Thank You Weather Forum

KevIRL

Hope the mods will permit this.

Just wanted to say ta to Weather Forum and in particular its regular posters for the excellent information given over the past few days. Like many others I'm sure I hadnt been around here much before but have found the daily threads informative and entertaining with some excellent forecasting and explanations.

Well played all.

ragg

+1 Its been brilliant - the massive threads of banter, messing, weather forcasting, ****e talk, off topic nonsense has been the best thing the internet has ever produced & ive learned stuff

Agent J

+1

The information here is saving a lot of people a lot of hassle,stress and accidents.

Queen-Mise

+1 from me also.

Thanks so much for all the information regarding the upcoming weather. And thanks to all the other posters of this forum for the help, sharing and humour also.

Tipsygypsy

+ 1 more... I've really enjoyed following the threads here for the past few days. Thanks to all.

Cosmo Kramer

Thanks from me also. I'm heading back to Scotland tomorrow after (long)Christmas holidays so today was my last day making use of this forum, which has been excellent all the time.

I'll still follow it from a distance though, to compare snowfall between the two places! Hoping to go up the Highlands next weekend where there has been some serious snowfall, might take a few pictures and upload them on here.

TommyT

Big thanks from me also. This forum has been invaluable this week. Well done to all concerned.

Dinkie

Me too! Thanks so much.... I travel for work, and its been invaluable...

I have also learnt a lot and while I am no expert - at least I understand a bit more of whats happening and how and why its happening.:D

Dyr

+ eleventy, the weather boffins outgeeked even us IT types. Well played sir's, well played.

MollyZ

+ 1 more. Have been loving every minute of the discussions here, and truly appreciate the amount of time and effort that must go into the excellent forecasts.

datk

Sometimes it's been a bit difficult to translate but I think I've finally sussed it.

As the regular posters are getting unhappy with weather events it means I'm getting happy.

At the risk of getting banned - as pretty as the snow is tonight I will be happy to see the back of all this weather.

hazardous

+ over 9,000

Although, that said, I've done fcuk all work the last week thanks to following these threads!:D

d'Oracle

+1 on this sentiment.

I'm sure the regulars don't know what hit them, what with the influx of us these last few days.

Most gracious hosts.;)

Aquos76

+1, just a pity ye couldn't send us down some of that snow to Waterford, sorry Watercork

CrazyRabbit

Almost 260 people viewing this forum now and it's 2:30am. I think a lot of people trust the information given here over the information from Met Eireann.

+1 on the thanks.

Shifty

Thanks for all the sleepless nights: afraid to shut my eyes in case I missed the next big thing.

Thanks for all the up to date, practical and informative information which helped me and others on here to make safer decisions about driving and travelling in this weather.

Being in here is like having eyes and ears around the country, being able to see and hear whats happening as its happening.

These last few weeks have been an education, I learned loads of new words.

Thanks to everyone who contributed, you snow who you are!

snow ghost

I'm honoured... you're all very welcome.

Joe Public

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Almost 260 people viewing this forum now and it's 2:30am. I think a lot of people trust the information given here over the information from Met Eireann.

+1 on the thanks.

This forum is great for following the weather around the country and getting all the latest views and trends but I don't like the Met eireann bashing element. My slant would be to say that it is complementary to Met eireann and all are striving to achieve the same goal which is to predict the correct weather and report on current weather conditions.

+1

meccanoman303

+1

Me too, I have learned so much. My meagre addition of thanks seems so paltry.

Thanks again guys - you know who you are - virtually weather celebrities

M.T. Cranium

I just wanted to add that it has been a blast having so many boards members visiting our normally sleepy little forum (how many ways can you say partly cloudy with showers?) ... and don't forget we are here when something else interesting happens.

I agree on the met.ie issue, the boards weather forum "regulars" don't wish to antagonize anyone, in fact we are just interested in discussing the weather and offering up some forecasts, sometimes they are different and sometimes about the same. Getting into these in-depth discussions will perhaps give some insight into the difficulties and limitations that all forecasters face (so much depends on the accuracy of the models that we use and sometimes different models just show different results too).

Anyway, I don't think winter is over by any means, there will be plenty of active weather to come, so keep the weather forum bookmarked and certainly post your local weather obs in the regular thread for that (top of the page), it helps us more than you may suspect to get a handle on the details, because met.ie stations and even the other weather networks don't always tell all the local details.

So, the weather forum thanks you for visiting and participating.

shalom

great Forum for the past few weeks. I will definately be dropping by more often.

M.T. Cranium

I've been thinking, you folks do weather better than any other country (at least judging by the weather forums), I really enjoy the mix of information, banter, good humour (mostly) and celebration when some snow finally falls (or melts). And the pictures have been superb, love to see them all. Love some of the user names here too, hope some of them are not as accurate as mine.

