IN response to stormy community feedback, the Bureau of Meteorology has changed the default rain view in the new rain radar and weather map so that colours appear as they did in the previous website. Technically speaking, it will display rain reflectivity.

The change went live on Friday, October 31. Other ongoing changes and improvements will be coming via a planned schedule of regular releases.

Acting CEO Peter Stone said this was part of the Bureau’s commitment to responding to community feedback, throughout the implementation of the new website.

“We’ve listened to your feedback, and have restored the previous radar colour scheme,” Mr Stone said.

“We will continue to assess options for further updates and improvements at the same time as pushing on with our efforts to help the community become more familiar with the new website.

“So, more changes are in the pipeline.”

The map will display rain reflectivity as the standard setting, returning to a visual style many users said they found intuitive and reliable for interpreting weather conditions.

The rain reflectivity setting shows extreme rainfall and potential hail as very dark red or black.

Users will be able to choose whether they see their rain display as rain reflectivity or alternatively in millimetres per hour, the latter being consistent with how rain is displayed on the BOM Weather app.

For more information about personalising rain view settings on the new website, go to BoM Weather Map Update.