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Rosslare station to close

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  • 03-03-2007 1:51am
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    jd
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    Heard this from a good source - apparently the plan is to move the synoptic station to Johnstown Castle.
    Also Kilkenny to move to Oak Park.


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    lucernarian
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    How far away are the new stations going to be located from the old? Did you get a reason for the move?


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    jd
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    Johnstown castle is about 8 km away. Rosslare station is on a cliff, right on the sea shore, and I think they want it more than 2km away from the sea.


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    mike65
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    Is'nt that like moving a wind station from a mountain top to swamp? :eek: I would have thought the point of a station right on the SE corner was to get readings for that type of location.

    Mike.


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    Snowbie
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    Yeah where is the logic in that.I thought at first it be unmaned but the station is best located where it is/was.


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    Mothman
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    I got wind (pun not intended!) of a numbers of station (ie more than just Rosslare and Kilkenny) closures more than a year ago from an inside Met Eireann source.

    I didn't get much info then, but I think it's likely at at least an automatic station will be maintained at Rosslare. I don't know about Kilkenny. IIRC, this site is starting to be compromised by development.

    Climatically, Rosslare and Johnstown Castle are very different, but Johnstown Castle is more representative of southern Wexford.

    I'll see if I can get news to back up what I've just typed


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    jd
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    Mothman wrote:
    . I don't know about Kilkenny. IIRC, this site is starting to be compromised by development.

    That is what i heard too. Incidently , what is currently in Johnstown Castle is being moved from its current location to another part of the estate-


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    TheMilkyPirate
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    jd wrote:
    Johnstown castle is about 8 km away. Rosslare station is on a cliff, right on the sea shore, and I think they want it more than 2km away from the sea.

    It's more like 20-25km.


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    mike65
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    Johnstown Castle is 5 km south-west of Wexford so it not far from the coast.

    Mike.


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    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,701 ✭✭✭jd


    sorry, meant 8 miles ...

    http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html

    Distance between 52 15' 0"N 6 20' 5"W and 52 18' 0"N 6 31' 0"W is
    13.5851 km


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    Snowbie
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    Ok lads you lost me here,where exactly is the new location in terms of distance from the original site.


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    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,701 ✭✭✭jd


    newmetstation.jpg

    about 13.5 km


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    Snowbie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭Snowbie


    Cheers jd,any reason behind all of this?.This could be eliminated from a coastal station according to the map ie: not as accurate for wind measurment as been where the station was/is on the coast/headland
    Strange one imo.


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