Just the weather, thanks…

The only thing I see from the BBC these days is the 10-day weather, on a desktop PC. And even that’s becoming alarmist and naggy and click-baity, if it’s not filtered and blocked. Here’s how to clear all that guff off, in one go, and just leave yourself with what you came for… the likely weather plus sunset/sunrise times.

Just copy-paste my personal list of blocks into your Web browser’s uBlock Origin filter list (Icon | Dashboard (cog-wheel icon) | ‘My Filters’)…


! Hide all the alarmist, political, nagging and video stuff on the 10-day BBC Weather forecast
www.bbc.co.uk##:xpath(//span[contains(@class,"wr-c-environmental-data__item wr-c-environmental-data__item--pollution")])
www.bbc.co.uk##:xpath(//span[contains(@class,"wr-c-environmental-data__item wr-c-environmental-data__item--pollen")])
www.bbc.co.uk##:xpath(//span[contains(@class,"wr-c-environmental-data__item wr-c-environmental-data__item--uv")])

www.bbc.co.uk##.domestic.orbit-header-links > ul
www.bbc.co.uk###idcta-link
www.bbc.co.uk##.orbit-header-left
www.bbc.co.uk##.wr-c-environment-container--enhanced.wr-c-environment-container > .gel-wrap > .wr-c-environment-day-wrapper--active.wr-c-environment-day-wrapper--day-1.wr-c-environment-day-wrapper > .wr-c-environmental-data > .wr-c-environmental-data__item--pollution.wr-c-environmental-data__item
www.bbc.co.uk##.gel-long-primer.ls-c-favourite
www.bbc.co.uk##.wr-c-warnings-issued__container--with-warnings.wr-c-warnings-issued__container > .gel-pica.wr-c-warnings-issued__banner
www.bbc.co.uk##.wr-c-warnings-issued__container--with-warnings.wr-c-warnings-issued__container > .gel-pica-bold.wr-c-warnings-issued__banner

www.bbc.co.uk##.wr-c-regional-forecast-slice.gs-u-pb\+\+.gs-u-box-size > .gel-wrap
www.bbc.co.uk##.gs-u-pt\+\+.gs-u-box-size.wr-c-weather-watchers > .gel-wrap

www.bbc.co.uk##.wr-day__warning
www.bbc.co.uk##:xpath(//div[contains(@class,"temperature-bar")])

www.bbc.co.uk##.orb-footer-lead
www.bbc.co.uk##.orb-footer-primary-links
www.bbc.co.uk###orb-contentinfo > .orb-footer-inner
www.bbc.co.uk###navigation-links\?country\=gb\&language\=en\&service\=weather
www.bbc.co.uk###navp-orb-footer-promo

www.bbc.co.uk##.ls-c-id-signin__wrapper
www.bbc.co.uk##.ls-o-id-signin.ls-c-id-signin
www.bbc.co.uk##.ls-ui-personalisation-container
www.bbc.co.uk##.orbit-header-right

www.bbc.co.uk##[class*="wr-time-slot-primary__precipitation wr-time-slot-primary__precipitation--grey gel-brevier"]
www.bbc.co.uk##[class*="wr-time-slot-primary__precipitation wr-time-slot-primary__precipitation--blue gel-brevier"]


The result, clean and simple…

You’re welcome.

What I can’t do anything about is this subtly depressive slight-of-hand. The worst possible weather for the day is always chosen to represent it on the main single-icon. The single-icon is thus usually deeply unrepresentative of the day’s likely weather…

A lovely day, effectively and falsely proclaimed to be “wet all day” by the main icon and description, just because of a few drops of rain at 4pm.

And here’s another example of how the BBC lies with its 10-day forecast. A beautiful Sunday, but the slight chance of a drop of rain at 4pm means the whole day is falsely labelled “Light rain”.

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