'Terrible forecasting' and 'overly cautious' warnings: Complaints sent to Met Éireann in 2022
‘OVERLY CAUTIOUS’ WEATHER warnings, ‘terrible’ forecasting and ‘awful’ changes to the website were among issues raised among hundreds of complaints sent to Met Éireann this year.
“I am wondering why Cork, Kerry and Clare are always considered a red warning and Limerick is not? We feel the brunt of the storm every time. Storm Barra did considerable damage and we were not issued with a red warning,” the person wrote. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie A member of the public battling with the windy conditions on Dublin's Ha'Penny Bridge during Storm Eunice Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie
According to Met Éireann, warnings are issued during severe weather to save lives and protect the livelihoods of people across the country, as well as to mitigate damage to property and disturbance to economic activity. “I can’t understand why there’s no wind warning tonight for the west coast … The roof is shaking on the house, wind speed and gusts must be well over 120km/h,” the person wrote to Met Éireann.Unsurprisingly, and similarly to previous years, Met Éireann also received some complaints regarding its general weather predictions.
The same day, someone who lived along “the coast” in Ireland wrote to Met Éireann saying they had “largely missed out” on the “mini-heatwave”. However, Met Éireann said in its statement to The Journal that its development of its app and website is “continuous and ongoing, taking account and usage trends, user feedback and technology development”.
In March and April, multiple people complained to Met Éireann about the rainfall radar on the website not working properly. For a couple of days now, the rainfall radar map window on Met.ie is only a blank space. I refreshed numerous times to no avail. What is going on there? Another example of a complaint about the radar outlined: “The weather graph for rainfall forecast is blank. This was a brilliant resource and it is badly missed.
On 30 June one person said: “Your geolocation doesn’t seem to work quite right since your last website update.”
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