Regional Forecast Map - Appeared at 12:48PM 5/18/2020

[cc17926]

It appears to show at the end of the LF, and out of place. Neat to see it again though

[crazybangles]

saw it also

[Dylan]

I can confirm that the "Regional Forecast" product has shown more than just 12:48pm et, as I've seen it here in Phoenix on every LF since 11:18am mst (the last LF I saw before that was 9:18am mst). It's so great to see a product return that was last seen in the pre-WATT days, and for the IntelliStar 2 units, this is the first appearance of this product since March 31, 2013 when they discontinued the few 90 second and 2 minute LFs that remained the day after, with the latter only being shown weekend morning at 4:28am et since the prior November. Coincidentally, this occurs exactly 11 years to the date of the IntelliStar receiving new flavors on May 18, 2009, some of which didn't include the "Current Conditions" segment, which so many people hated back then, though I'm sure they'd take that over all the things that happened years later. In fact, I was gonna post about that in the "General LF Discussion" until I saw this.

[Evan2015]

As of this evening, it seems to be appearing between the radar and text forecast products...but if the metro radar is active, it won't show (or it could be a combination of the metro radar and bulletin slides being active). Frankfort is still dealing with precip and had the metro radar. Bowling Green, on the other hand is showing the regional forecast map.

[TWCJim]

Haven't seen the new map product on the Astoria IS2 Jr yet. I've looked all day and still no sign of it on my end.

[xoddf2]

As of this evening, it seems to be appearing between the radar and text forecast products...but if the metro radar is active, it won't show (or it could be a combination of the metro radar and bulletin slides being active). Frankfort is still dealing with precip and had the metro radar. Bowling Green, on the other hand is showing the regional forecast map.

In the case of the I2xD in Redding, CA, both the local radar and bulletin products were active today.  Once those cleared, I saw it:

[Tyler]

Wow! Nice to see the return of the regional forecast! Notice it’s using the previous font set, instead if the refreshed font introduced last year. That makes me think this is a bug or was unintentional. I do like the big, bold fonts. The radar products should use bold fonts like that for the city names.

[luesjo12]

Not sure if accidental or not, but I can definitely explain why the fonts on that map are still in Akko. This product was only shown once on a random I2 in 2015 (which I have attached a screenshot of below). The reason this product is in Akko is most likely because TWC did not intend to update this product to have the new Roboto font and was most likely going to sit unused until it made its way to our I2s yesterday.

[crazybangles]

Sounds about right. Due to the amount of rain my area has been receiving I haven’t been able to see the product much. I hope to see it again soon.

[cc17926]

It's still running, and out of place at the end.

[crazybangles]

I thought they moved it to after the radar. Maybe your Star isn’t doing it for some reason

[luesjo12]

The move to after radar only affects the Tonight/Overnight forecast map. The Today variant will run at the end of the LF. Same thing is happening here on my I2.

[TWCJim]

Checked the Astoria IS2 Jr again and we still do not have the map product as of this morning. I wonder if the map is exclusive to the IS2 HDs and XDs, or if any other Jrs out there have it as well. 

[luesjo12]

The forecast map was removed at 8:48 AM Central. Guess it was accidental.

[crazybangles]

Who knows, maybe it will return someday