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  • 16-10-2013 12:27pm
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    Alan b.
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭


    hi, im just starting to search the forum for the info,
    but in case somebody already knows where to look,

    can anyone tell me of an app or a web link to get updates on cloud base height and coverage in different regions in ireland.


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    Bsal
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    The best thing is to see airport METAR reports for cloud base's but you need to know the 4 letter ICAO airport code's. Here's a list of the Irish one's

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    and you can enter them here

    http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/

    This is an example one for Dublin airport with the cloud base in bold EIDW 161430Z 28011KT 9999 FEW010 SCT015 BKN022 11/10 Q1002 NOSIG

    FEW at 1000ft, SCATTERED 1500ft, BROKEN 2200ft these are given above the airport elevation.


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    riffmongous
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    Are there any ceilometer or other lidar devices operating in Ireland?


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    Alan b.
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    thanks a lot.
    thats exactly what i was looking for.
    i knew the meter reports where a good shot and already worked out how to decifer them. but i didnt know how to go about finding them to begin with.

    is there anywhere else that provides METAR's?
    midlands areas. or is it just airports.


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    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭tphase


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Are there any ceilometer or other lidar devices operating in Ireland?

    I would guess all the Met Eireann synoptic stations running TUCSON systems have them including the 4 main airports (Vaisala CL31), there's also a Jenoptik CHM15K at Mace Head and the IAA are setting up an ash detection network using Raman lidars (Leosphere R-MAN 510) at Malin Head, Mace Head, Mount Gabriel. I would guess they'll also put one at Dublin Airport eventually.


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