Irish Meteorological Society

Useful Weather Links - Last Updated and links checked 26^th August 2003

Irish Weather Forecasts

• Met Éireann Web site at www.met.ie includes forecasts, latest observations, satellite images, Hirlam charts and some climatological data.
• RTE Weather in co-operation in Met Éireann.
• Irish 5 Day Forecasts on the World Weather Information Service Web Site. This site contains official forecasts from participation National Met Services
• Forecast on  Ireland-on-Line updated daily
• New Weather Ireland from the Irish Times
• The Irish Examiner has a daily weather forecast.
• Irish Farmers Journal has a weekly forecast and some recent data from Met Éireann. Updated weekly on Thursdays.
• Latest Forecast for Ireland on RTE Aertel (teletext version)
• Sea Area Forecast
• Gale Warning
• Irish Weather Forecasts and Satellite Maps from the Interactive Travel Guide to Ireland
• Read Brendan McWilliam's Weather Eye column from the Irish Times

Satellite Images

• METEOSAT Visible Picture from Met É:ireann
• Latest METEOSAT Satellite Picture from the University of Nottingham.
• Colour METEOSAT Satellite images from Meteo France 00Z  06Z  12Z  18Z
• High resolution NOAA Satellite Pictures from the NERC Station at the University of Dundee. Free registration.
• METEOSAT images up to the full resolution of 2500 x 2500 pixels and some images from GOES(USA) and GMS(Japan) also from Dundee.
• Animation loop of Ireland and UK from the BBC Weather Live.

Weather Charts

• 3 to 6 Day Forecast from ECMWF.
• The Swiss  westwind site. Comprehensive collection of charts, satellite, radar and observation sources.
• Surface Analysis and Forecast Charts from the UK Met Office, Bracknell Wetterzentrale at the  University of Karlsruhe.
• Surface Analysis
• 24 Hour Forecast
• 36 Hour Forecast
• 48 Hour Forecast
• 60 Hour Forecast
• 72 Hour Forecast
• 96 Hour Forecast
• 120 Hour Forecast

Weather Data

• Irish Observations and Buoy reports from Met Éireann
• World Wide Weather Summaries from 1995 (including Ireland). Dept. of Meteorology, Reading University
• Data Buoy Data around Ireland and the UK from NOAA
• Radar Animation of Ireland and UK from the BBC Weather Live.
• National Hurricane Centre, Miami . Official NOAA website. All the information on Hurrcianes including tracks and satellite imagery.

Sources of Meteorological Data

• Eddie Grahams EDDY-WEATHER pages including a detailed and comprehensive Dublin Weather Diary.
• Editor of Weather's Home Page: A useful collection of sources of weather information updated weekly from Roger Brugge. Also European and British Isles weather sources
• Ant Veal's Weather Centre. A large collection of links including charts, forecasts and soundings
• For a comprehensive list of Weather Sources for Ireland and the UK see Roger Brugge's Sources of British Isles Data
• The Met Office  Web site of the UK Meteorological Office.

Meteorological Societies and Organisations

• The Royal Meteorological Society: Home page of the RMS.
• American Meteorological Society
• International Association of Broadcast Meteorology
• Science Ireland Ireland's science and technology news, events and information website  

Aviation Data

• TAFS, METARS and other Airport Information from Tom Dawes Gamble. Free registration. Also the new AvBrief.com
• Weather page on the Irish Aviation Web Site

Miscellaneous Sources

• The FASTEX Field Catalogue at Meteo France
• El Nino Update from the World Meteorological Organisation
• EARTHWORKS on-line database of job opportunities including Meteorology
• Jobseekers mailing list of jobs in Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology

The uk.sci.weather newsgroup is a useful place to get some of the latest information about weather. Monthly data are often posted here by Roger Brugge and others. 

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