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Met Éireann ((:mʲɛtʲ ˈeːrʲən̪ˠ), meaning "Met of Ireland") is the national meteorological service in Ireland, part of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. ==History== The history of modern meteorology in Ireland dates back to 8 October 1860, when the first weather observations were transmitted from Valentia Observatory on Valentia Island in County Kerry to the British Meteorological Office. A network of weather stations was established around the coasts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.〔(Our History – About Us – Met Éireann ) — Met Éireann website, retrieved 29 November 2006.〕 Following Irish independence in 1922, the Irish Free State continued to rely on the British Met Office for weather services, and the Met Office continued to administer the weather stations around Ireland. With the advent of transatlantic air services in the 1930s, it was decided that Ireland needed its own weather service to provide detailed aviation weather reports. In 1936, the Irish Meteorological Service was set up with its headquarters in St. Andrew's Street, Dublin. In 1937 it took over the network of weather stations from the British Met Office. On the date of transfer, the Irish weather observation network consisted of the following stations:〔 *Valentia Observatory, then the only permanently manned weather station *4 telegraphic stations (at Malin Head, Blacksod Point, Roches Point and Birr) *18 climatological stations *172 rainfall stations At first, the new weather service was bolstered by Met Office employees seconded from London, but by 1941 they were able to depend on their own resources. During the Emergency (as the Second World War was referred to in neutral Ireland), the Irish Meteorological Service supplied the Allies with weather information despite Ireland's neutrality. The decision to go ahead with the D-day landings was made following a favourable weather report from the Blacksod Point weather station in County Mayo.〔page 180, Duggan, John P. ''"Herr Hempel at the German Legation in Dublin 1937 – 1945"'' (Irish Academic Press) 2003 ISBN 0-7165-2746-4. ((Review) )〕 The service expanded rapidly in the post-war years, with its headquarters relocating to O'Connell Street, opposite the Gresham Hotel in Dublin.〔(Sticks to satellites ) RTÉ. Retrieved: 2014-03-31.〕 The service began supplying forecasts to Radio Éireann from 1948, to daily newspapers from 1952, to television from shortly after the first Radio Telefís Éireann television broadcasts in 1962, and recorded telephone forecasts in the 1960s. Ireland joined the World Meteorological Organisation in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in 1975 and EUMETSAT in 1983.〔 In 1979, the service moved to new purpose-built premises in Glasnevin, Dublin, and in 1996 it was renamed to Met Éireann.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Met Éireann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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