Before magnetic clouds, satellite technology, hi-tech graphics and colour television brought more pizzazz to forecasts on screen, a 32-year-old Yorkshireman who worked for the Meteorological Office became the BBC's first on-screen weather presenter.
And – personal hobby horse time – what's the continuing use of employing on-screen weather boys and girls around local TV and radio when a magically enhanced BBC app does the smartphone job much better?
U-verse TV customers can also enjoy several other integrated applications, including personalized, on-screen weather, sports, traffic and stock information via AT&T U-bar; local and national weather forecasts with Weather On Demand; the ability to view personal photos on your TV that you have uploaded to flickr.com; and more.
In the late 1970s and early 80s, John Coleman, the first weatherman on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, pioneered the use of on-screen weather satellite information and computer graphics for television forecasts.
It contains apps and widgets, which are miniature apps that run directly on your screen (weather or a clock, for example).
You'll be able to see rain and snow and clouds and sleet on this map, just like you were looking at a weather radar on a TV screen weather broadcasting channel.
One of the most action-packed units out there, and the only one with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you get smartphone notifications on screen and live weather updates.
But viewers could spin an on-screen globe during the weather segment to retrieve regional weather forecasts.
Every 30 seconds or so, its screen changes to reveal another widget (small, simple, single-purpose on-screen programs, like local weather, stock statistics, sports scores and news headlines).
Meanwhile, TV news has trundled on - with local news in particular seemingly stuck in the happy-talk world of news teams and green-screen weather anchors.
Install tight-fitting screens, weather stripping, and door sweeps.
