pouring down all day; Midlands - Mediterranean sunshine all day (in our dreams) etc.
4. Use better symbols. The old Michael Fish days had better examples than the ones we get today.
5. At the end, add five boxes with forecasts for each of the next five days. If they can do it online, why not on TV?

BBC Breakfast is no different - today they were more concerned with whether the presenter had training shoes on her feet than accurate forecasts in her head.

Meanwhile, enjoy tomorrow's sunny spells before the rain returns!