Any hope of a dry settled spell????

km79 · 17-09-2011 4:55pm #1

Even just a few days!!!! I've not cut the lawn in nearly a month. It's like a JUNGLE

John.Icy · 17-09-2011 5:03pm

It takes a few days to cut your lawn? :rolleyes:

km79 · 17-09-2011 5:06pm

It might now

back lawn needs a few days to dry out. And the cutting process has to be spread over 3 evenings given the size and time constraints!!! A dry weekend wud sort it though.

the drifter · 17-09-2011 5:27pm

got mine done on wednesday evening...good thing there is a light on the lawnmower..

Was looking on weather underground there on friday and its like 50 % chance of rain 80% chance of rain 70%chance of rain 90%chance of rain....

bloddy country...

km79 · 17-09-2011 5:30pm

the drifter wrote: »

got mine done on wednesday evening...good thing there is a light on the lawnmower..

Was looking on weather underground there on friday and its like 50 % chance of rain 80% chance of rain 70%chance of rain 90%chance of rain....

bloddy country...

Yes weds and Thursday evening were decent here too. Unfortunately I was bedridden with a virus from then till now. I fear I've missed my window of opportunity ...

dsmythy · 17-09-2011 6:16pm

km79 wrote: »

Even just a few days!!!! I've not cut the lawn in nearly a month. It's like a JUNGLE

Maybe in two weeks. Big maybe. You're just going to have to chance your luck one day.

km79 · 17-09-2011 6:19pm

Looking that way alright. Long wet grass is a wh*re to cut

Pangea · 17-09-2011 7:19pm

John.Icy wrote: »

It takes a few days to cut your lawn? :rolleyes:

Nah it takes a few days for the lawn to dry out.
:rolleyes:

John.Icy · 17-09-2011 7:57pm

Haha, well I'm praying for lots of rain, my neighbours water loving tree's have turned my grass a nice shade of yellow

km79 · 17-09-2011 8:05pm

Genuine question John what type of trees are they? Wet patch at back area of lawn that I want some for

thetonynator · 17-09-2011 9:08pm

km79 wrote: »

Genuine question John what type of trees are they? Wet patch at back area of lawn that I want some for

Willow would probably sort it for you, but in wet conditions its always going to be dodgy.

bb1234567 · 17-09-2011 10:34pm

weve had a few days of days of settled warm dry weather in september but also a few freezing cold,windy wey ones too!! of the 16 days so far prob bout 5/6 warm days 7/8 horrible freezing rainny days nd maybe 2/3 average days.not too bad! just looking forward to the long cold snowy winter ahead of us now:D

cherryghost · 18-09-2011 12:36am

The entire month's forecast is for showers/rain I'm afraid. Only the end of the month it looks like picking up but its too far away to tell for certain

pauldry · 19-09-2011 10:21am

itl be fairly mild for rest of sept so frost wont be a prob not overly dry though

John mac · 19-09-2011 1:21pm

I got mine cut Yesterday,,

Willow or Alder for wet ground.

km79 · 19-09-2011 5:00pm

Yeah going to get a few alder . Nice tree. Won't be cutting it this evening anyway . Rotten day

compsys · 19-09-2011 7:10pm

bb1234567 wrote: »

weve had a few days of days of settled warm dry weather in september but also a few freezing cold,windy wey ones too!! of the 16 days so far prob bout 5/6 warm days 7/8 horrible freezing rainny days nd maybe 2/3 average days.not too bad! just looking forward to the long cold snowy winter ahead of us now:D

Ya think!? What part of the country are you in? I think September has been fairly miserable even by Irish standards. Hardly any sun and cool temperatures - just like the previous three months.

Does anyone know the last day where there wasn't any rain in the entire country?

Elmer Blooker · 22-09-2011 10:10am

Indian summer especially in the east?http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/avnpanel1.html

km79 · 22-09-2011 10:15am

I hope that is the case

Harps · 22-09-2011 12:44pm

All the main models in agreement of a high over Europe now, if it happens then credit to the gfs for picking it up a week ago. Knowing our luck all the fronts just off the west coast will actually come ashore but here's hoping we finally get a week or so of settled weather

cherryghost · 22-09-2011 1:54pm

It's a week away. We could cling on to hope and we might get 4/5 days of sunshine and low-to-mid 20's. At the moment its very plausible but I guess we'll just have to keep an eye on the systems to the west for the time being.

Elmer Blooker · 22-09-2011 2:16pm

Sorry for being an "imby" but this set up can bring long sunny spells and high temperatures to the Dublin area, I've seen it umpteen times before. A southerly with a long track and the fohn effect caused by the Wicklow Mts (with those weird lenticular clouds

) brings very high temps as I said. The North Wales coast and around the Moray Firth in NE Scotland also are affected by fohn winds and unusually high temps.
We'll see, but I wouldn't be surprised to see temps in the low 20s this time next week.

km79 · 25-09-2011 5:54pm

Gave it a fairly rough cut last thursday but this week is looking great

mike65 · 25-09-2011 7:00pm

Grass is amazingly tough stuff, you can leave for months hack it back then mow it until its somewhat domesticated, it'll possibly look terrible and growing patchily but it will come good again with a cutting routine established. (yes my back lawn was in a dreadful state in the spring having not been cut since September)

km79 · 26-09-2011 6:08pm

what is this all about fri/sat

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Connacht/Kiltullagh/long.html

mike65 · 26-09-2011 6:15pm

The west/north west will be just meh this week.

km79 · 26-09-2011 6:17pm

mike65 wrote: »

The west/north west will be just meh this week.

Meh would be fine I'm used to that. But 42 mm of rain fri/sat now that will just piss me off

dsmythy · 26-09-2011 6:37pm

A strong low pressure system a little too close for comfort out to our west Thursday night/Friday morning. The air less than stable Sunday into Monday, especially further west. Wait and see all we can do right now.

Birdnuts · 26-09-2011 6:56pm

mike65 wrote: »

The west/north west will be just meh this week.

Yep - as poor as the summer has been in these parts, the West has certainly had it alot worse in terms of rainfall etc. thanx to a persistant Westerly/Atlantic airflow since early May, and that trend looks set to continue:(

Any hope of a dry settled spell????

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