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Drought/Low Rainfall Watch - Summer 2018

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  • #92
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Graces7 wrote: »
    No I mean why waste water on a pitch when it is in such short supply...

    Water was likely just pulled straight from a stream or river, not potable water or connected to a network. They wouldn't be filling those out of the tap


  • #93
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Any sign of this to break or is it showing dry weather as far as reasonably can be predicted? Situation may get dire for farmers


  • #94
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,130 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Any sign of this to break or is it showing dry weather as far as reasonably can be predicted? Situation may get dire for farmers

    Showers predicted this weekend but not guaranteed yet. No rain beyond that, still can change


  • #95
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Water was likely just pulled straight from a stream or river, not potable water or connected to a network. They wouldn't be filling those out of the tap

    This is more than likely what they are doing. They are hardly waiting for hours for a tap to fill a tank with drinking water and then watering the grass with it. They are doing that with our local field,taking water from the river and watering the pitch. A hard pitch would be dangerous to play on . Its very good of them to take the time to do it,and no,they are not being paid!


  • #96
    mirrorwall14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭mirrorwall14


    Can anyone say what they mean by ‘the greater Dublin area’? I know for the NRA that includes Wicklow, Kildare and Meath. Do Irish Water count it the same?


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  • #97
    hinault
    Registered Users Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Any sign of this to break or is it showing dry weather as far as reasonably can be predicted? Situation may get dire for farmers

    YR site is predicting rainfall for Sunday across many locations. Rainfall amounts are modest though.

    https://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Leinster/Kilkenny/long.html


  • #98
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1012375676710776832


  • #99
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,407 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Showers wouldn't even wet the ground.
    Several days of rain are probably wanted.


  • #100
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    There was a guy watering trees outside the Central Bank today at 1pm. Seemed like the biggest waste of water ever.


  • #101
    HighLine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭HighLine


    So to give a visual example of how high the current water levels are at the Vartry Reservoir in Wicklow... the first photo was taken today. Note the people jumping into the water off the bridge and swimming. The second photo is the same bridge back in January 2017.

    I actually can't understand how there is so much water given the recent lack of rain.

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  • #102
    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Mooooo wrote: »
    An area the size of a pitch could be watered to save the grass, an area the size of a farm not so much

    What about a golf course?
    There are over 300 golf courses in Ireland using a sh1ttonne of water to keep the greens and fairways green


  • #103
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,407 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Akrasia wrote: »
    What about a golf course?
    There are over 300 golf courses in Ireland using a sh1ttonne of water to keep the greens and fairways green


    Just the greens though.

    Common to see fields of potatoes being watered with huge sprinklers in dry weather,comes from streams or rivers though.


  • #104
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 9,627 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    The 12Z GFS has no rain on it at all for the next week!!


  • #105
    Rougies
    Registered Users Posts: 2,672 ✭✭✭Rougies


    HighLine wrote: »
    So to give a visual example of how high the current water levels are at the Vartry Reservoir in Wicklow... the first photo was taken today. Note the people jumping into the water off the bridge and swimming. The second photo is the same bridge back in January 2017.

    I actually can't understand how there is so much water given the recent lack of rain.


    There is still a fair bit of water on the Dublin/Wicklow mountains, they got absolutely hammered with rain (and snow) in spring this year. It takes quite a while to drain off due to the boggy terrain. The streams are still flowing quite well, I've seen them much lower even in pretty average summers.


  • #106
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    The 12Z GFS has no rain on it at all for the next week!!

    The GFS also usually overdoes showery type rain as well, it's a bit better with organised systems but still on steroids compared to other models.


  • #107
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,458 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    My lawn is struggling at the moment. It’ll take a fair bit of rain to penetrate the soil at this stage. I haven’t seen any rain here in Dublin 7 since early May.


  • #108
    prinzeugen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    CardinalJ wrote: »
    There was a guy watering trees outside the Central Bank today at 1pm. Seemed like the biggest waste of water ever.

    They use water taken from the canals that would otherwise end up in the Irish Sea so its not a waste.


  • #109
    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,283 ✭✭✭arctictree


    HighLine wrote: »
    So to give a visual example of how high the current water levels are at the Vartry Reservoir in Wicklow... the first photo was taken today. Note the people jumping into the water off the bridge and swimming. The second photo is the same bridge back in January 2017.

    I actually can't understand how there is so much water given the recent lack of rain.

    The levels of water in the roundwood reservoirs are generally 3 or 4 months behind the weather. Winter 2017 was very dry and we didnt get enough rain to replenish the reservoirs so they stayed low. It took until Jan 2018 for the levels to be back up to full. I expect the water levels to not drop low until August.


  • #110
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,498 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-28th June 2018.

    Valentia Observatory again in first place with Cork Airport in second place.

    Largely sunny again over the Emerald Isle and Malin Head bet the record daily sunshine total it set on Wednesday now with 16.5 hours yesterday! Mad spell of weather.

