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BBC Weather Forecast

  • 02-12-2010 1:18pm
    #1
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭


    Why doesn't weather exist over Ireland in a BBC weather forecast? A large part of the UK weather comes in from the Atlantic over ROI but they rarely mention weather fronts over Ireland.



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  • #2
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    Because its another country !!

    and they are reporting on what will happen their country. not our rock (south of the northern boarder ) .

    i'm sure that someone living in the east end of London is not interested in the rain on Galway,,


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Don't be ridiculous OP. Do you think the Czech Republic reports Slovakia's weather too? Or perhaps Norway should report Sweden's weather while they're at it?


  • #4
    Danno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    They used to give Ireland (south of the border) a regular mention up to a few years ago, before they installed that poor quality computer-forecast system.


  • #5
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,380 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    you can still get a general idea of what the weather will be like for us from their precipitation charts. for instance last Sunday on the farming forecast they showed Friday's front turning to snow as it moved inland over Ireland.


  • #6
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    its more accurate for donegal than the rte one tbh

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #7
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,575 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    The BBC is funded by taxpayers and those taxpayers do not include the RoI. RTE does not show Britains weather, why is that?


  • #8
    dsmythy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,528 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    France is on their maps too, should they let us know what's going on there?


  • #9
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    German weather reports stop EXACTLY at their border, absolutely no overlap, I think deliberately so, given Germany's previous <ahem>designs</ahem> on their neighbours and that a lot of the neighbouring territory once was German. The BBC is possibly being just as PC, incase some extremist republican head starts moaning that the Queen wants us back or somesuch!


  • #10
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    John mac wrote: »
    Because its another country !!

    and they are reporting on what will happen their country. not our rock (south of the northern boarder ) .

    i'm sure that someone living in the east end of London is not interested in the rain on Galway,,

    Ahh I just mentioned it because ITV and Sky News mention the weather fronts coming over Ireland.


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