If you look at the high level satellite imagery its apparent that we are in the eye of that storm. More serious rain circulating us and due to move up the country today and tomorrow. Most people who must rely on really good weather forecasting don’t rely on Met Eireann any more, it’s fine for very general short term information but not good enough for accurate localised forecasting. If there was ever a good argument for an EU wide comprehensive and accurate weather forecasting system we surely have it this year. BTW try http://www.yr.no for a handy useful weather service.

Just look at the radar pictures on their website and you can tell for yourself if there is anything heading your direction for the next few hours. This is the most accurate way.

So judging by met eireann’s track record then we can expect a few showers later?!

Considering its raining In ennis heavily the weather report is as usual wrong.

I think we are all so pissed off with this utterly depessing feckin weather we tend to shoot (incl. me) the messenger. Having said that I imagine Met Eireann must have the most modern equipment available, so how they can’t properly forecast 24 hrs ahead is a mystery. They really are way off track on many occassions.

I probably harshly called met eireann muppets yesterday and got the red thumbs and a condescending response ( probably from a met eireann employee ) and told that I didn’t understand the technicalities of weather forecasting and how we are locked between a large land mass and water making it more difficult..ahem ..but actually like many here I just find other weather sites like accu weather etc more helpful and informative , maybe cos I pay a bit more attention these days or else im imagining things but met eireann seem to be getting more wrong , more often these past few years

Eh, Met Eireann are always wrong. I think they are actually a cover for some secret government organisation and it’s someone’s job just to make up a forecast to throw everyone off. One day in particular I checked the weather in my area for that day, sun shinning slightly overcast later in the afternoon, I went to the window, it was snowing!

I find accu weather pretty good for mid range forecasts

Met Eireann are a joke, just expect the exact opposite to whatever they say….or look up at the sky and guess, just like they do

The artic is unusually warm this year which means rain for us. Greenland nearly fully thawed. Anyway it all means that the whole of August will be a wash out. The next good weather we get will be when the Arctic cools. When it get cold here at night. So mid September.