All Things Met Eireann Related Go in Here (MOD NOTE #1)

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122495711#Comment_122495711

It’s because it happened west of the Shannon. Had the same events adversely affected Cork it would have gotten some coverage but if it’s the west coast/North Munster/Connacht, it’s not news worthy unless someone dies. I know there is a fair difference in population despite West-East but we deserve the same level of coverage over here in the west. The ironic thing is has this hastened in Dublin not only would there have been extra warnings, but dedicated news coverage and every other Rte radio host would have spoke about the crazy lightening for at least 5 minutes and Clare Byrne would have had the Carlow weather guy or an ME representative to talk about lightening. The difference is stark.

dacogawa

The desktop and mobile forecasts for the same location simultaneously have quite a few differences… 🙄

I was wondering whether to go sunbathing on the beach or not 😉

sryanbruen

I've been neutral towards the new site since the beginning compared to many that have straight up hated it but it seems to be getting worse. I like all the additional pages they've been adding such as the Summer and Storm Centres but could it not be better organised? I shouldn't have to zoom out the site just to see the entire submenu.

Comhrá

It's a confusing mish-mash of symbols, numbers and colours. Very user unfriendly. Not professional-looking by any measure.

beggars_bush

Is something up again with the radar?

esposito

”I’m sorry, my clicker is not working. And that’s the forecast. Goodnight” Poor Gerry after the 9 news

Markus Antonius

Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAogwWWtUxU

Comhrá

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122556381#Comment_122556381

I reckon he hadn't the heart to show us the weekend charts after we being given to expect nice weather for Sat, Sun and coming week.

Meteorite58

I think Met Eireann put out a very good detailed forecast today showing the different possibilities and uncertainty surrounding the weather on Friday into Saturday , as it turns out tonight's charts show potentially very strong winds from a deepening storm with various tracks as it transits some part of the island . Models really grappling with it but some very strong winds and a good shot of rain in parts showing up .

Credit where credit is due, well done Met Eireann , hope they keep up showing the different scenarios in their forecasts and give people more of a heads up on possibilities and bring people on board with the difficulties and complexities of making a forecast at times.

National Forecast

Issued at: 04 December 2024 19:24

TONIGHT

Early tonight, rain will clear eastwards with clear spells and well scattered showers following. Many areas will become dry. Fresh to strong southerly winds will become westerly as rain clears and will ease overnight. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees, a little higher in the southwest.

TOMORROW - Thursday 5th December

On Thursday, rain will spread eastwards across Ireland and will gradually clear during the afternoon with scattered showers following. Moderate southerly winds will become northwesterly as rain clears and will increase fresh to strong and very gusty and reaching gale force at times near west and north coasts in the late afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees.

National Outlook

Unsettled in the short term with some rain or showers, some of those wintry over the weekend as it turns colder. Windy at times too. Becoming settled later in the weekend and early next week with mainly dry weather and light winds, but it'll be cold with some frost and fog.

Still rather windy at first on Thursday night with scattered showers too for a time, but the winds will ease and the showers will become isolated and mainly confined to coastal parts of the north and west. There'll be some clear spells, but it'll become cloudier from the west overnight. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in fresh and gusty northwest winds, decreasing light to moderate westerly or variable. There's a chance of some frost and ice, especially further east.

Friday: There's still a little uncertainty in the forecast for Friday and Friday night, as it depends on the track and development of an area of low pressure, which currently looks set to track eastwards across the south of Ireland. At the moment the most likely scenario is that it'll be a cloudy day on Friday, with some heavy rain and localised flooding, mainly across the southern half of the country. Rain will be lighter further north. Cool with highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees generally, but milder in southern areas, ranging from 9 to 13 degrees. Becoming rather windy in southern areas with fresh to strong and gusty cyclonic variable winds developing, the winds will lighter though further north.
A more northerly track to the area of low pressure, would give more widespread heavy rain and localised flooding right across the country and could result in very windy weather, but it looks like this is a less likely scenario. Keep an eye on forecast updates for any changes though.

Friday night: The rain will clear southeastwards on Friday night with clear spells and some showers following, some of hail, especially into the north and west. It's going to turn colder, so some of those showers will fall as sleet too, especially over higher ground. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees, with some frost and ice likely, especially across the midlands and east. It'll be rather windy with fresh to strong and gusty northwest winds.

Saturday: It looks set to be cold and windy on Saturday with sunny spells and blustery showers, some of hail and sleet and with some snow showers likely over higher ground. The showers will be most widespread across the north and west, but will make their way across the country too in fresh to strong and gusty northwest winds. There's a chance of some thunder too, mainly near the north and west coast. Highest temperatures of just 4 to 8 degrees and feeling even colder due to the added wind chill factor. Cold and breezy on Saturday night with clear spells and further showers, some wintry, with the showers mainly in the north and parts of the west, but becoming more isolated overnight. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees, with the chance of some frost and ice in sheltered parts.

Sunday: Cold, bright and breezy on Sunday with sunshine and just a few isolated showers, mainly in northern parts early in the day. Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty north to northwest winds, stronger in coastal parts of the north and west.
The winds will ease on Sunday night, becoming light to moderate northerly, and it will be dry with clear spells. Lowest temperatures -1 to +3 degrees with some frost and ice.

