Evelyn Cusack

Danno · 13-03-2006 9:18pm #1

Having watched Evelyn Cusack the last two evenings, I think her forecasts are excellent. I think that she is the best forecaster in Ireland.

Her use of computer graphics and local radars are superb. None of the rest of them seem to know how to put a forecast together.

Hats off to Evelyn.

lucernarian · 13-03-2006 9:30pm

Lol, a thread about Evelyn Cusack.... Anyway, I have to say she does bring a smile to my face when I see her on telly, it means that the words "wintry" and "snow" are more likely to be mentioned:)

DublinWriter · 13-03-2006 9:35pm

Despite the occasional conviction for drink-driving, she's my least favourite weather presenter. She always sounds quite slurred.

Give me that wan with the dark bobbed-haircut (fine beasht of a woman) or Uncle Gerry anyday.

13-03-2006 11:12pm

Evelyn reads this board you know Danno.
I have it on Good authority.

Are you unattached?

lucernarian · 13-03-2006 11:34pm

Isn't Evelyn Cusack from Laois, Danno?:p

Snowbie · 13-03-2006 11:48pm

To_be_confirmed wrote:

Lol, a thread about Evelyn Cusack.... Anyway, I have to say she does bring a smile to my face when I see her on telly, it means that the words "wintry" and "snow" are more likely to be mentioned:)

Old Ev been around for years now,bless,but that day last week during our cold spell when she spoke on RTE News about the north etc,she had no makeup on,WOW,:eek: :eek: :eek: ,MAKEUP EV MAKEUP,
LOL
Go on Gerry Fleming give us a wink;)

Danno · 15-03-2006 12:58am

Oooi Lads, pipe down!

I was just commenting on the quality of her forecasts!

DublinWriter · 15-03-2006 11:30pm

Danno wrote:

I was just commenting on the quality of her forecasts!

It's a feckin team effort! They don't employ a couple of hundred people down at Met Eireann just so they can draw straws and go "ah jaysus, who's not on the bottle right now?, good man Gerry, down with ye to Montrose and do the auld Aimsir for the rest of the week'.

Danno · 16-03-2006 1:28am

How come "her" forecasts are the best presented, backed up with the best charts?

Kintarō Hattori · 16-03-2006 1:31am

Ahh gimme Gerry any day- that mans a genius and quite possibly a national institution!

eddy121 · 28-02-2011 7:24am

Danno wrote: »

Having watched Evelyn Cusack the last two evenings, I think her forecasts are excellent. I think that she is the best forecaster in Ireland.

Her use of computer graphics and local radars are superb. None of the rest of them seem to know how to put a forecast together.

Hats off to Evelyn.

You're having a laugh aren't you ?

Apart from the fact that she can't string a sentence together, her sentences are slurred on a good day, and she has the most patronising broadcast style I'm quite frankly amazed that RTE let her anywhere near a camera.

Jean Byrne and Gerry wipe the floor with her anyday.

Skuxx · 28-02-2011 8:02am

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that she seems to be the "rain specialist" in met eireann! Once you see the forecast starting with her presenting 9 times out of 10 there is rain on the way!! I remember once during a few weeks of dry weather she used to show us charts of the rain in Spain and France!!

GSF · 28-02-2011 9:13am

I always think she is really Joan Burtons sister :eek:

200motels · 28-02-2011 9:33am

She's the best by a country mile, I enjoy her forecasts, she can give more information in a few mins that the rest would take all day.

eddy121 · 28-02-2011 10:16am

200motels wrote: »

She's the best by a country mile, I enjoy her forecasts, she can give more information in a few mins that the rest would take all day.

It's one thing giving out more information , it's another being able to understand a word she says - I'm amazed she's still allowed on air

Jean and John are by far and away more natural, more pleasant, more professional and much more understandable.

ian_m · 28-02-2011 10:23am

Danno wrote: »

None of the rest of them seem to know how to put a forecast together.

Not sure if I can completely agree with this.

Hats off to Evelyn though. :cool:

200motels · 28-02-2011 1:02pm

eddy121 wrote: »

It's one thing giving out more information , it's another being able to understand a word she says - I'm amazed she's still allowed on air

Jean and John are by far and away more natural, more pleasant, more professional and much more understandable.

Totaly disagree, the charts she puts up gives a better picture of the weather to come. The two you mentioned are wooden compared to her.

pauldry · 28-02-2011 5:09pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Evelyn reads this board you know Danno.
I have it on Good authority.

Are you unattached?

Are YOU Evelyn?:P

John mac · 28-02-2011 5:56pm

ian_m wrote: »

Not sure if I can completely agree with this.

Hats off to Evelyn though. :cool:

That comment is 5 years old. !!

nacho libre · 01-03-2011 12:02am

Evelyn's a great forecaster. She takes the time to give the viewer an explanation as to why certain types of weather occurring.

pauldry · 01-03-2011 1:27am

Yeah Evelyn gives a good forecast. She really seems to know what she is on about and explains a lot of the goings on while she is doing it.

Gerry "Halo there aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannd a very good evening" doesnt really do this. He just sticks his robot badly fitted suitarm over the map and gets his words in the way of each other while he repeats "we can expect" over and over again.

