What's the weather like in your area 2

Reggie. · 08-09-2019 6:44am

Say my name wrote: »

Lovely evening there. Not a breath of wind out.

Just to spark panic buying on bread and milk.. But storm Gabrielle could be arriving here Wednesday night, Thursday morning.
Looks a thing of nothing atm but sure spread the word to help the farmers.

Think it's to die out at sea before it gets to us or has that changed

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-09-2019 8:00am

Beautiful Autumn morning here, not a puff of wind, fog on the ground and cows on a go slow for milking.

Today is a good day.

Say my name · 08-09-2019 8:07am

Reggie. wrote: »

Think it's to die out at sea before it gets to us or has that changed

There's two of them that are being talked about.
The one that wreaked havoc in the Caribbean won't effect us but there's another one in mid Atlantic that just is forecast to do a u turn and north and east that might do something here.

Base price · 08-09-2019 9:18am

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Beautiful Autumn morning here, not a puff of wind, fog on the ground and cows on a go slow for milking.

Today is a good day.

Same here with thirty or forty swallows and house martins flying and chattering around the house and yard. I reckon they are gathering to head on their summer holidays.

whelan2 · 08-09-2019 9:18am

The second hurricane is gabrielle, it's to pass north with it's cold front bringing some NORMAL wind and rain. According to mt cranium

Say my name · 08-09-2019 10:06am

whelan2 wrote: »

The second hurricane is gabrielle, it's to pass north with it's cold front bringing some NORMAL wind and rain. According to mt cranium

Only for ya Whelan we'd be all set wrong.

whelan2 · 08-09-2019 10:15am

Say my name wrote: »

Only for ya Whelan we'd be all set wrong.

No point worrying people unnecessarily

Say my name · 08-09-2019 10:23am

whelan2 wrote: »

No point worrying people unnecessarily

Apologies. Apologies.

There'll be no more on it from me so.

Everyone has the same access to the charts as I do. Even you Whelan. And Lord knows I've provided links to those enough times.

So that's me told.

Mortelaro · 08-09-2019 1:29pm

Gabrielle is actually interesting in the sense it's one of those rare storms that is likely not to cross the Atlantic to the Caribbean but head due north
Hitting cold water mid Atlantic does encourage rapid cyclogenesis usually as it hits the jet stream

Ophelia however spent ages off the canary islands gathering moisture before it head north
However that was in circumstances where it was forced to take a much more easterly track (in a more southerly jet bump that allowed that)
Those conditions don't exist this time which is why Gabrielle will probably head well enough north and west of Ireland such that wet and windy is the worst we'll see
That's gales up north

We're overdue wet and windy spells in the south and east
Tropical systems going up eastern America and heading out over labrador into the north Atlantic usually spawn that for us

Say my name · 08-09-2019 2:11pm

My own thoughts on it..

It's forecast to deepen on Wednesday before going to the northwest of us.
But other models have it tracking over the country.
But being in the northern hemisphere being south and east of a storm is where the strongest winds are and not where you want to be.

It could all still be a thing of nothing but with anything like this still deserves mention .... even on the farming & forestry forum on boards.

It's not unknown for Ireland to get storms in September.
Now that's my crankiness all posted out!

Timmaay · 08-09-2019 3:58pm

Growth falling off a cliff here. Drought stress finally caught up with us?

Bleating Lamb · 08-09-2019 4:03pm

Even dry land quite wet here after 3 weeks of sustained rain,Friday and yday,today were meant to be a window of dry weather.Spread 18:6:12 on fields near house that ewes will Lamb in next March.Rain again this morning so as well I got it done yday!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-09-2019 4:07pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Growth falling off a cliff here. Drought stress finally caught up with us?

Growth of 70+ here with the last 2 weeks but we've had a good shot of rain here. Ground in good condition but growth will drop now with shorter days.

Mortelaro · 08-09-2019 4:52pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Growth falling off a cliff here. Drought stress finally caught up with us?

Yup

RedPeppers · 08-09-2019 7:49pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Growth falling off a cliff here. Drought stress finally caught up with us?

