Met Eireann blunder

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Lobby Lobster

Met Eireann blunder

#1 Post by Lobby Lobster »

Planned to go to Youghal today and finally get a few mackerel. Then sadly, I saw the Met Eireann forecast last night ....30kph winds at Youghal,,,so I left the boat at home. Drove to youghal and Ardmore. Flat calm. Not a ripple. Not a puff of wind. Just got home and checked computer for forecast. Met Eireann have a small craft warning. No wonder there were no visiting boats out today. Just a few local lads..and...and..they were catching mackerel!! GGrrrr! Come on Met Eireann. :evil: :evil:
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#2 Post by shamoo0804 »

I dont bother with the met eireann forecasts myself, I find accuweather.com much more reliable.
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#3 Post by hugo »

Likewise. On the RTE TV forecasts they give one lot of wind speed figures verbally, and then the ones on the final visuals are often totally different. You can work it out better yourself from the Atlantic charts on the met.ie website.
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#4 Post by Pat »

http://www.xcweather.co.uk or http://www.windfinder.com
Why not join Cobh SAC - looking for new members....
http://www.cobhsac.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobhsac
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#5 Post by Lobby Lobster »

Thanks for the tips, Guys. I appreciate it.
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#6 Post by James Barry »

dont get me started on met eireann :evil: use magicseaweed it will show you the windows you will get to fish and is always accurate well it has been the times iv used it.....
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#7 Post by Tom Maher »

There are nice size mackerel there too :wink:
They should stay around until the rain comes and then they'll probably disappear
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