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1 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

2 years since the first weather forecast in newspaper

3 The Times 1 August 1861

4 Robert FitzRoy

5 The Times 2011

6 The Sun 1999 The Sun 2011

7 152 daily newspapers from 38 European countries

8 how weather information is presented which kind of data are published who signs the forecast size/ extent whether probabilistic information is presented to the reader

9 We examined only the standard column Not the extra reports in case of a severe weather event

10 When weather can be also in the frontpage

11 Sometimes a weather event in another continent is in the frontpage..

12 Almost all the newspapers have a weather forecast

13 which is the extent of the weather forecast column? (%) whole page more than 1/2 of a page but not the whole between 1/4 and 1/2 of a page less than 1/4 of a page Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

14 ( % ) Is there a text forecast? no text <100 words words more than 200 words Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

15 Where is the weather-page Usually before sports, TV program etc Some times at page 2 And some times at the last page (whole page) Sweden Aftonbladet Beligium Het Laatste Nieuws

16 none meteorologist company Nat. Met. Servce meteorologist+company or MEt.service ( % ) Who signs the forecast? Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

17 Is there a map of the country for today s weather? no 6% yes 94% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

18 Is there a map for tomorrow s weather? yes 34% no 66% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

19 Is there a map for days after tomorrow? yes 25% no 75% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

20 ( % ) Is there a weather forecast for specific cities for tomorrow? yes only general text or weather icon for country or the region nothing Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

21 (%) Is there a weather forecast for specific cities for days after tomorrow? yes 64 only general text or icon for country or the region 12 nothing Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

22 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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26 De Volkskrant ΓΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΟΣΕΡΕ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕ... Αναθέρεηε ηο έγγραθο ή ηον αρμόδιο για ηις προδιαγραθές (ή άλλα ζχεηικά έγγραθα)

27 Is there a weather forecast for other European cities for the same day? no 21% yes 79% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

28 Is there a weather forecast for other European cities for the next day? yes 12% no 88% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

29 Is there a weather map for the whole Europe? no 42% yes 58% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

30 The map has frontal systems? no 33% yes 67% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

31 Is the map color-contoured according to a temperature scale? no 52% yes 48% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

32 Is there a weather forecast for non European cities? no 42% yes 58% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

33 Is there an advertisement in the same page? no 31% yes 69% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

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35 Advertisement of which kind? 100 (%) about weather (telephone line/sms) 2. not about weather/ other both 1+2 Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

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37 Is there an Internet link in the page? both 1+2 9% 2.newspaper's weather page 22% none 52% 1. weather company/ Met Service 17% Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

38 Is there an Internet link in the page? None newspaper has meteoalarm.eu link

39 Are there any probabilistic information? Only in a few newspapers

40 Other information Sunrise time, moonrise etc 56% Records and climatic data 15% Yesterday s observations 25% UV/pollen/pollution/biometeorology 30% Tides Marine forecast Temperatures mountains-lakes

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42 In some newspapers ( less than 3) A colored warning map

43 precipitation map from a model Text forecast for touristic destinations

44 Concluding remarks How is a typical weather column in a European newspaper? It is more than ¼ of the page but less than ½ With a text not more than 100 words signed by Met/ Service or a weather company With a forecast map of the country only for today It doesn t not have any detailed forecast for cities for tomorrow Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

45 Concluding remarks How 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 forecasts Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

46 Thank you

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