Shannon Radar being replaced.

dmc17

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JCX BXC

Good lord.

I don't think I've ever seen the Dublin radar out of service. What gives?

kc56

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121996369#Comment_121996369

Dublin radar has been off-line many times but it is obvious since it is surrounded by 3 other radars which overlap its coverage.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122000894#Comment_122000894

ie, a redundant weather radar setup? Or are you saying that the aircraft radar are also used as weather feeds…?

kc56

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122013230#Comment_122013230

No. Weather radars in Shannon, Northern Ireland and Wales.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122019627#Comment_122019627

It's not the same through, is it? NI/Aldergrove's view of the Dublin region is shielded by the Mourne Mountains and line-of-sight/curvature; it's the same LoS/curvature issues for Shannon and Wales.

So I wouldn't personally say the overlapping is sufficient coverage for an outage.

StormForce13

From the ME website:-

"The Shannon radar is currently undergoing routine preventive maintenance."

Well, it's been working for almost 5 weeks so it's clear that it was badly in need of some down time!

Jpmarn

Does the Dublin Radar ever go down for maintenance? I think it wouldn't be missed as much because of coverage from Belfast and cross channel.

Comhrá

The idea of a new (8 months old) radar having down time for "preventive maintenance" is strange. What preventive work would a brand new installation need? It was already broken down recently for a lengthy period. I'm no expert but it all seems very odd to me. Was the entire replacement new or are there still some old components remaining?

tphase

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122135775#Comment_122135775

not at all odd, there will be a service contract in place, scheduled every 6 months. The Dublin radar will be serviced after this, it makes sense to get them both done at the same time

JCX BXC

Alot better to have preventative maintenance than another prolonged downtime.

Ironic that it had to be the first day with significant rain in ages. Almost as if the rainfall radar is allergic to rain.

StormForce13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122136261#Comment_122136261

You'd think that they might have carried out that bit of "preventative maintenance" during the six (or was it 7) day period over Easter when it wasn't working.

Discodog

Surely that's not a big job? The coverage keeps coming & going.

tphase

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122136300#Comment_122136300

you'd think that and they might have if the outage had happened closer to the time of the scheduled maintenance. The service contract will have a callout element for emergencies/failures and a 6-monthly inspection/maintenance element. In the long run, it's easier to manage (for both ME and the suppler) if the maintenance is done on schedule

StormForce13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138327#Comment_122138327

Yep, easier to mange for both ME and the supplier …….. and who cares about the service users? Shure they just need to look out of the window! 🙄

tphase

Yep, easier to mange for both ME and the supplier …….. should result in a more reliable service which will benefit the service users

Oscar Bravo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122139500#Comment_122139500

We shall see

JCX BXC

Notice today saying the Dublin radar under maintenance. Harder to notice the missing coverage alright.

zell12

Down again

StormForce13

"Shannon radar is offline for essential non-radar infrastructure works."

Looks like the painters are in town; or maybe it's the windowcleaners!

Chris_5339762

Kinda hard to tell as theres not much rain about, but I do believe the new Shannon Radar is back on Netweather Radar again.

If thats the case I'll be taking out premium again as it is easily the best of the weather radar sites.

zell12

On the blink

Comhrá

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122692853#Comment_122692853

Just a short blip. . .working again.

Discodog

Down again

JCX BXC

Down again, wonder should we be expecting another prolonged outage soon?

Oscar Bravo

A brief note on met.ie

JCX BXC

Ah, hopefully not then!

what_traffic

met.ie on twitter stating it will be OFFLINE at times during 08→ 11th of October

https://x.com/MetEireann/status/1843601810562630031

WolfeEire

Seems to back online last hour or so.

StormForce13

It appears to be down again at the moment. A surefire guarantee that bad weather is incoming!