Total opposite here, grass is bombing it all summer long. Over 9 inches of rain in August. Never shook so little manure. Some paddocks here been grazed three times with no fert gone out. Will do one final round in next couple of days. Grass never the limiting factor on this farm its the ground that goes to shi*e every year.

Mooooo · 08-09-2019 8:03pm

Raining here this evening, thought it would b dry. Had growth of 62 this week, silage ground should be back in to extend away the rotation now, half that is very heavy so will be dependant on rain in the next month weather I'll get it grazed off or not,

Mortelaro · 09-09-2019 10:26am

RedPeppers wrote: »

Total opposite here, grass is bombing it all summer long. Over 9 inches of rain in August. Never shook so little manure. Some paddocks here been grazed three times with no fert gone out. Will do one final round in next couple of days. Grass never the limiting factor on this farm its the ground that goes to shi*e every year.

In east Wicklow it's been very dry
Only 1.4mm recorded last night for example
This is limiting grass growth for obvious reasons
However on the positive side,it means ground here might take a lot more rain than other parts of the country before trafficability suffers, so stock out until xmas even with milking cows may again be a runner
Everything has trade offs

whelan2 · 09-09-2019 10:34am

Mortelaro wrote: »

In east Wicklow it's been very dry
Only 1.4mm recorded last night for example
This is limiting grass growth for obvious reasons
However on the positive side,it means ground here might take a lot more rain than other parts of the country before trafficability suffers, so stock out until xmas even with milking cows may again be a runner
Everything has trade offs

Rained for 2 hours here this morning

Reggie. · 09-09-2019 10:45am

whelan2 wrote: »

Rained for 2 hours here this morning

Nice drop here last night too. Its a nuisance but really didnt do much harm

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-09-2019 10:49am

Mortelaro wrote: »

In east Wicklow it's been very dry
Only 1.4mm recorded last night for example
This is limiting grass growth for obvious reasons
However on the positive side,it means ground here might take a lot more rain than other parts of the country before trafficability suffers, so stock out until xmas even with milking cows may again be a runner
Everything has trade offs

Rained for a good bit last night here and a couple of heavy showers this morning as well. Ground is holding up well atm, about normal for the time of year.

Still very warm, t-shirt weather once you avoid the showers. Going fencing today as ground is perfect for driving stakes with the loader, soft enough to drive 4inch posts enough to hold them until I get a post driver for a day.

Reggie. · 09-09-2019 10:53am

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Rained for a good bit last night here and a couple of heavy showers this morning as well. Ground is holding up well atm, about normal for the time of year.

Still very warm, t-shirt weather once you avoid the showers. Going fencing today as ground is perfect for driving stakes with the loader, soft enough to drive 4inch posts enough to hold them until I get a post driver for a day.

Nippy enough here. Grass still growing but slowing down abit in fairness

Timmaay · 09-09-2019 11:06am

Mortelaro wrote: »

In east Wicklow it's been very dry
Only 1.4mm recorded last night for example
This is limiting grass growth for obvious reasons
However on the positive side,it means ground here might take a lot more rain than other parts of the country before trafficability suffers, so stock out until xmas even with milking cows may again be a runner
Everything has trade offs

Bale gone into the heifers here today, I decided it was a better option than bringing them back to the main milker block and robbing grass from the cows. The fact that I escaped the whole summer so far without feeding here is a win for us definitely.

Mortelaro · 10-09-2019 11:54am

Beautiful day here in lemybrien stopping for a coffee en route to the Diosese of Kerry for a funeral
One thing I'll say about this drive on a day like today and that is,What a beautiful country we live in and what a fabulous job farmers do in looking after it

davidk1394 · 13-09-2019 4:04pm

It’s like a mini summer here. Mowing out paddocks on an organic farm

Panch18 · 13-09-2019 4:15pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

It’s like a mini summer here. Mowing out paddocks on an organic farm

Great to see the Tipp flag flying proudly on the new machine!!

dzer2 · 14-09-2019 4:02pm

Some day here wall to wall sunshine 18 deg

Reggie. · 14-09-2019 4:09pm

dzer2 wrote: »

Some day here wall to wall sunshine 18 deg

Bit of rain tomorrow tho

einn32 · 14-09-2019 4:41pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit of rain tomorrow tho

Nights are closing in too

Buford T. Justice XIX · 14-09-2019 4:48pm

Cows were all resting on the parts of the paddock with rock near the surface. It's been a while since I saw that happening.

