PhsycoGinger wrote: » I live in Laois, and it just randomly started snowing like crazy at about 1:00pm today! It's really heavy, and the flakes are huge, but it's not sticking to the ground. Anyone else experiencing this?
washman3 wrote: » How did our expert weather forecasters get this one so wrong.?? Not a word about snow over the last few days.
MidMan25 wrote: » There's been a thread about this for days :rolleyes:
washman3 wrote: » I was referring to our friends in Met Eireann. The ones treated like celebrities by RTE. The ones most people listen to. Very few people depend on boards.ie for a forecast.
Maldesu wrote: » Well, I only check the met website now and then, but this morning I happened to see the little snow symbol marked for around 4pm today. Sure, the snow started a bit earlier, but they aren't in the future telling business.
Maldesu wrote: » , but they aren't in the future telling business.
washman3 wrote: » We can all live without the 'future telling business' bit, but would mostly settle for them having a decent stab at predicting the weather forecast. We're not talking about an isolated snow shower in a confined area here, which is virtually impossible to predict as we know. But many high lying areas of Kerry,Cork and Limerick had in excess of 20 cms earlier today.
salmocab wrote: » That’s exactly the business they are in.
Maldesu wrote: » One or two degrees higher and it would just be pretty standard rain and you'd just be having a good ol' moan about crappy Irish weather. 12 hours ago, when I checked the weather online, on met.ie they indicated potential snow. 24 hours ago, it was different. Weather can change very quickly depending on so many factors, but in reality you don't care. Just stay away from the stock market, cos you'd like that less.
washman3 wrote: » It's actually mind boggling the amount of Irish people (some even proclaiming to be highly intelligent) who continuously fall for this 'Irish weather is so difficult to predict' line. The reality is that we have a cohert in Met Eireann living in their own little bubble and feted as celebrities by the equally incompetent media, all the while being gifted astronomical salaries courtesy of the Irish taxpayer. Prepare for a red alert of some sort for next weekend, probably a heatwave.!! They haven't thought it up yet....ðŸ˜႒
Heroditas wrote: » Can someone provide a link to these "astronomical salaries"?
washman3 wrote: » It's actually mind boggling the amount of Irish people (some even proclaiming to be highly intelligent) who continuously fall for this 'Irish weather is so difficult to predict' line. The reality is that we have a cohert in Met Eireann living in their own little bubble and feted as celebrities by the equally incompetent media, all the while being gifted astronomical salaries courtesy of the Irish taxpayer.
Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: » 10 billion euro a month, as I understand it.
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