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All Things Met Eireann Related Go in Here (MOD NOTE #1)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Mav11


    tphase wrote: »
    anyone know why the web cams are unavailable? Link to them is gone
    GDPR issues, I'd guess

    Any update on this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Michelle Dillon on Claire Byrne Live just now giving some insights into the possibilities of snow for the coming days. Very good explanation of the weather systems at play.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,483 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    tphase wrote: »
    anyone know why the web cams are unavailable? Link to them is gone
    GDPR issues, I'd guess

    Its a great pity, i really liked looking at them especially in interesting conditions like we have a t the moment.
    Its a shame if it is GDPR that they feel makes them have to take them down, they mostly just showed fields, dont really see any GDPR type infringements there?

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Tyrone212


    https://www.tiitraffic.ie/cams/

    You can see what conditions are like across the country. Select a county to save time. Also has air and road temperature from every location listed updated every 10 minutes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭tphase


    Supercell wrote: »
    Its a great pity, i really liked looking at them especially in interesting conditions like we have a t the moment.
    Its a shame if it is GDPR that they feel makes them have to take them down, they mostly just showed fields, dont really see any GDPR type infringements there?
    Some of the cameras did show peoples houses. One of the Malin Head cameras was taken offline some time ago - I suspect someone complained about it infringing on their privacy and that triggered ME to have a wider discussion about privacy issues in respect to all of their cameras.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    Does anybody have a problem with the Met Eireann widget.
    Mine shows Dublin even though I'm in Wexford.
    App has full permission and location.
    When I press refresh it stays on Dublin.
    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Bejubby wrote: »
    Does anybody have a problem with the Met Eireann widget.
    Mine shows Dublin even though I'm in Wexford.
    App has full permission and location.
    When I press refresh it stays on Dublin.
    Thanks
    It refuses to "save" a location. I have two, for two places that I'm frequently in, and it persistently relocates from one to the other for no apparent reason.


    Not the end of the world, but really annoying!


  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bejubby wrote: »
    Does anybody have a problem with the Met Eireann widget.
    Mine shows Dublin even though I'm in Wexford.
    App has full permission and location.
    When I press refresh it stays on Dublin.
    Thanks

    Whole website is a joke shop, trying to access the radar a trial in itself. Just plain awkward and clunky, even getting the forecast requires pulling and dragging. It needs to be scrapped and legacy edition reinstated for simple accessibility.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    Whole website is a joke shop, trying to access the radar a trial in itself. Just plain awkward and clunky, even getting the forecast requires pulling and dragging. It needs to be scrapped and legacy edition reinstated for simple accessibility.


    All the info is there but needs a tidy up,grand after that ,except for my location issue.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 23 Bloc


    Did anyone notice that the radar is missing the whole of county Dublin and that there's a permanent echo just out into the Irish sea.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Posted yesterday on the radar thread how the east/south east was dry all day!

    https://twitter.com/Harry_Palmer1/status/1360615934344495104


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    The new girl nearly corpsed doing the weather either yesterday or on the farming forecast. She's a bit nervous still.


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


    The new girl nearly corpsed doing the weather either yesterday or on the farming forecast. She's a bit nervous still.

    Was good tonight, and looked even better ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I happened to flick on the TG4 forecast while scrolling just before 7 PM and the presenter on there was a knockout. Dunno how much she knows about warms fronts though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    I happened to flick on the TG4 forecast while scrolling just before 7 PM and the presenter on there was a knockout. Dunno how much she knows about warms fronts though.

    https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/catagoir/news/seinn/?pid=6238306346001&title=An%20Aimsir%20L%C3%A1ithreach&series=An%20Aimsir%20L%C3%A1ithreach&genre=Cursai%20Reatha&pcode=614643


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    It won't play for some reason. Never mind!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    It won't play for some reason. Never mind!

    Try it in Chrome


  • Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Don Juan II


    I've heard weather reports from Met Eireann that says: "On All Irish Coastal Waters and on the Irish Sea"

    Is the "Irish Sea" not considered part of "All Irish Coastal Waters"?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I think Coastal waters is specifically within the 12m limit (or whatever it is currently), the Irish Sea obviously extends further.


  • Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Don Juan II


    I think Coastal waters is specifically within the 12m limit (or whatever it is currently), the Irish Sea obviously extends further.

    don't all the seas/oceans around Ireland extend further than 12 miles?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,354 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Coastal water is that not including transitional water (mixed fresh/salt) which itself has a rough definition of one mile, and which supports shallow water ecosystems before the shelf drop into the deep ocean.

    That doesn't nail it down, but in the Irish context I would take it as being all seas north, south and west of Ireland out to the continental shelf and the entire Irish Sea, which I determine is what MÉ refer to when they say "all Irish coastal waters and the Irish Sea"


  • Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭murfo




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,992 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    murfo wrote: »
    I'm no Gaeilgeoir but I'm pretty sure that means "flat earther". Surprised she took a science job ;)
    Tsk tsk


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I don't remember this chap, before my time, but a rather pleasing short on the RTE Archives at the moment.

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0308/1202666-how-to-forecast-weather/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    I don't remember this chap, before my time, but a rather pleasing short on the RTE Archives at the moment.

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0308/1202666-how-to-forecast-weather/

    Seamus Miller Head of Forecasting in Met Eireann in the 80's following a period presenting the forecast on TV.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    don't all the seas/oceans around Ireland extend further than 12 miles?

    Not for the purpose of the Sea Area Forecasts, unless they've been changed very recently. They cover out to 30nm.


    https://www.met.ie/forecasts/marine-inland-lakes/sea-area-forecast-terminology


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Coastal water is that not including transitional water (mixed fresh/salt) which itself has a rough definition of one mile, and which supports shallow water ecosystems before the shelf drop into the deep ocean.

    That doesn't nail it down, but in the Irish context I would take it as being all seas north, south and west of Ireland out to the continental shelf and the entire Irish Sea, which I determine is what MÉ refer to when they say "all Irish coastal waters and the Irish Sea"

    https://www.met.ie/forecasts/marine-inland-lakes/sea-area-forecast-terminology

    30 nm.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    A right jumble of measurements - visibility is metric, nautical distance is imperial, wind speed is Beaufort and frontal movement in knots.

    Is there anything to be said for rationalising and going metric in all measurements?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    A right jumble of measurements - visibility is metric, nautical distance is imperial, wind speed is Beaufort and frontal movement in knots.

    Is there anything to be said for rationalising and going metric in all measurements?

    Absolutely.

    Not sure who determines units but Maritime traditions very strong.

    Dos not Aviation not still use feet in some instances?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    piuswal wrote: »
    Absolutely.

    Not sure who determines units but Maritime traditions very strong.

    Dos not Aviation not still use feet in some instances?

    Feet is used for altitude, nautical miles for distance and speed (knot) and metres for visibility. In the US, however, they use statute miles for visibility...

    In Russia and some Asian countries, the metre is used for altitude, so when switching to their airspace, pilots must change their altimeters to read metres.

    My favourite unit is the furlong per fortnite...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Sorry. I'm new here. Can somebody please tell me what was Met Eireann's name for the last storm and what is the name of the next to come? Did Storm Evert materialise? Thanks.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Anyone know why they are literally phoning in the weather forecast?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    Anyone know why they are literally phoning in the weather forecast?

    A standard backup phone line is used if the digital link between Met HQ and RTE goes down


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Its been like this for a few days now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    Given the times we're living in, could it be that the forecast is being done from the forecasters home?


  • Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭Leonita


    They seem to have removed the webcams from their website recently wonder why that was?


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Leonita wrote: »
    They seem to have removed the webcams from their website recently wonder why that was?

    GDPR apparently.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Technical issue. I think it was Wednesday, on my way home in the car they went to the weather at 17:59 but there was just a crackling sound and then they went straight to the Angelus (why the hell is that still on national radio and TV, by the way?!). They didn't mention anything afterwards and went to the news headlines.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Pleased to see Met Eireann have cleaned up their rain radar on the home page of their website.

