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Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

New Met Éireann Website (beta)

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    #362
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,811 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Hi

    I can't seem to find them. They were on the old app.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks


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    #363
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Hi

    I can't seem to find them. They were on the old app.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    As far as I can see (I downloaded the app just to check for you here - I never go near any sort of weather app, that includes Met Éireann), they aren't on the app and you need to go to the site to check the satellites out which are under the latest reports tab.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



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    #364
    weisses
    Registered Users Posts: 9,430 ✭✭✭weisses


    Short range graph with slider seems to be gone ... found it to be very handy and pretty accurate too

    Anything else missing ?


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    #365
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,268 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Is that covered in the rainfall forecast map/ slider? It's hourly for the short term and then the steps extend near the end?


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    #366
    pistolpetes11
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 7,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭pistolpetes11


    Im reopening this now , apologies for the delay I was in recovery from Surgery and didn't have a chance to go through a lot of the posts that were getting reported .

    Met E were decent enough to ask for the opinions of others , and Im sure all constructive criticism will be taken on board , ranting and raving will be glanced over , as alluded too by some posters with a background in IT , things don't happen quickly for bug fixes , as someone working nearly 8 months on my own website with over 2500 products the smallest of errors can cause the biggest problem ( and cost the most money )

    Put forward your criticism but be mindful this is a work in progress and even when complete to a point where some are happy it will still be a work in process as in IT things don't stand still , upgrades are constant and unfortunately so are bugs / fixes


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    #367
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,877 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Whatever about the mobile site the desktop site has come on dramatically on the positive side since I last looked last week.

    Im able to find everything easily again. Hurray!


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    #368
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Mobile app seems to load when it feels like. I'm on a constant 4g connection with speeds rarely lower than 50mbps download, it's not my connection. Sometimes it'll load, sometimes it won't.

    The maps are also extremely sluggish at loading.


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    #369
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    New feature on the Atlantic charts on the old site.

    xaRmXh8.png

    New Moon



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    #370
    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    This is the first of my series of posts comparing the new site versus the old site. First the rainfall radar, I like that lightening is included on the new website but it only goes back 90 minutes as opposed to 6 hours on the old site. I will miss the old site whenever Met Eireann takes it down permanently.


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    #371
    Joe Public
    Registered Users Posts: 1,777 ✭✭✭Joe Public


    I might have missed this information in previous posts but I'll ask anyway.

    What are the reasons for changing the website?
    Are there any new features?
    Are any of the existing features being dropped?


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    #372
    andygaw
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭andygaw


    pistolpetes11 wrote: »
    Im reopening this now , apologies for the delay I was in recovery from Surgery and didn't have a chance to go through a lot of the posts that were getting reported .

    Met E were decent enough to ask for the opinions of others , and Im sure all constructive criticism will be taken on board , ranting and raving will be glanced over , as alluded too by some posters with a background in IT , things don't happen quickly for bug fixes , as someone working nearly 8 months on my own website with over 2500 products the smallest of errors can cause the biggest problem ( and cost the most money )

    Put forward your criticism but be mindful this is a work in progress and even when complete to a point where some are happy it will still be a work in process as in IT things don't stand still , upgrades are constant and unfortunately so are bugs / fixes

    Hope you are getting well.

    You are too kind to Met Eireann, the new site should still be there in as beta not the production site.


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    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Sick and tired of being given the forecast for Dublin and Leinster! It's about as relevant to me as the forecast for Johannesburg! When's this going to be fixed!


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    #374
    Artane2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Sick and tired of being given the forecast for Dublin and Leinster! It's about as relevant to me as the forecast for Johannesburg! When's this going to be fixed!

    I get the forecast for Munster mostly. Occasionally I'm given the Dublin forecast, which is what I want.


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    #375
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Artane2002 wrote: »
    I get the forecast for Munster mostly. Occasionally I'm given the Dublin forecast, which is what I want.

    Wanna swap? :)


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    #376
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    On chrome on a PC its remembering my location each time and going back to the same location.

    If I type in a location it remembers it and it even remembers the last location if I click on part of the map to set the location.


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    #377
    Artane2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Wanna swap? :)

    Sure. :)


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    #378
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Has the Rainfall Radar died again?

    It comes up with no data (outline square with slider in it) then vanishes on me this morning.

    Edit> None of the satellite images or loading either.


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    #379
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    my3cents wrote: »
    Has the Rainfall Radar died again?

    It comes up with no data (outline square with slider in it) then vanishes on me this morning.

    Edit> None of the satellite images or loading either.

    Yeah, it seems to be inop. right enough.

    I'm using this one now and I prefer it to the ME one.

    https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/uk-rainfall-radar.aspx


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    #380
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Could be due to all the press coverage of the good weather expected for the weekend and quoting met.ie, the maps and radar are loading but very slowly.

    This would lead me to think that the hosting possibly isn't up to the demand the site can and is seeing, just as well the new site didn't come live before recent snow events!


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    #381
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Looks like they are trying to use CDN via Amazon Cloudfront.

    Also FYI if Met Eireann are still reading this for feedback, the site is throwing a warning for mixed content as not all images etc are using https e.g. <img src="http://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2018/04/Wind_lecture_photo1-264x264.jpg


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    #382
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Sick and tired of being given the forecast for Dublin and Leinster! It's about as relevant to me as the forecast for Johannesburg! When's this going to be fixed!


    Yes, but this is the new 'modern'.


    I usually get the Munster forecast, with the added bonus of the hourly reports from Dublin on the current/yesterday's weather pages.

    New Moon



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    #383
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Before anybody panics

    https://twitter.com/meteireann/status/991643146743439362?s=21


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    #384
    gabeeg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Yes, but this is the new 'modern'.

    I'm not defending this one. It's seems like a mix of a technical bug and a usability issue.

    Many are experiencing the same problem, so I think they should address it.
    Could involve a big rethink of their entire homepage approach though, so I wouldn't hold your breath.


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    #385
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    I find that most of these problems didn't arise until the site launched and replaced the old site. It worked fairly well while in beta!


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    #386
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Also, I note that the 5 day outlook in no way resembles the national forecast.


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    #387
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,822 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Was there a way to show rainfall radar projections ? I seem to recall seeing a radar that projected a couple of hours ahead but I can't find it now.


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    #388
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    You don't mean the Rainfall Forecast (7 Day) link on the home page?


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    #389
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Lot of old links not working e.g. https://www.met.ie/forecasts/uvindex.asp

    Someone needs to look at old sitemap and setup 301 redirects.


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    #390
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Discodog wrote: »
    Was there a way to show rainfall radar projections ? I seem to recall seeing a radar that projected a couple of hours ahead but I can't find it now.

    If you have a mobile, try the 'RainToday' app from MeteoGroup. Gives forecast for next hour based on radar projections:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mg.raintoday&hl=en_US


    Sends you a notification telling you roughly what time rain will arrive at your location, and how long it may last.

    New Moon



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    #391
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,822 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    If you have a mobile, try the 'RainToday' app from MeteoGroup. Gives forecast for next hour based on radar projections:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mg.raintoday&hl=en_US


    Sends you a notification telling you roughly what time rain will arrive at your location, and how long it may last.

    I use the Meteoradar app which works well.

    I thought the radar, on the new site, is high res. Heavy drizzle in Galway isn't showing up.


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