It probably won't be a long time until I jump on a plane and head over for my second visit, now that I have a much better idea where to go. Back to my ceaseless search for weather ...

maquiladora

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

I've been thinking, you folks do weather better than any other country (at least judging by the weather forums), I really enjoy the mix of information, banter, good humour (mostly) and celebration when some snow finally falls (or melts). And the pictures have been superb, love to see them all.

It probably won't be a long time until I jump on a plane and head over for my second visit, now that I have a much better idea where to go. Back to my ceaseless search for weather ...

Thanks MT, and I think its fair to say that with your excellent forecast thread and your extra contributions whenever there is what passes for a weather event in these parts, well, the forum would not be the same without you.

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

Thanks MT, and I think its fair to say that with your excellent forecast thread and your extra contributions whenever there is what passes for a weather event in these parts, well, the forum would not be the same without you.

+1 - yeah a weather forum legend! always check your forecast in the morning. much more detailed(and reliable) than met eireann.

maquiladora

Also have to thank MT for the fantastic virtual tornado chase thread last year. Almost forgot about that but it was great fun and very educational.

Looking forward to following this years tornado season while the dream of a boards.ie great plains tornado chase tour edges closer...:p

Pangea

Heres how i show my appreciation ,
Just was converting some old vhs tapes to my computer and came across a younger jean byrne

M.T. Cranium

Thanks, perhaps we can get a tornado added onto the menu for tomorrow, I think everything else is covered.

maquiladora

Pangea wrote: »

Heres how i show my appreciation ,
Just was converting some old vhs tapes to my computer and came across a younger jean byrne

Speaking of blasts from the past, anyone else remember this?
Pre-Avonmore baby....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCn_iV8Rx94

200motels

It;s been a roller coaster, exactly the same as last Feb. Well done to all.

BluesBerry

Yes well done to all

I was never really that interested in weather but after I found the weather forum Ive learned a lot and really starting to learn how to read/understand weather charts/graphs

Keep up the good work

whiteandlight

+1

Thanks to everyone. I've learnt loads, enjoyed the discussions and pics. And I'm crossing my fingerst that the rain "event" tomorrow turns into something bigger lol.

I'll def be a regular reader of this forum in the future. Keep it up

Scubadevils

Yes thanks to all the weather experts here, amazing amount of knowledge. Been great reading these threads over the last few weeks - fast moving threads full of humour, knowledge and the odd tiff!

Heres to the remainder of winter and what is does or doesn't bring! :cool:

Pangea

maquiladora wrote: »

Speaking of blasts from the past, anyone else remember this?
Pre-Avonmore baby....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCn_iV8Rx94

haha thats insane! Remember it like yday.

Kristopherus

My bloody bb down all day till now . Kudos to all who contributed. Fantastic info from all over the country. Very well done to all.:):):):):)

Now for Part Deux. Flooding again from tomorrow. How is Cork going to fare, especially if the ESB release water:eek:

I reckon we'll have more threads on the subject with 2000+ posts before the week is out.

irishmotorist

Yep - thanks especially to all the knowledgable heads on here. I always liked geography back in school and had a passing interest in it, but following the topics here over the last while has taught me a lot and really increased my desire to understand how it all hangs togehter.

From the highs of Wednesday and Saturday (in Dublin) to the depressing low of Sunday night, it's been a rollercoaster. It's also been great following the progress of it around the country.

Great threads.

Harris

One thing I noticed that really touched me about the whole weather thread....any time a person said they were in trouble or stuck or might be stranded, the troops rallied and offered to help and asked what area the person was in and did they need anything.

So it's not just information and light entertainment - there were geneuine offers to help people that were in trouble.

That really counts for something.

Well done all the weather heads. It was the best information and really useful!!...I have now been labelled a weather anorak in my house!!!:)

SeaFields

Yes I'd like to echo the above. This thread has been a great resource throughout the cold spell.

Whether it was knowing what was around the corner in terms of weather, information and help as regard road conditions and frozen home water supply or just for the dry wit, LOL humor and childish enthusiasm of posters begging for snow in their back yard, this thread was an outstanding read.

And a special mention for some of the experts - Weathercheck, Supercell, Black Briar, Snowaddict and WolfeIrl (apologies if Im forgetting anyone) thanks for keeping us more informed than ME, BBC, Sky or anyone else who "claim" to be forecasting :D

fisab

Have lurked on the UK sites for years, but the activity here has really increased. The forecasting inputs has been brilliant and huge efforts have been made with well worked out predictions (and people ready to take the hit of mis-calls)
Many thanks for all the info (all very helpful)