Monday will be cold but with high pressure in charge, it'll be dry and bright with plenty of sunshine. Highest temperatures of just 4 to 8 degrees in light to moderate northerly winds.
Monday night will be very cold and dry with clear spells. There'll be a widespread sharp to severe frost and ice. Some fog or freezing fog will form too as it'll be calm. Lowest temperatures of -5 to -1 degrees.

The frost and ice will clear on Tuesday morning, but the fog will be slow enough to clear and may linger in some parts through the day. There'll be some sunshine though elsewhere. Highest temperatures of just 2 to 7 degrees, coldest where the fog lingers, in light variable breezes.
Tuesday night is likely to be another cold, dry, frosty and potentially foggy night.

There's uncertainty from Wednesday with high pressure trying to hold on, but with a chance of some weather fronts trying to move in too.

 

zell12

"I live and breathe weather" says Joanna Donnelly discussing the current freeze on Newstalk

looksee

Cathy Halloran just said there was 'freezing fog brought on by a Status Yellow weather warning'. I knew it was ME controlling the weather 😁

zell12

Prof John Sweeney said it would be worth examining how alerts are regionalised in future. “Part of the problem is we have an obsession in Ireland with county boundaries, whereas the UK warnings tend to involve abstract lines and ellipses. They don’t tend to observe county boundaries"

and

“The warning criteria here is fairly cast in stone, in terms of wind speed and temperature thresholds. In the UK it is more about whether this means the trains will be off or people will be impacted. It is not based on the criteria of whether the temperature drops below -5c, but what would the impact be. They warn much more on the basis there is going to be structural damage to infrastructure or black ice on the road.”

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/climate-expert-casts-doubt-on-our-obsession-with-county-boundaries-for-weather-alerts/a1596178473.html

Oooh, most diplomatically critical of MÉ! I foresee MÉ shifting their criterion soon

zell12

Ireland’s Weather Channel is run by climate scientist Cathal Nolan, who has ambitions to create a private weather service to rival Met.  “It’s been my dream to become a weather forecaster, ever since I was 5 years old. That dream still burns within me except now I wish to build Ireland’s first independent forecast service”

https://www.thejournal.ie/competition-for-met-eireann-social-media-weather-forecasters-are-more-popular-than-ever-6590196-Jan2025/

DOCARCH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123050090#Comment_123050090

FFS! Cathal needs to listen to Alan!

slimboyfat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123050102#Comment_123050102

No, I think they all need to get of their high horses ( Ireland Weather Channel, Carlow Weather & Donegal Weather Channel ), just because they have a few thousand followers on social media does not mean they are above the ranking of Met Eireann, they post with impunity, no one says anything when they get it wrong but if it was Met Eireann to get it wrong, all hell would break loose.

Frankly I am fed up with their click bait headlines.

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123052919#Comment_123052919

Agreed. I’m kind of sick of hearing (CarlowWeather) Alan on with Claire Byrne or another show anytime there is a hint of something newsworthy weather wise. I don’t have anything personal against Alan and think he’s decent enough for a n unofficial weather source but I’d much rather someone from MÉ coming on. I always figure if they’re not being interviewed it’s not a huge deal in the end. I’m sure for researchers it’s much easier get tge independent weather people on as they are trying to establish themselves.

All in all, I’m an enthusiastic cook but that doesn’t make me a chef, or even a Michelin starred Chef. Same with all these guys. There’s nothing wrong with shooting the breeze on a forum like this and offering your opinions but as soon as you start publishing warnings or creating forecasts distributed to the wider public then you need to check yourself. How qualified are these guys? I always feel like listening to forecasts from these lads is a bit like getting your car serviced by some lad talking the talk down the back of the pub. It won’t end well.

Pangea

I don't get alerts from the Met Éireann app anymore , despite having them selected and I have reinstalled the app but no use. Anyone else have this íssue?

Miss Stormyseas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123085065#Comment_123085065

Yes I am the same since I changed phones, also tried same as you uninstalling etc…..

Shane O' Malley

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123085300#Comment_123085300

Not sure if this applies to you but i noticed that i had to set custom notifications on mine. Went to "My Warnings" and it asked me to allow it set notifications, then i had to tell it my area, what level of warnings and what type.

Miss Stormyseas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123085341#Comment_123085341

I set all that up when I changed phones but it still has never worked for me, even tried it on my iPad but no joy there either. I see they have an email address in the “About this app” section so I might try that! digital.queries@met.ie

dmc17

Same here. Got a new phone before Christmas and can't get warning notifications working again. I've uninstalled and cleared all data numerous times but they still don't send

Pangea

Yes actually it happened me since I changed phones also.

looksee

Not sure if it is related to the above, but everytime I go to check the weather it shows a different location. The correct location is usually second on the list but I can't seem to get it to stick on the correct one. Any suggestions?

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123097457#Comment_123097457

I had that for a long time - I had 3 locations that I regularly use, and it always defaulted to the wrong one.

I have it fixed to Dublin now - can't remember what I did to fix it but maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling?

aidanodr

These days for where I am I find the UK MET weather site/app alot more spot on than the MET IE site/app.

Lets take rain for example, I find the MET IE site is telling me all dry 0% rain, whereas, at the time I am looking out at rain that the MET UK site IS forecasting.

Why is this, just curious. Surely one one imaging the MET IE site/app should be as or more acurate than the UK MET Site/App

Going to keep eye on this current comparison ( now 11.25am ). Right now the UK MET is winning, clear skys now replaced with grey