Agricultural & Environmental Unit
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL FORECASTS
- Daily forecasts with 3 day outlook
for provinces
- Daily regional forecasts
- Daily
forecasts for the week ahead on Weatherdial and
RTÉ 7:55 radio
- Extended 4/5 day forecast on RTÉ 1 TV after 9pm
News, Sunday and Wednesday
- Forecasts on Independent Local Radio
stations.
- Farming forecast on RTÉ TV at lunchtime on Sunday
- Farming
Analysis of current 7-Day forecast on Weatherdial
- Farming
forecasts in print media (Farmers Journal, Farming Independent and Examiner)
AGRICULTURAL RISK AND WARNINGS
- Spread of potato blight from May to September
- Forest fire risk
- Frost for fruit growers in Spring
- Advice to the Department of Agriculture
on the risk and prevalence of animal diseases such as airborne
spread of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus, Nematodirosis, Liver
Fluke and BlueTongue.
AGRICULTURAL OBSERVATIONS
Research
Met Éireann coordinates the AGMET group which has members from agricultural
research institutes, universities, government departments and other organizations
interested in the effects of weather on agriculture. The AGMET group was founded
in 1984 with the aims of:
- promoting the dissemination of weather information for planning
and decision making in agriculture
- the provision of educational material
to facilitate the best use of weather information in agriculture
- development
of modelling expertise exemplified in the AGMET publication
'Agro-Meteorological Modelling - Principles, Data and Applications'
N.M. Holden (Ed.)
Met Éireann provided forecasts and guidance to the Department
of Agriculture on the airborne spread of the Foot and Mouth Disease Virus
in the outbreak
of 2001. During that time research was undertaken to improve the airborne
dispersion model and results have been published in a technical report.
Ploughing Championships
Every year Met Éireann has a stand at the Ploughing Championships and
fosters and values the direct contact with its customers. Contact:
Agri-Environmental Services
Met Éireann
Glasnevin Hill
Dublin 9
Ireland
Tel. +353 (0) 1 8064200
Fax +353 (0) 1 8064247
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