Weather forecast websites

johngalway

Where can I find reasonably reliable weather forecast beyond the three day outlook for Ireland, if possibly more specifically for the West coast and my own neck of the woods.

Sparks

WX

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=satradar

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html

http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=view&country=gb&sat=vis

http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=homepage

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http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Dublin

http://www.onlineweather.com/ie/forecast/Dublin.html

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http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/auth.html

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1340/iw.html

Plus, just google for "weather" and the location's name.

Sparks

WX

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=satradar

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html

http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=view&country=gb&sat=vis

http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=homepage

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http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Dublin

http://www.onlineweather.com/ie/forecast/Dublin.html

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http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/auth.html

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1340/iw.html

Plus, just google for "weather" and the location's name.

fish slapped

http://www.windguru.com/int/index.php?sc=4862

This site is used by several charter boat skippers I know and is very good if your near the coast, which if my memory is working you are.

Also

http://xcweather.co.uk/

simply click on the arrow nearest to you.

hope this is of use,

FS

LB6

John,

Have a look here - use it all the time b4 going to sea and it's close enough to you


http://www.fishkilkee.ie/weather.htm

LB

touchyie

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index.asp good site and it gives up to 15 days (although the further out the less accurate it will be)

seoirse1980

touchyie wrote: »

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index.asp good site and it gives up to 15 days (although the further out the less accurate it will be)

Plus one for accuweather

CJhaughey

I use this one.
http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/medium/deterministic/

johngalway

Thanks everyone, very helpful stuff

Cul a cnoic

I use www.yr.no just type in your location or whatever and you should be sorted. Norwegian site but covers Ireland.

You have the option to select the 3 day, long term etc.

Cass

www.metcheck.com Not bad and gives hourly reports. Wind, temp, cloud, rain, etc.

Callow Man

This is a fairly good one and gives the percentage chance of rain fall for a large number of locations across Ireland. http://www.weather.com/common/drilldown/EI.html The 10 day forcast is usually on the ball.

BrowningHP

Weatherpredict.co nz is an excelent site. This is the new zealand guy and he is spot on.The site has an Irish section and you can see what the weather is like for the next year even.I booked three weeks holidays from work in september based on his prediction, the only fine weather we had and I booked it two months in advance.

yessam

This new zealand website got it bang on last year

IRELAND November 2009

Tuesday 29th September 2009


For Ireland rain distribution maps for November; click here

For Ireland longrange to Winter, Spring and Summer, click https://www.predictweather.co.nz/assets/articles/article_resources.php?id=159

Longrange forecasting has returned, as practised in the days of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, when our forebears erected stone structures that acted as weather and climate calculators to aid agriculture. For at least 2,000 years the knowledge was lost, misplaced and banned due to the Dark Age of religious and political suppression of 'paganism'. Astrology became astronomy as ruling classes took over, oversaw and monitored science. Some might say not much has changed.

Welcome then to what we believe to be the very first true longrange weather website for Ireland. We are glad to offer forecast report packages for every county. The range of these forecasts is a radius of 50-60 miles, so most locations are catered for. On the database of our server we have installed the facility for you to get a forecast report for any time period ahead between now and 31 December 2019. The reports consist of excel spreadsheets of daily entries in an easy-read format. The parameters provided are estimated daily rain, sunshine hours and maximum and minimum temperatures. Reports and graphs are sent as pdf files that can be read by any computer.
Charges are set in NZD. The EURO equivalent will vary as to the current exchange rate.
1 week: 27NZD (11 EUR) (minimum)
1 month: 45NZD (17 EUR),
3 months: 95NZD (37EUR),
6 months: 150NZD (59EUR) and
1 year: 225NZD (89 EUR) (best deal).
The whole report is manually generated and sent in one package, leaving you free to print off what you require. Orders must be prepaid before a forecast is sent. As for purchasing, we try to make the process as simple as possible. If you email us your credit card details we can do the transaction. Or you can do the transaction yourself on https://www.predictweather.co.nz/#/tipjar/ and email to tell us you have done it. If ordering online, the system will convert EUROs to NZ dollars automatically as part of the international banking system, but you need to fill out any amounts in NZ dollars because that is how the website is geared. If you have any difficulties with any of this process, please do not hesitate to email us and we will try our best to help you.

