Intellistar Weather Warning Suggestion and Graphics

[JD28]

First of all, I do not frequent these boards often.  If this has been brought up before, please forgive me.  Not exactly sure if the Intellistar will ever receive another update to it's graphics, however one very important thing lacks during weather warnings... a local radar.  I have always thought that when a Severe Weather Warning is scrolling across the bottom, it should be accompanied by a Local Radar at the left of the screen.  It would be especially beneficial to the viewer when long-form programming is on-air and Local Forecasts are few and far between!

While on the subject of graphics, will the I-Star ever receive an update to the LDL on the Local to match the LDL used on-air?  It seems TWC lacks in this area when it comes to making the Local Forecast match it's current on-air graphics.  Also, is it not possible to show weather alerts on the smaller version of the LDL used on-air?  Again, I truly believe this information is vital to the viewers.  The smaller LDL seems to be used more often and provides less information than the larger one.

[Eric]

I agree - a radar on the left of the LDL during precipitation-related weather advisories would be a good idea.  Except during the local forecasts... there's just not enough room on the screen for all of that!

As I understand it, and there was a big discussion about this when the new LDL debuted, the local forecast LDL is going to remain the same, even though the programming LDL changed.

[JD28]

When a severe weather warning is crawling across the screen, I highly doubt the average viewer cares about space during the Local Forecast.  A severe weather warning means we all tune into a radar to see what is going on and how/when it's going to affect us.  TWC has proved and does this with hurricanes, they can do the same for local warnings.  Especially with their technology and the I-Star.

[Eric]

When a severe weather warning is crawling across the screen, I highly doubt the average viewer cares about space during the Local Forecast.  A severe weather warning means we all tune into a radar to see what is going on and how/when it's going to affect us.  TWC has proved and does this with hurricanes, they can do the same for local warnings.  Especially with their technology and the I-Star.

Actually, it's much more difficult to put a radar on the corner of the screen during a local forecast than during national programming.

The new LDL doesn't stretch all the way across the screen.  About 1/4 of the screen on the lower left corner ISN'T part of the Star-produced LDL, but is actually the nationally-broadcast LDL, which is used for small ads or radars.  In other words, your local IntelliStar doesn't produce that radar, but it's broadcast nationally.

Since the entire local forecast is generated by the IntelliStar (or other older Stars), it would have to be reprogrammed to generate a radar in the corner AND broadcast it over the rest of the local forecast information, necessitating a change to the LDL and covering up other information in the process.  I doubt The Weather Channel would ever make such changes.