I hope that you will all contact the Met Office feedback at:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/avi01.html with your comments...
Looking back at an old exam paper, I note how easy it was to correlate the surface pressure 'outlook' chart with the significant weather chart. This is now virtually impossible as the tiny little image provided covers Iceland to Ibiza....and is orientated at about 325 deg over the UK instead of True North at the Greenwhich Meridian.
Let's have a surface pressure chart for the same period as the significant weather chart - to the same scale, size and orientation. And make it printable - it does NOT need to be in full colour!