    Station|21 Jun|22 Jun|23 Jun|24 Jun|25 Jun|26 Jun|27 Jun|28 Jun|Total
    Belmullet|12.7|13.6|14.2|15.8|14.0|11.2|15.4|15.9|112.8
    Casement Aerodrome|14.1|15.8|13.4|14.8|10.7|9.8|12.8|15.8|107.2
    Cork Airport|13.2|15.7|14.8|14.9|11.7|11.8|15.5|15.7|113.3
    Dublin Airport|12.9|15.6|14.4|15.6|12.5|11.3|13.8|15.9|112.0
    Gurteen|8.1|14.7|15.5|15.9|11.0|12.2|13.7|15.8|106.9
    Johnstown Castle|2.9|15.8|15.5|5.6|14.0|11.6|15.9|15.5|96.8
    Knock Airport|10.8|10.9|13.7|16.0|12.6|10.7|14.7|15.2|104.6
    Malin Head|12.7|10.9|12.6|15.2|14.8|8.4|16.4|16.5|107.5
    Shannon Airport|13.3|15.1|15.6|15.2|10.5|13.3|14.7|15.5|113.2
    Valentia Observatory|12.3|15.3|15.5|15.5|11.1|14.5|14.1|15.3|113.6


    Data comes from Met Éireann.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



  • #111
    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭circadian


    Gonna need very heavy consistent rainfall to recover from this. A supercell would be epic considering all the weather we've had these last few months but at the same time it would also be extremely dangerous. Never thought I'd see myself wanting a bit of rain in Ireland.


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  • #112
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-28th June 2018.

    Valentia Observatory again in first place with Cork Airport in second place.

    Largely sunny again over the Emerald Isle and Malin Head bet the record daily sunshine total it set on Wednesday now with 16.5 hours yesterday! Mad spell of weather.

    Station|21 Jun|22 Jun|23 Jun|24 Jun|25 Jun|26 Jun|27 Jun|28 Jun|Total
    Belmullet|12.7|13.6|14.2|15.8|14.0|11.2|15.4|15.9|112.8
    Casement Aerodrome|14.1|15.8|13.4|14.8|10.7|9.8|12.8|15.8|107.2
    Cork Airport|13.2|15.7|14.8|14.9|11.7|11.8|15.5|15.7|113.3
    Dublin Airport|12.9|15.6|14.4|15.6|12.5|11.3|13.8|15.9|112.0
    Gurteen|8.1|14.7|15.5|15.9|11.0|12.2|13.7|15.8|106.9
    Johnstown Castle|2.9|15.8|15.5|5.6|14.0|11.6|15.9|15.5|96.8
    Knock Airport|10.8|10.9|13.7|16.0|12.6|10.7|14.7|15.2|104.6
    Malin Head|12.7|10.9|12.6|15.2|14.8|8.4|16.4|16.5|107.5
    Shannon Airport|13.3|15.1|15.6|15.2|10.5|13.3|14.7|15.5|113.2
    Valentia Observatory|12.3|15.3|15.5|15.5|11.1|14.5|14.1|15.3|113.6


    Data comes from Met Éireann.
    I wonder do all these stations have a perfect horizon so they can follow the sun from rising to setting.


  • #113
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    arctictree wrote: »
    The levels of water in the roundwood reservoirs are generally 3 or 4 months behind the weather. Winter 2017 was very dry and we didnt get enough rain to replenish the reservoirs so they stayed low. It took until Jan 2018 for the levels to be back up to full. I expect the water levels to not drop low until August.

    Irish water did confirm that in various news reports yesterday too.


  • #114
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    IW talking about having a hosepipe ban enforced with fines of €150.
    My car is destroyed in dust but I'd rather not waste water washing it.
    A couple of people I know seem proud of the fact that they water their lawns every night despite me telling them that an hour's good rain is better than a week's watering.


  • #115
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,458 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Hose pipe ban in place from Monday for the Greater Dublin Area. It's for the entire month of July.

    https://twitter.com/MichaelRyanTV3/status/1012717726647902209


  • #116
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,097 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Hosepipes banned in NI from 6pm this evening, banned from Monday in Dublin.


  • #117
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Well I can say that the grass is equally as burnt down here in west cork as the city anyway


  • #118
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    how is the hosepipe ban expected to be enforced? Genuine query, I'm not trying to stir.


  • #119
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Kamili wrote: »
    how is the hosepipe ban expected to be enforced? Genuine query, I'm not trying to stir.

    I heard that people report other people if they believe they are using excessive amounts of water. Heard that on the radio but not 100% sure


  • #120
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Mean maxima for June (up to yesterday) at a select no. of Met Eireann stations. Figures in brackets are the highest and lowest daily max figures at each statin this month.

    I shall include more later.

    Mullingar: 20.9c (28.7 / 15.1)

    Claremorris: 20.3c (30.2 / 15.0)

    Oak Park: 22.0c (29.8 / 16.2)

    Ballyhaise: 20.5c (28.8 / 14.5)

    Johnstown Castle: 18.7c (23.7 / 15.1)

    Malin Hd: 15.9c (25.2 / 13.4)

    Cork Apt: 19.6c (25.1 / 15.1)

    Casement: 20.7c (27.5 / 15.9)

    Shannon: 21.6 (32.0 / 15.6)

    Data courtesy of Met Éireann.

    New Moon



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  • #121
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    I heard that people report other people if they believe they are using excessive amounts of water. Heard that on the radio but not 100% sure

    I can see a lot of unfriendly neighbours abusing this!


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