For the most part, local TV weather people have worked hard to tone down the hype and to increase calm and reliable forecast presentations. Gone are the days of trying to outdo the competition to panic the audience into the belief that their world would end if viewers dared to switch the channel.
One thing that the purveyors of meteorological data could do to further improve public confidence and understanding of weather data and forecasting would be to somehow standardize the colors and terms they use on their graphic presentations.
Here's how Indiana Homeland Security, using a National Weather Service graphic, sees today/tonight's weather:
The Weather Channel with their TORCON (whatever that means) offers this:
And, WPTA ABC 21Alive offers this:
Do you understand why those of without a degree in Meteorology might be a bit confused?
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