SUMMER REPORT
Our summer report has been mostly accurate and it seems many Irish farmers are now interested in the moon method of predicting weather.
Irish media have been kind, with the following reports being samples:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/maverick-forecaster-ken-was-right-as-rain-1867623.html
http://www.independent.ie/farming/news-features/kiwi-weather-expert-forecasts--a-watery-end-to-dreadful-2009-1886289.html
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/marianfinucane/1249917.html Programme #38 Scroll to 1:07:30
http://www.wiredwithwhelan.com/?p=796

WINTER REPORT
Overall
The country is looking at an average-to-slightly-warmer winter, then an average-to-cooler spring. In terms of sunshine, an overall cloudier winter and spring, followed by a sunnier-than-average summer and autumn. In January and February the wettest areas in the country may be in parts of Northern Ireland. January should be more cloudy-than-average except in some southern regions, but February should be an average month for sunshine amounts.

Snow
Chances of snow in Tipperary are in the last few days of November, fourth weeks in January and February, the first week in March, and the second week in April. However, there is about a 4degC minimum difference between Tipperary and Northern Ireland, so the north will be affected more. Some northern parts may get some significant falls about the second and last weeks in Nov, and in December, snow in the north in the last few days. Then first and fourth weeks in both Feb and March, and the north may even get snow as late as the first week in May in some places.

Trends
Ireland along with the rest of the northern hemisphere is heading for a situation of less temperature differences between the seasons, heading for less cold winters and milder summers, with the seasons becoming more even. 2009/10 should be about the middle point of the milder winter years, and 2013 may see the return of wetter and colder winters. A white Xmas? Not this year. Rather, rain on Xmas Day, the first after a long dry cold spell.

Jetstreams
Jetstreams are moving air masses between pressure systems and fronts. They tend to bring colder weather in the form of depressions, and at this time of year and season, the usual situation is for the atmospheric depressions come in closer to the poles, which allows warmer air to reach you from the equator without some big system standing in the way. But these days these rivers of air are on the equatorial side more, so Ireland finds itself catching all cold air pulled down from the North Pole. It's also why Ireland has had such a bad wet summer - these depressions are further south than they should be, they've been hanging around the English channel bringing colder air to there, when they should have been further north around the poles. These jetstream levels have a cycle, and it's tied up with the movement of the moon as it constantly crosses hemispheres. Therefore it's predictable. Next year you'll get a better summer, and down in the other hemisphere a colder winter.

Spring
The year is virtually divided into two parts, trending cloudier-than-average from January to May and then sunnier from June to November.
March and April are going to be fairly wet, in March the rain mostly affects the West; Lough Navar and Sligo, and further south in Newport, Tralee and Killarney.
In April it is the turn of Galway to receive some of the heavier falls.

2010
2010 should be wetter than average for most of the country, with some exceptions. These are average to slightly drier-than-average expectations for Hillsborough in the north, Ardtarmon in the central west, Dublin in the central east, and in southern ireland; Shannon, Kilkenny and Cork. Comparing to longterm monthly averages, the wettest month for the whole country may be September, followed by March and April. The driest month for the country may be October followed by June then February. In January and February the wettest areas may be in parts of Northern Ireland.
During the summer months the central west may see the driest June, but northern areas may see the driest July.
June should be the driest month for all except for Dublin slightly wetter, also Killarney and Cork may have above average June rain falls.
In August only Dublin may be significantly drier-than-average, with most places seeing more than their average rain.
An average to slightly warmer winter.
An average to cooler spring.
A warm start to summer, turning average mid-season and ending on a cooler-than-average August.
An overall cooler spring in each month.
This results in an overall average expectation for the whole year. Exceptions may be Galway with a warmer year, and Tralee with a year cooler-than-average overall. Months that may be warmer-than-average may be January (except for Tralee), February and March (except in some Central and Southern parts), June(whole country) and December(except for Lough Navar in the north and Tralee). Tralee should have the coldest winter and Hillsborough and Tralee the coolest spring. Lough Navar, Shannon and Killarney can expect a warmer-than-average summer. Drumsna, Roscommon and Tralee can expect a cooler-than-average autumn.
In terms of daily sunshine amounts, expect an overall cloudier winter and spring, followed by a sunnier than average summer and autumn. The year is virtually divided into two parts, trending cloudier from January to May and sunnier from June to November. January should be more cloudy-than-average except in some southern regions, but February should be an average month for sunshine amounts. Drumsna may find itself blessed with more sun than normal during May. June should be the sunniest month for all, followed by August. September and October may be average-to-sunnier, but November only average except for Tralee and Killarney in the South. And apart from a cloudier-than-normal January and April, Drumsna may be the only town to find itself with an average-to-sunnier year.

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