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

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  • #812
    Harry Palmr
    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


  • #813
    Harry Palmr
    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.


  • #814
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    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 ;)


  • #815
    Harry Palmr
    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.


  • #816
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    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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  • #817
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


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


  • #818
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    It won't play for some reason. Never mind!

    Try it in Chrome


  • #819
    Don Juan II
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭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"?


  • #820
    Harry Palmr
    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.


  • #821
    Don Juan II
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Don Juan II


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    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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  • #822
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,780 ✭✭✭✭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"


  • #823
    murfo
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭murfo


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    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

    I'm no Gaeilgeoir but I'm pretty sure that means "flat earther". Surprised she took a science job ;)


  • #824
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,300 ✭✭✭✭zell12


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


  • #825
    Marley Mango News
    Posts: 0 ✭ Marley Mango News


    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/


  • #826
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Marley Mango News wrote: »
    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.


  • #827
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Don Juan II wrote: »
    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


  • #828
    piuswal
    Registered Users 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.


  • #829
    Harry Palmr
    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?


  • #830
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    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?


  • #831
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users 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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  • #832
    feargale
    Registered Users 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.


  • #833
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


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


  • #834
    PukkaStukka
    Registered Users Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    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


  • #835
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Its been like this for a few days now.


  • #836
    PukkaStukka
    Registered Users Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


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


  • #837
    Leonita
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭Leonita


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


  • #838
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


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

    GDPR apparently.


  • #839
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users 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.


  • #840
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,750 ✭✭✭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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  • #841
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users 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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