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Contents 1 Useful Weather Links 1.1 Irish Weather Forecasts 1.2 Satellite Images 1.3 Irish Weather Discussion Boards 1.4 Weather Radar 1.5 Weather Charts 1.6 Weather Data 1.7 Climate Change 1.8 Sources of Meteorological Data 1.9 Meteorological Societies and Organisations 1.10 Aviation Data 1.11 Miscellaneous Sources

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Useful Weather Links

- Last Updated and links checked 4th August 2007

Irish Weather Forecasts

• Met Éireann Web site at http://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
• http://www.ireland.com/weather and click the Weather link from the Irish Times
• Latest Forecast for Ireland on RTE Aertel (teletext version)
• Sea Area Forecast on Aertel
• Gale Warning on Aertel
• Irish Weather Forecasts and Satellite Maps from the Interactive Travel Guide to Ireland

Satellite Images

• METEOSAT High Res Visible Picture Met Éireann
• METEOSAT Infra-Red Picture Met Éireann
• 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.

Irish Weather Discussion Boards

• Weather on Boards.ie

Weather Radar

• Radar Animation from Met Éireann
• Radar Animation of Ireland and UK from the BBC Weather.
• Radar animation from UK Met Office
• European Radar Animation from the Netherlands including overlays on radar on Google Earth

Weather Charts

• 3 to 6 Day Forecast from ECMWF.
• The Swiss http://www.westwind.ch site. Comprehensive collection of charts, satellite, radar and observation sources.
• Another Swiss Site Meteoblue with excellent graphics
• Surface Analysis and Forecast Charts from the UK Met Office, Exeter from 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
• Data Buoy Home at the Marine Institute
• Wide Weather Summaries from 1995 (including Ireland). Dept. of Meteorology, Reading University
• Data Buoy Data around Ireland and the UK from NOAA
• National Hurricane Centre , Miami . Official NOAA website. All the information on Hurrcianes including tracks and satellite imagery.

Climate Change

• C4I Community Climate Change Consortium for Ireland - research into Climate Change in Ireland
• IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Summary Scientific Report issued in Feb 2007
• Hadley Centre at the UK Met Office
• Climate Change Myths from the Met Office

Sources of Meteorological Data

• 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.
• Weatherjack's Web site with a focus on Gliding
• Weathercharts.org wide selection of charts

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.
• AvBrief.com
• Weather page on the Flying in Ireland Web Site

Miscellaneous Sources

• El Nino Update from the World Meteorological Organisation
• EARTHWORKS on-line database of job opportunities including Meteorology

'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.'