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

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    #272
    ppshay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭ppshay


    Just wondering what the problem is with the regional forecasts on the met.ie web site. Hasn't been updated since 6am, 15 hours ago. Same with the map graphic.


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    #273
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    ppshay wrote: »
    Just wondering what the problem is with the regional forecasts on the met.ie web site. Hasn't been updated since 6am, 15 hours ago. Same with the map graphic.
    probable no problem they left the forecast as is because the charts are showing little change since this morning


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    #274
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Well according to the graphics on tonight's forecast after the News at 9, the weather is going to remain exactly the same for the next few days.

    Won't change a bit. :D


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    #275
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Lapin wrote: »
    Well according to the graphics on tonight's forecast after the News at 9, the weather is going to remain exactly the same for the next few days.

    Won't change a bit. :D

    I vote for a return of sticky cardboard symbols and a pointy stick.


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    #276
    Tae laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Tae laidir


    Current Met Eireann Forecast.
    How about Saturday, lads?

    Tomorrow

    Fog lingering in a few places up to Friday afternoon, otherwise showers in western counties but mainly dry and bright elsewhere. Winds becoming light to moderate, southwest to west. Highest temperatures 6 to 9 degrees Celsius.

    Outlook

    Sunday: Cold and frosty for the first few hours of the morning, with fog lingering in places. Otherwise bright and showery during the day, with most of the showers over the west and north of the country; less shower activity in eastern counties. A fairly cool day, highest temperatures of 5 to 7 degrees with light westerly breezes. More frost overnight.


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    #277
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    A lot of precipitation forecast for eastern parts over next 24 hours, surprised no warning?


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    #278
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #279
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,883 ✭✭✭pauldry


    just noticing on the met eireann website that past four years data is showing for stations on the past data as I check what a wet month wev seen in the West. Just started a written weather log this year, old fashioned I know but I think its good so that I can look back on the days. No day this year has had absolutely zero rain yet.. eek


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    #280
    mattser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭mattser


    Wet and windy this morning they said.

    Really ???

    Cos I've rarely seen it as dry and calm here.

    Have to revert to my original plans before I heard M.E. forecast.

    To say these people are useless would be an understatement.


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    #281
    jprboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭jprboy


    mattser wrote: »
    Wet and windy this morning they said.

    Really ???

    Cos I've rarely seen it as dry and calm here.

    Have to revert to my original plans before I heard M.E. forecast.

    To say these people are useless would be an understatement.

    Hmmm, where are you?

    Have you looked at the radar, quite possibly on the way to you.

    Squally and wet here this morning in North Tipp, as in many other parts of the country, but clearing now.

    As for the Met Eireann bashing, that's probably an overstatement :P


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    #282
    Harps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Harps


    mattser wrote: »
    Wet and windy this morning they said.

    Really ???

    Cos I've rarely seen it as dry and calm here.

    Have to revert to my original plans before I heard M.E. forecast.

    To say these people are useless would be an understatement.

    Current radar shows heavy rain crossing the country..

    Reports in the thunder thread of gusts similar to what was recorded in the storms around Christmas


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    #283
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    mattser wrote: »
    Wet and windy this morning they said.

    Really ???

    Cos I've rarely seen it as dry and calm here.

    Have to revert to my original plans before I heard M.E. forecast.

    To say these people are useless would be an understatement.
    Their forecast is/ was pretty accurate up in the wicklow mountains anyway.


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    #284
    Faustino
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Faustino


    Lashing rain in D4 at the moment and gusts easily as strong as the storms over xmas. Where did that come from?!


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    #285
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    mattser wrote: »
    Wet and windy this morning they said.

    Really ???

    Cos I've rarely seen it as dry and calm here.

    Have to revert to my original plans before I heard M.E. forecast.

    To say these people are useless would be an understatement.

    Hows them original plans going for you now?


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    #286
    mattser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭mattser


    Danno wrote: »
    Hows them original plans going for you now?

    Started to rain here in West Dublin about 10.30. I cancelled my plans for a couple of hours before that because that crowd forecast it wet all morning.
    There is no excuse for forecasts to be so wrong so often these days.


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    #287
    whitebriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭whitebriar


    mattser wrote: »
    Started to rain here in West Dublin about 10.30. I cancelled my plans for a couple of hours before that because that crowd forecast it wet all morning.
    There is no excuse for forecasts to be so wrong so often these days.
    oh did they use the word all and put it in bold?
    I must need new glasses.


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    #288
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    mattser wrote: »
    Started to rain here in West Dublin about 10.30. I cancelled my plans for a couple of hours before that because that crowd forecast it wet all morning.
    There is no excuse for forecasts to be so wrong so often these days.

    I am sending in the following reccomendation to Met Eireann:

    Dear Met Eireann,

    In future can you deliver your website's forecasts in the following format:

    TODAY: Showers of rain, hail and thunder will quickly spread from the west in a strong and blustery westerly airflow.
    WEST DUBLIN FARIES: Your game of chase-tag-and-kiss with the other boys will be interrupted by some rain and gusts that will rise up your skirts at 10:52am, perhaps 10.53am - therefore we reccomend using additional vaseline to put over your eyebrows to keep out painful sweats and raindrops from messing with your vision.

    I reccomend this format be used to avoid little hissy fits on forums such as boards.ie which take the good name of Met Eireann in vain.

