Shannon radar down again.

Comhrá · 14-06-2020 4:40pm

It's just a 'fair weather' radar. Worked great all March, April and May. First day of heavy showers and thunderstorms, it dies.

Gaoth Laidir · 14-06-2020 4:41pm

How do people know it worked perfectly during the period of no rain?

ecowise · 14-06-2020 4:54pm

"14th June - Apologies the Shannon Radar is currently unavailable due to a technical fault which is being investigated by Met Éireann engineers. The crosses indicate the location of the thunderstorms."

Comhrá · 14-06-2020 5:06pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

How do people know it worked perfectly during the period of no rain?

Usually displays the radius of coverage when operating. Not saying it was working perfectly all the time it was certainly up and running over the past months.

JCX BXC · 14-06-2020 5:11pm

Oh it's so annoying, the one day you really want it.

Discodog · 14-06-2020 6:10pm

It seems to be back

ecowise · 14-06-2020 6:13pm

Unusually for our climate the sferics are providing a partial proxy for precipitation and they extend beyond the Shannon radar zone but are still no substitute for actual radar.

Discodog · 14-06-2020 6:14pm

It was back at 6. Gone again now

Snowc · 14-06-2020 10:26pm

Somebody on Twitter was saying there is a leak in the roof where the weather computers are stored.Hopefully it will be repaired soon

Comhrá · 14-06-2020 11:13pm

Snowc wrote: »

Somebody on Twitter was saying there is a leak in the roof where the weather computers are stored.Hopefully it will be repaired soon

Well, that's reassuring to hear. A few slates, tiles, a roll of felt or whatever, will be a lot cheaper to fix the hole in the roof than having the radar overhauled yet again.

Joe Public · 14-06-2020 11:25pm

Snowc wrote: »

Somebody on Twitter was saying there is a leak in the roof where the weather computers are stored.Hopefully it will be repaired soon

It's actually the backup system for detecting rainfall.

Danno · 14-06-2020 11:29pm

Snowc wrote: »

Somebody on Twitter was saying there is a leak in the roof where the weather computers are stored.Hopefully it will be repaired soon

Seriously? FFS! Killnaskully stuff.

StackSteevens · 15-06-2020 2:17pm

Any update on the ME website today? I have looked, but can't see one.

Discodog · 15-06-2020 3:21pm

StackSteevens wrote: »

Any update on the ME website today? I have looked, but can't see one.

It's working

StackSteevens · 15-06-2020 4:03pm

Discodog wrote: »

It's working

Oops!!! :P

The weather is so dry and uneventful South of a line from Galway to Wicklow that I assumed it was still broken!

Thanks for that!

Mortelaro · 01-07-2020 1:16pm

something wrong with the Dublin radar today too
Pouring in arklow all morning and still at it
Heading for 7mm
Radar has hardly anything

Gaoth Laidir · 01-07-2020 1:19pm

Mortelaro wrote: »

something wrong with the Dublin radar today too
Pouring in arklow all morning and still at it
Heading for 7mm
Radar has hardly anything

There's plenty showing on the composite radar including the UK's.

https://www.rain-alarm.com/

Mortelaro · 01-07-2020 2:44pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

There's plenty showing on the composite radar including the UK's.

https://www.rain-alarm.com/

Met Éireann shouldn't really be publishing a bad radar image

Gaoth Laidir · 01-07-2020 3:19pm

Mortelaro wrote: »

Met Éireann shouldn't really be publishing a bad radar image

No, but when you only have 2 radars and both are the other side of the mountains from you they won't pick up this low-based precipitation.

Mortelaro · 01-07-2020 4:39pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

No, but when you only have 2 radars and both are the other side of the mountains from you they won't pick up this low-based precipitation.

Its pretty relentless precipitation
11.4mm since 10am

talkabout · 05-08-2020 2:50pm

Tender process for new radar

https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/171509/0/0?returnUrl=&b=

Gaoth Laidir · 05-08-2020 3:09pm

Whatever will people complain about then!

Still having just the two systems will still not fix the blind spots in the southeast, far southwest and far northwest (which is also a problem for the Belfast radar). I would like to have seen another one going in somewhere like SW Donegal or Donegal airport.

ecowise · 05-08-2020 3:31pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Whatever will people complain about then!

Still having just the two systems will still not fix the blind spots in the southeast, far southwest and far northwest (which is also a problem for the Belfast radar). I would like to have seen another one going in somewhere like SW Donegal or Donegal airport.

At least one more radar site is desirable. We have just returned to west Waterford from the north Mayo coast and there are problems with coverage in both areas!