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Potential Drought conditions?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 473 ✭✭KingdomRushed


    If there were no weather forecasting apps today is one of those mornings where you can 'smell the rain coming' in Dublin. I hope so anyway, my little garden does



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,010 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    Yeah the drought is pretty much over now.

    Some serious spell though. We just don't get 30 days or so of bone dry weather and decent temps in Ireland. Hopefully we get another a few spells of it this summer.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,320 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    There is a chance of thunderstorms all week according to Met Eireann, I think different places will get them throughout the week. You will be unlucky not to have one at some stage.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,841 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Surely the drought must be continuing in large parts of the country still. We got rain last Friday night but you wouldn't even know it now and growth is very poor



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,724 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    I think many here are referring to the statistical absolute drought which ended for nearly all stations the weekend, not to do with soil moisture deficits.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,760 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Some parts of Kilkenny have gotten very little rain, a few mm at most.

    Lot more rain needed for the farmers and gardeners!!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Farming commentary sounds very wet for the west. Over 7 inches of rain for Finner over the next week.

    Rainfall totals are forecast to be above average countrywide, but especially in the west where up to four times the norm for this time of year is expected. This equates to 110mm at Athenry, Galway and 181mm at Finner, Donegal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,841 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Drought is far from over,some places have seen no rain yet or only trace amounts. None forecast until the weekend at the earliest(if it comes).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,320 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    It's looking unsettled for some of next week due to a more Atlantic influence, so places that still have drought conditions should see them come to an end by then. The last week of June it might settle down again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭pauldry


    It's rained 4 days in a row now in Sligo just showers mind but back to form again. I'd say much fewer dry days here now. Usually once it breaks it stays broke.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,841 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    The same was said last week about this week so lets see what happens



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭newholland mad


    Not as much as a drop in my part of carlow since the 11th May. Everywhere is brown



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,420 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    We had a decent enough 12mm a few days back, south coast near Waterford but the soil was so dry it hardly penetrated. Where I have a thick mulch around plants the rain hasn't even got as far as the soil. Spent last night out with the pump in the river and giving everything a soak because some plants were starting to look a bit sad. Friday morning through to Saturday lunch time looks good for another 12mm which we still need.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,010 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    No significant spells of rain which was needed so far. We did get a bit but it hasn't really had the desired impact on vegetation, grass or flowers. Amazing weather for us really. Wouldn't it be great if we could get this for 8 - 12 weeks of the year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,989 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    I park under a tree and this morning quite a few leaves on the windscreen. Silver Birch, Waterford City.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,529 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Dry, bone dry pretty much everywhere despite recent showers, from https://www.met.ie/forecasts/farming


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    60 mm SMD is about right based on my veg garden.

    0.9 mm in the last 24 hours.

    9.3 mm this week.

    North Kerry.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭Packrat


    Nothing at all here on Kerry part of Beara.. Hopefully in the morning.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭ascophyllum


    This is day 27 without any meaningful rain in this part of West Mayo. A few showers in the past week but they didn't even dampen the soil. It hasn't been a problem apart from having to water young plants. Some more intensive farmers have likely found it tough to keep grass in front of cows but for the most part it has been delightful. It's likely to break in the next few hours but I note Arome which has been very on the ball lately giving very low totals here today while other models are giving us a soaking.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,760 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Kilkenny must be the driest areas in the south east, despite showery rain moving north, parts of Kilkenny have received hardly anything so far.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,841 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Same here in tipp,nothing but a strong breeze and intermittent spells of sun



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Well yesterday broke my relatively dry spell 😁 (near Roscrea)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,320 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    I see this thread has gone quiet so the drought is definitely over, but are the soil moisture deficits back to normal everywhere. I ask because the land is still quite dry here. We did actually escape a lot of the downpours this past week



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    I had a lot of rain and the growth has been huge. 15km to my North didn’t see much at all.

    Field Conditions

    Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) currently range from 19 to 74mm across all soil types, with the driest soils in parts of Galway and the southeast, with lower deficits in the southwest and midlands. Growth is therefore restricted in most areas. SMDs will decrease slightly in the week ahead due to generally unsettled conditions. SMDs will likely fall back to between 10 and 55mm for most of the country, with the driest conditions persisting in the southeast.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    Yesterday's map. Kerry only had half what it needed. I've had 25mm since Saturday. 34 for the month



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