I’ve seen this ridiculous comparison a lot on social media during the last few days

I created the Met Office temperature colour scale with help from a colleague

That’s why I know:
- The image on the right is doctored
- Met Office graphics are not designed to cause fear
🧵 1/8 How do I know it’s doctored?

We had a graphics redesign early this year

We changed the map view, temperature symbols & colour scale etc

This image uses the old map view, the old symbols but not the old temperature colours

Here’s how the old scale looked at 30-34 C

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