24h weather on TV

dirtyghettokid

do you think ireland would benefit from a 24h weather channel on TV, like canada's the weather network or america's the weather channel?

or has the internet taken over?

i personally would love to see a dedicated weather channel here. i'd love to see more detailed weather maps also... showing jet streams, fronts, isobars etc. not just a map of the country with a sun or cloud plotted on it.

there could also be segments for climatology specials, traffic reports, overseas weather, weather news stories, video & photograph footage taken from joe soap.......

do you think people would watch it on telly? thoughts?

MilanPan!c

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

do you think ireland would benefit from a 24h weather channel on TV, like canada's the weather network or america's the weather channel?

or has the internet taken over?

i personally would love to see a dedicated weather channel here. i'd love to see more detailed weather maps also... showing jet streams, fronts, isobars etc. not just a map of the country with a sun or cloud plotted on it.

there could also be segments for climatology specials, traffic reports, overseas weather, weather news stories, video & photograph footage taken from joe soap.......

do you think people would watch it on telly? thoughts?

If you did it on the cheap and sold it through to train stations/airports/etc., it might be financially doable.

Min

In the early days of satellite tv we had the weather channel, would love a weather channel, all the channels on sky - a lot of crap ones and no dedicated weather channel, it's ridiculous.

dowtchaboy

I remember being in Alameda (near San Francisco) in late 70's and they had what they called a Weather Channel - it was broadcast on one of those new-fangled UHF frequencies - probably based in U.C. Berkeley - consisted of a monochrome camera panning back and forth from (I think) a manometer, a barometer and a clock - probably stopping for 5 seconds on each.

I had a giggle and told them about being able to look this stuff up on Teletext - they looked at me like I had two heads.

(This was a while before the real "Weather Channel" came along...)

Danno

A European-wide channel, yes, a UK-IRL one, no.

adamski8

red button on sky news gives you basically a weather channel

dirtyghettokid

i don't have sky or ntl for that matter LOL
good aul aerial! til 2012 that is...

well if they didn't do a 24h channel on telly for the irish market, then i'd love to see more detailed maps on tv. i think the weather segments are too rushed on RTE.

Javiero

I think it would be a good idea. It could be funded by the taxpayer/license funding and so we might actually get some value....lol

Seriously though. It works well in the likes of Canada and the US. I definitely think it would be worth a trial

compsys

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

do you think ireland would benefit from a 24h weather channel on TV, like canada's the weather network or america's the weather channel?

or has the internet taken over?

i personally would love to see a dedicated weather channel here. i'd love to see more detailed weather maps also... showing jet streams, fronts, isobars etc. not just a map of the country with a sun or cloud plotted on it.

there could also be segments for climatology specials, traffic reports, overseas weather, weather news stories, video & photograph footage taken from joe soap.......

do you think people would watch it on telly? thoughts?

When I was in Australia they had a weather channel and it was excellent. It was exactly as you described above: there were detailed national and regional reports, updates on rainfall totals and reservoir capacity etc (drought a major issue in areas over there) and when winter came updates on snow reports and ski reports. Between all of this there were half-hour programmes on climate change, weather events, and other weather-related documentaries and programmes.

I think it could definitely work here although Ireland is probably too small a market for the channel to be run properly. It would be better if it were a UK and Ireland one.

dirtyghettokid

compsys wrote: »

I think it could definitely work here although Ireland is probably too small a market for the channel to be run properly. It would be better if it were a UK and Ireland one.

yea i take your point and i thought about that also. but you would have to have sections that catered to irish market or UK market only depending on where you were viewing from for issues like traffic reports and whatnot.
i really think it would be beneficial.
for an example, imagine if you are eating breakfast and wondering what it was like in the city (say you worked in city centre but lived outside the county)
you could see live traffic views (the cameras are already there like - i know dub city council website has static shots but i'm sure you could see live action from them also) and know what the weather was like where you were heading.
would also love to see climatology specials too....

The RTÉ digital terrestial service already has a 24 hour, news & weather service.
Well sort of, it just loops the last news & weather broadcast. with streaming headlines.

Minstrel27

Polish tv has one and from what I have seen of it it's pretty good. Detailed forecasts and features on how they do forecasting and so on.

gbee

I'd say that we just don't get enough weather here to justify a dedicated channel.

dirtyghettokid

gbee wrote: »

I'd say that we just don't get enough weather here to justify a dedicated channel.

lol you mean extreme weather?
it's not for entertainment purposes!

pauldry

I think a Weather Channel for Ireland and the UK would be a great Idea.

Bring it on.

There are more stupid channels like the shopping channel.

It could be pilotted at night on some station like TG4 or TV3 though think theyr too rih for that now with their Renault Meganes.

Could have programmes like (this is not the night schedule but...)

7am Weather AM - A look at the weather in Ireland and the UK with News from locations around the world.

9am Extreme Weather - Ireland

930am Extreme Weather - UK

10am - 12am Weather Centre (like Sky Sports News Centre) with radars temperatures etc for Europe and reports from different areas about natural growth, birds, animal behaviours to weather etc.

12am -2pm Weather Bulletins 8 x 15mins

2pm - Afternoon Weathergazers.
A look at todays weather in Ireland and the UK with viewers ringing in with questions and stories

Hey im tired but this is just a sample of what Id do.:D

ciaran67

dowtchaboy wrote: »

I remember being in Alameda (near San Francisco) in late 70's and they had what they called a Weather Channel - it was broadcast on one of those new-fangled UHF frequencies - probably based in U.C. Berkeley - consisted of a monochrome camera panning back and forth from (I think) a manometer, a barometer and a clock - probably stopping for 5 seconds on each.

I had a giggle and told them about being able to look this stuff up on Teletext - they looked at me like I had two heads.

(This was a while before the real "Weather Channel" came along...)

Did you ever have a beer in the Starry Plough in Berkeley? My sis worked behind the bar there in the late 70's early 80's

Sulmac

Came across this and remembered this thread, thinking some of you might be interested in it. It's a streaming broadcast of The Weather Channel in the U.S.

thetonynator

pauldry wrote: »

I think a Weather Channel for Ireland and the UK would be a great Idea.

Bring it on.

There are more stupid channels like the shopping channel.

It could be pilotted at night on some station like TG4 or TV3 though think theyr too rih for that now with their Renault Meganes.

Could have programmes like (this is not the night schedule but...)

7am Weather AM - A look at the weather in Ireland and the UK with News from locations around the world.

9am Extreme Weather - Ireland

930am Extreme Weather - UK

10am - 12am Weather Centre (like Sky Sports News Centre) with radars temperatures etc for Europe and reports from different areas about natural growth, birds, animal behaviours to weather etc.

12am -2pm Weather Bulletins 8 x 15mins

2pm - Afternoon Weathergazers.
A look at todays weather in Ireland and the UK with viewers ringing in with questions and stories

Hey im tired but this is just a sample of what Id do.:D

In all likelihood it wouldn't be live so no ringing in, and would probably be a looped forecast and rainfall radar over and over and over . .:rolleyes:

WolfeIRE

I prefer this type of tv forecast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43F7qJTmRFs

serenacat

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

do you think ireland would benefit from a 24h weather channel on TV, like canada's the weather network or america's the weather channel?

or has the internet taken over?

i personally would love to see a dedicated weather channel here. i'd love to see more detailed weather maps also... showing jet streams, fronts, isobars etc. not just a map of the country with a sun or cloud plotted on it.

there could also be segments for climatology specials, traffic reports, overseas weather, weather news stories, video & photograph footage taken from joe soap.......

do you think people would watch it on telly? thoughts?

I like it and also a 24 hour weather station on the radio