Friday 26 September 2008

Evaluation of a Free Weather Report

For this task we had to evaluate the accuracy and usability of a free weather forecasting service.


Evaluation of the free weather forecast

Over the past week I have compared the information from a free weather forecast for 7 days from the BBC website to what the weather was actually like.

On the whole the free weather report from the BBC was accurate enough to be able to plan your activities for the week by it.
Generally if the forecast said that it would be Sunny in the morning and wet in the afternoon then that would be what happened. There were variations to the forecast given, but generally it was very accurate.

The forecast gives the user the general weather report, e.g. Sunny, Rain etc but it also gives more detailed information such as minimum and maximum temperatures, wind speed, visibility, humidity and pollution reports.

The site offers a clear view of the forecast in the form of a picture representing the weather and also an easy to understand table of the other information given.
Overall the BBC weather forecasting service offers a accurate easy to use service.
Providing that the BBC site is a free service I don’t feel that I would have gotten better information from a pay site.

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