    The map of Ireland no longer has the unnecessary 12 mile territorial water limits and motorways cluttering up the display. The colour legend seems to be modified too and the animation intervals are changed from 5 to 15 mins. Sferics are now neater and easier to see than previously.

    A big improvement overall imho.

    Edit: Actually on closer inspection it looks like they're just using a larger version of their previous radar from their old website - which was easier on the eye anyway.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Comhra wrote: »
    Pleased to see Met Eireann have cleaned up their rain radar on the home page of their website.

    The map of Ireland no longer has the unnecessary 12 mile territorial water limits and motorways cluttering up the display. The colour legend seems to be modified too and the animation intervals are changed from 5 to 15 mins. Sferics are now neater and easier to see than previously.

    A big improvement overall imho.

    Edit: Actually on closer inspection it looks like they're just using a larger version of their previous radar from their old website - which was easier on the eye anyway.

    It hasn't changed for me...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    It hasn't changed for me...

    Here's the image I'm getting:

    https://www.met.ie/latest-reports/recent-rainfall-radar/12-hour-rainfall-radar


    CL5KTs6l.png


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,845 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Maybe it’s just me but just cannot warm to the Joanne lady who does the weather.

    Very superficial/fake presentation or something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Comhra wrote: »

    Ah yes, that's on the radar page. Your original comment said on the Homepage. Anyway, yes, it does look sharper there alright.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    She's actually quite bad at presentation, whatever about her technical skills. I find the forecasts generally far too superficial and tending to spend too much time on stuff we know has happened and not enough about why the weather is doing what it's doing in the bigger scheme of things like Arctic high pressure's effects on the jet stream and "stalled" slow rotation low pressure areas.

    They are probably told not to bother with that stuff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Ah yes, that's on the radar page. Your original comment said on the Homepage. Anyway, yes, it does look sharper there alright.

    Oops, apologies...my mistake. Still it's an improvement.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    She's actually quite bad at presentation, whatever about her technical skills. I find the forecasts generally far too superficial and tending to spend too much time on stuff we know has happened and not enough about why the weather is doing what it's doing in the bigger scheme of things like Arctic high pressure's effects on the jet stream and "stalled" slow rotation low pressure areas.

    They are probably told not to bother with that stuff.

    Rightly so too in fairness. Whilst all in this forum like the scientific and techie side of things, the target audience of a forecast require just that - a forecast!


  • Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭B2021M


    Are the colours of the temperature forecasts consistent by time of year? Eg an 8 degrees in January might be yellow or orange but in the middle of a warm spell would be perhaps light blue? Its still the same temperature regardless. Im fairly sure ive noticed this before but may be wrong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,971 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    She's actually quite bad at presentation, whatever about her technical skills. I find the forecasts generally far too superficial and tending to spend too much time on stuff we know has happened and not enough about why the weather is doing what it's doing in the bigger scheme of things like Arctic high pressure's effects on the jet stream and "stalled" slow rotation low pressure areas.

    They are probably told not to bother with that stuff.

    Atrocious is the word to describe her presentation skills, I either walk out of the room or switch her off when she is on.
    I think the main issue with not showing the jet stream etc like the met forecasts is down to the graphics. Most of the time it's just the few icons of weather around the map or the forecasters personal maps of past rain and clouds.
    It's very hit and miss with each presenter using their own stuff instead of the set piece to use. Met uk youtube presentations and bbc weather is soo much more professional and easy to understand with all the info given.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,665 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Met seemed to be conflicted for Dublin today, their radar showed a belt of rain clearing from the west around lunchtime but their hour by hour weather suggested it would be raining all day. for me it seemed clear that the radar was going to be the right one

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Jesus who wrote this? Shockingly written forecast, makes almost no sense. In the Munster forecast for tomorrow.
    Met &#201 wrote: »
    TOMORROW - TUESDAY 25TH MAY
    Cloudy tomorrow with outbreaks of rain continuing through much of the day. Good sunny spells elsewhere with well scattered showers. Rain will gradually become confined to southwestern coastal fringes through the afternoon with drier conditions elsewhere. Highest afternoon temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees Celsius in mostly light to moderate northwesterly or variable breezes, fresher along southwestern coasts.


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