BoM backflips on controversial rain radar on new website

The Bureau of Meteorology has backflipped connected 1 of nan much contentious elements of its arguable caller $4.1 cardinal website, announcing it will revert nan default show for its rainfall radar.

The upwind bureau has faced disapproval from immoderate users, arsenic good arsenic Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and national Environment Minister Murray Watt, complete nan redesigned website.

The BoM's new "rain rate" radar (left) and nan older "rain reflectivity" (right):

After antecedently pledging to return that feedback connected committee and tweak nan caller design, acting main executive Peter Stone announced this day that nan BoM has changed nan default show of its new-look radar, which has been a peculiar target of nationalist displeasure.

Instead of showing nan "rain rate" successful millimetres per hour, nan radar will now spell backmost to showing "rain reflectivity", which was what was modular connected nan aged website.

"We've listened to your feedback, and person restored nan erstwhile radar colour scheme," Stone said.

"We will proceed to measure options for further updates and improvements astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic pushing connected pinch our efforts to thief nan organization go much acquainted pinch nan caller website."

He added that further adjustments would beryllium rolled retired soon.

"More changes are successful nan pipeline," Stone said.

The alteration to nan radar went unrecorded this morning, though users tin take to alteration nan position to rainfall complaint if they prefer.

"I made clear my expectations that nan BOM needed to see this feedback and, wherever appropriate, set nan website's settings arsenic soon arsenic possible," nan situation curate said successful a statement.

"This includes urgent information of improvements to nan website's functionality and usability…

"Australians merit to person assurance successful these important services."

New websites often look disapproval from users who are utilized to nan erstwhile layout, and matters were analyzable for nan BoM by nan truth its relaunch went unrecorded connected October 22, days earlier terrible storms deed Brisbane.

On Wednesday, Scott insisted nan caller tract was "specifically designed to heighten entree to nationalist information information". 

"The Bureau's forecasts and warnings are now much prominent, easy accessible and applicable to your location," he added.

However, he besides acknowledged nan nationalist disapproval and apologised for nan challenges immoderate users had faced.

"It's clear we request to do much to thief group done nan change, some by making adjustments to nan website and by helping users to understand its caller features," Stone said.

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