Beautiful day but days getting shorter alright.

Say my name · 16-09-2019 10:28am

Miserable wet misty day here so far.

I'd say it has to be the same across the mountains at the ploughing site.

Reggie. · 16-09-2019 11:16am

Say my name wrote: »

Miserable wet misty day here so far.

I'd say it has to be the same across the mountains at the ploughing site.

Two days of it here now

Villain · 16-09-2019 11:30am

Say my name wrote: »

Miserable wet misty day here so far.

I'd say it has to be the same across the mountains at the ploughing site.

Just 1mm to 2mm in Carlow in last 24 hours, will just keep the dust down

dzer2 · 16-09-2019 1:15pm

Reggie promised me rain it never came

Reggie. · 16-09-2019 4:27pm

dzer2 wrote: »

Reggie promised me rain it never came

Neither did the brown envelope

Say my name · 16-09-2019 5:46pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Neither did the brown envelope

I must have paid too much??

A whole wet day.

Lady Haywire · 16-09-2019 6:03pm

We had a whole dry day here....THE TABLES HAVE TURNED, TAKE THAT!

:D

dzer2 · 16-09-2019 9:17pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Neither did the brown envelope

Must have got wet in that rain you had.

Reggie. · 16-09-2019 9:39pm

dzer2 wrote: »

Must have got wet in that rain you had.

If ya want rain send another

whelan2 · 19-09-2019 7:09pm

Lovely day today. Upto 21 degrees.A bit of fog earlier

SuperTortoise · 19-09-2019 9:42pm

Beautiful day in the west, looked at the phone at lunchtime and it told me it was 22 degrees, felt like it too.
Land still soft though, left plenty of marks in a silage field, and the cows are pushing down more grass than the sun is pulling up but it's a nice change for however long it lasts (Saturday supposedly).

High bike · 20-09-2019 2:36pm

Was some week here 20+ every day and savage drying in the sun and breeze.Sounds like it's coming to an end tomorrow.

kk.man · 20-09-2019 4:22pm

Tropical here ..it will take a lot of water to soften the ground. Can't help noticing the amount of berries on the hedges the old ppl used to say the sign of a hard winter.

davidk1394 · 20-09-2019 7:38pm

Slow morning to open up with heavy dew. Turned into a super day with good sun and wind. Ended up baling hay this evening.

Reggie. · 20-09-2019 9:38pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Slow morning to open up with heavy dew. Turned into a super day with good sun and wind. Ended up baling hay this evening.

Same here. Couldn't start powerharrowing till about 11am

foxy farmer · 21-09-2019 1:16am

Failed to cover silage pit this morning due to SE wind. Blowing all day and still is. Hope it calms down before morning. Some amount of bales made around here in the last month. Was going to make bales with intention of selling but I'd say they'd be hard to sell on, seeing what feeding is in yards around here. Then again maybe not if winter lingered on

Buford T. Justice XIX · 21-09-2019 9:38am

Rain just started here with an easterly wind. Looks down for the day too.

blue5000 · 21-09-2019 10:38am

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Rain just started here with an easterly wind. Looks down for the day too.

Hope it stays there all day, I need a few dry hours to get the last of the silage in.

davidk1394 · 21-09-2019 10:48am

Blustery morning here, dull but dry

Mooooo · 21-09-2019 10:52am

****e. Lads drawing silage up the road all morning. Wind and rain since about 8.30

The Rabbi · 21-09-2019 12:11pm

Can hear the thunder going up the Barrow valley.https://www.lightningmaps.org
Windy,17°,no rain here as yet.

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