    Yours truly,
    Danno.


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    #289
    icesnowfrost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭icesnowfrost


    Not a mention of any snow falling tonight. Just watched the weather after the 9 news


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    #290
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,066 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    A nice new feature here from Met Eireann http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp


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    #291
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    A nice new feature here from Met Eireann http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

    Post #281 - boom! :pac:


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    #292
    sully2010
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭sully2010


    STATUS RED

    "The issue of RED level severe weather warnings should be a comparatively rare event and implies that recipients take action to protect themselves and/or their properties; this could be by moving their families out of the danger zone temporarily; by staying indoors; or by other specific actions aimed at mitigating the effects of the weather conditions."

    If Met Eireann only issued this at 12.25am it hardly gives people chance to take action to protect themselves and/or their properties. I'm sure there are many in Cork/Kerry asleep now oblivious to the violent storm on its way in the morning

    On the other hand well done to boards.ie for putting it up earlier today and actually giving people a chance to batten down the hatches.

    I wonder sometimes whether Met Eireann are too preoccupied with getting egg on their faces over their Status updates.


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    #293
    Endurance_man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 105 ✭✭Endurance_man


    A fair amount of outrage from the public at the how late ME issued their alerts.

    Also upgrading alerts during the storm is also late.

    I find this unacceptable and surely there must be questions asked on them and their professionalism?

    People lives and livelihoods were at risk today.


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    #294
    periodictable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭periodictable


    Watching that lad of the Murphys deliver the weather forecast on the RTE 6 o'clock news, I got the distinct impression he had no idea what exactly happened this afternoon.
    I'm 10k west of Ennis. Trees were falling like nine pins everywhere you looked. The rain was horizontal. There was massive hail and torrential rain. Swathes have been cut through forest plantations like I have never before seen.
    Some trees had been twisted and wrenched from their roots. The landscape changed in a few hours. Trees that were planted 100 years ago are now gone. Copses flattened.
    Not that Met Eireann could have done anything to prevent it, but it would have been nice to have some warning.
    Scientists can see back to the edge of space....but they cannot forecast a severe storm?


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    #295
    sully2010
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭sully2010


    periodictable wrote: »
    Watching that lad of the Murphys deliver the weather forecast on the RTE 6 o'clock news, I got the distinct impression he had no idea what exactly happened this afternoon.
    I'm 10k west of Ennis. Trees were falling like nine pins everywhere you looked. The rain was horizontal. There was massive hail and torrential rain. Swathes have been cut through forest plantations like I have never before seen.
    Some trees had been twisted and wrenched from their roots. The landscape changed in a few hours. Trees that were planted 100 years ago are now gone. Copses flattened.
    Not that Met Eireann could have done anything to prevent it, but it would have been nice to have some warning.
    Scientists can see back to the edge of space....but they cannot forecast a severe storm?

    The main guys on here predicted it and warned of it for a few days and had the red alert up yesterday afternoon.

    I really don't know what they are up to in Met Eireann:rolleyes:


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    #296
    periodictable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭periodictable


    sully2010 wrote: »
    I really don't know what they are up to in Met Eireann:rolleyes:
    Risking getting slammed for this viewpoint, but when your job insulates you from having to account for your failings, I guess there is no pressure to excel.


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    #297
    Bejubby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    As far as i remember met eireann did warn of the storm coming and they mentioned violent storm force winds.
    maybe you guys just didnt see it.


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    #298
    sully2010
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭sully2010


    Bejubby wrote: »
    As far as i remember met eireann did warn of the storm coming and they mentioned violent storm force winds.
    maybe you guys just didnt see it.

    They said the word stormy weather yea, not out of the norm in winter in Ireland. Even their 6 and 9 bulletins on RTE did not warn of the potential of this violent storm. The red alert did not go up until 12.30am when everyone is in bed.

    Met Eireann are usually spot on but they were late with this one.

    People I know in Limerick hadnt a clue it would be this bad, just thought it would be another one like the few previous ones.


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    #299
    Bejubby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    sully2010 wrote: »
    They said the word stormy weather yea, not out of the norm in winter in Ireland. Even their 6 and 9 bulletins on RTE did not warn of the potential of this violent storm. The red alert did not go up until 12.30am when everyone is in bed.

    Met Eireann are usually spot on but they were late with this one.


    I still think they warned people in time with the first orange alert and then red.
    its up to people to decide what they need to do.

    The orange alert was yesterday and was like a wakeup call.


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    #300
    Endurance_man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 105 ✭✭Endurance_man


    Bejubby wrote: »
    I still think they warned people in time with the first orange alert and then red.
    its up to people to decide what they need to do.

    The orange alert was yesterday and was like a wakeup call.

    People were not warned in time. A red alert at 12 am is not good enough.


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    #301
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Endurance_man wrote: »
    People were not warned in time. A red alert at 12 am is not good enough.

    The problem is that these storms develop very rapidly. 36 hours ago todays storm was just a wisp of cloud in the western Atlantic.

    Forecasting these type of storms and the intensity of the storm is very difficult and not like forecasting a hurricane which develops over days and even weeks.

    Also bear in mind that Met Eireann have to be pretty sure of something actually occuring before they issue an alert...a couple of years ago there was a bit of an outcry after they issued an alert for very heavy snow, which did not materialise, and people were threatening to sue them.

    Basically, they dammed if they do and dammed if they don't.


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