Eagle used to do a good forecast on TV and was sorry to see himself and Gerard winky wink leave our screens. One thing about those two was even when the weather was promised kerap they still put a positive slant on it and gave you hope for the future. Even the Summer of 1985 was good in their eyes.

Jean Byrne has improved lots over the years and we all love the cold weather outfits she brings to our screen. Who needs the oscars?

eddy121 · 01-03-2011 7:32am

She might know the difference between an isobar and an iceberg but oh come on everything about her presenting is awful from the hideous patronising smile to the horrible whiny voice - would you see her on any other channel in the world - I think not, and I'm amazed Met Eireann have allowed her to develop this Z list celebrity nonsense - does zero for their or her credibility.

At least Jean is easy to understand looks great and really knows her stuff

mike65 · 01-03-2011 11:42am

Evelyn Cusack is the Joan Burton of weather forcasting?! :pac:

She's alright, I don't really listen to forcasts, the pressure charts are what matters and I'd like more of them.

Danno · 01-03-2011 12:07pm

Whoaa, who brought back this old thread!

Speak Now · 01-03-2011 1:51pm

Eddy121

Joins boards then waits 4 months and digs up an old thread just to have a dig at the brilliant Evelyn for his first post :rolleyes:

Tell us the truth Eddy, whats going on

fatherbuzcagney · 01-03-2011 11:35pm

I always watch out for her BIG smile at the end of her forecast:):D:p

octo · 02-03-2011 11:05am

Jaysus lads - go easy on the personal insults. You're talking about ordinary real people here....

Big Tone · 03-03-2011 10:39pm

Whenever she's on it's obvious she's done the maps herself, they're more detailed and more interesting when she's presenting..at least we can actually look at the maps, not like when Ms Byrne is on, she's a distractions with her latest "rig out" as my mother would say!

eddy121 · 10-03-2011 7:03pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4zLqLLsLM&feature=related

Seems like someone else isn't a fan....

nacho libre · 11-03-2011 5:47pm

perhaps it's time this thread should be locked?

Su Campu · 11-03-2011 7:28pm

eddy121 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4zLqLLsLM&feature=related

Seems like someone else isn't a fan....

I don't see what's supposed to be the problem there? Why even post that link? I think Nacho is right, if people start clutching at straws like that then the thread will be closed. It's one thing posting something real, but there's nothing in that clip and it's obvious the user has something against RTE.

Danno · 27-04-2011 10:34pm

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097209 - go to 25m35s... made me chuckle!

delw · 27-04-2011 11:10pm

Danno wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097209 - go to 25m35s... made me chuckle!

good woman Evelyn: "a much more interesting event at Cape Canaveral on friday"

organ · 16-07-2011 11:05am

DublinWriter wrote: »

Despite the occasional conviction for drink-driving, she's my least favourite weather presenter. She always sounds quite slurred.

Give me that wan with the dark bobbed-haircut (fine beasht of a woman) or Uncle Gerry anyday.

Evelyn is excellent at reading the weather as well as illustrating the charts. Other readers are equally very good :)Jean Byrne,

Siobháin Ryan etc. However where I live near the border of NI we get better accurate forecasting from the BBC but that should not take away from any of the RTE female forecasters/presenters who are very professional at presenting. :cool:

What Evelyn does apart from the news is her own personal choice and business as is any other reader.

organ · 16-07-2011 11:14am

I very much enjoy Evelyn Cusack Reading the weather! Jean Byrne and Siobháin are very good in my book as well. They each have their privacy and entitled it.

There is nobody perfect including myself and other critics. Keep the good work up girls and enjoy what you do in private once you do not harm others.

Organ xxx

Birdnuts · 16-07-2011 4:22pm

Evelyn is a class act and I always get so much more out of an RTE forecast when she's on - she seems to have a genuine interest in unusual weather too and takes time to explain and discuss any interesting phenonmenon both at home and abroad. So refreshing:)

lucernarian · 18-07-2011 11:54am

I think all the Met Eireann duty forecasters who are on TV have a habit of being a little vague, but Evelyn's best at giving a general picture of what's going on in Europe or the North Atlantic. Something that BBC presenters (who aren't proper meteorologists I think) are particularly poor at doing.

There is a vicious circle here, MetÉ are criticised for inaccurate forecasting, and therefore row back on the detail or range of forecasts to ensure they can't be accused of getting it "wrong" but then people still accuse them of inaccuracies because they are being intentionally vague and inaccurate. All to avoid making a bad call!

Funnily enough, I'd also say that Evelyn is the least afraid of sticking her neck out to make more specific calls or more distant forecasts! I think she deserves the least criticism and while the forecasters could be better at using their experience in a forecast and perhaps could take more stock out of "pattern matching", she's definitely the "best of a bad lot" and even that is very harsh on the lads and ladies of Glasnevin:D

Min · 18-07-2011 12:32pm

Met Eireann do a good job, it is not the easiest region in the world to be a weather forecaster especially when one can four seasons in a day.

Big Tone · 20-07-2011 3:11pm

Evelyn is the only one who mentions the jetstream and it's important influence on our weather. Her maps are also much better detailed than the others.

JonMac · 22-07-2011 7:38am

I think she gives the most useful forecasts. I am always pleased when I see it is her.

Evelyn Cusack

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