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Weather forecasts column in

European newspapers

Panos Giannopoulos (1) , Christoph. Siegrist (2)(1) Hellenic National Meteorological Service,

(2) SF Meteo

11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011


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2011

150 yearssince the first weatherforecast in newspaper


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The Times

1 August 1861


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Robert FitzRoy


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The Times 2011


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The Sun1999

The Sun2011


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152 daily newspapers

from

38 European countries


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how weather information is presented which kind of data are published

who signs the forecast

size/ extent

whether probabilistic information ispresented to the reader


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We examined only the

standard columnNot the extra reports

in case of a severeweather event


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When weathercan be also in

the frontpage


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Sometimes a weather event in anothercontinent is in the frontpage..


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Almost all the newspapers

have a weather forecast


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which is the extent of the

weather forecast column?

14

25

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16

0

10

20

30

40

50

whole page more than 1/2 ofa page but not

the whole

between 1/4 and1/2 of a page

less than 1/4 of apage

(%)

Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011


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Is there a text forecast?

22

59

9 10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

no text


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Where is the weather-page

Usually before sports,TV program etc

Some times at page 2

And some times at thelast page (whole page)

Beligium

Het Laatste Nieuws

Sweden

Aftonbladet


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Who signs the forecast?

28

14

32

21

5

0

10

20

30

40

none

meteorologist

c

ompany

Nat.Met.

Servce

meteorologist+c

ompany

orMEt.serv

ice

(%)



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Is there a map of the country

for todays weather ?

yes94%

no6%



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Is there a map

for tomorrows weather ?

yes

34%

no66%



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Is there a map for

days after tomorrow ?

yes25%

no75%



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Is there a weather forecast for

specific cities for tomorrow?

31

64

5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

yes only general text orweather icon for

country or the region

nothing

(%)



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specific cities for days after

tomorrow?

24

64

12

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

yes only general text oricon for country or

the region

nothing

(%)



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What else in the page?

in some cases :

id of the newspaper

Comics, TV program Sudoku, Crosswords

Horoscopes

Lotto

and more.


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...

(

)

De Volkskrant


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other European cities for the

same day?

yes

79%

no

21%



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other European cities for the

next day?

yes

12%

no88%



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Is there a weather map for the

whole Europe?

yes58%

no42%



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The map has frontal systems?

yes67%

no

33%



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Is the map color-contoured

according to a temperature

scale?

yes48%

no52%



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non European cities?

yes58%

no42%



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Is there an advertisement in

the same page?

yes69%

no

31%



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Advertisement of which kind ?

(%)

15

69

16

0

20

40

60

80

100

1. about weather (telephone

line/sms)

2. not about weather/ other both 1+2



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Is there an Internet link in the

page?

none52%

1. weathercompany/ Met

Service17%

2.newspaper'sweather page

22%

both 1+29%



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Is there an Internet link in the

page? None newspaper has

meteoalarm.eu link


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Are there any probabilistic

information? Only in a few newspapers


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Other information

Sunrise time, moonrise etc 56%

Records and climatic data 15%

Yesterdays observations 25%

UV/pollen/pollution/biometeorology 30%

Tides

Marine forecast

Temperatures mountains-lakes


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In some newspapers

( less than 3) A colored warning map


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precipitation map from a model

Text forecast for touristic destinations


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Concluding remarksHow is a typical weather column in a

European newspaper?

It is more than of the page but less than

With a text not more than 100 words signedby Met/ Service or a weather company

With a forecast map of the country only for

today It doesnt not have any detailed forecast for

cities for tomorrow



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Concluding remarksHow is a typical weather column in a

European newspaper?

It has a forecast map for Europe with fronts

There are forecasts for other cities in

Europe and worldwide but only for today

There is an advertisement in the page but

not about weather

There is no Internet / no meteoalarm link

There also some other information

no probabilistic forecastsWeather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch

11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011


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