whats the weather like in your area?

_Brian

_Brian wrote: »

No rain here but the sky is on the ground all morning, damp misty dull day.

Heavens just opened, pissing rain

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

Heavens just opened, pissing rain

Only a slight drissle here so far. Have to go outside now aswell

Username John

Nice calm evening now, mostly blue sky...

Was dry all day, but very windy this morning.

The world of rain seems to have fallen here over the past while tho...

whelan2

Very foggy

I said

Westerly breeze bringing drizzle with it

whelan2

bucketing down all morning

WheatenBriar

whelan2 wrote: »

bucketing down all morning

Stopped here with half an hour
Suns out now

Dawggone

First of the winter rains today with 30mm forecasted.

Time to fill the irrigation lakes.

I said

The sun is out hallelujah

Reggie.

I said wrote: »

The sun is out hallelujah

Same here but the fields are horrific

darragh_haven

Dawggone wrote: »

First of the winter rains today with 30mm forecasted.

Time to fill the irrigation lakes.

And with each post.... I hate you a little bit more

LinF

I'm in the Black Mountains, Wales, and it has been raining since very early this a.m. and our next door neighbour has moved his sheep to higher ground I expect he is thinking the river will rise higher. So do we and we hope that our 8' bank will protect us.

Reggie.

LinF wrote: »

I'm in the Black Mountains, Wales, and it has been raining since very early this a.m. and our next door neighbour has moved his sheep to higher ground I expect he is thinking the river will rise higher. So do we and we hope that our 8' bank will protect us.

Best of luck

Dawggone

darragh_haven wrote: »

And with each post.... I hate you a little bit more

Lol.
Sitting with my rain gear on at an outdoor showjumping event. The feckin misery of it!
Good old Ireland is making the mainstream news here with impressive drone footage of vast areas flooded. I feel for ye on a day like today, I really do.

darragh_haven

Dawggone wrote: »

Lol.
Sitting with my rain gear on at an outdoor showjumping event. The feckin misery of it!
Good old Ireland is making the mainstream news here with impressive drone footage of vast areas flooded. I feel for ye on a day like today, I really do.

Watching showjumping in the rain is an ungodly hell. I hate horses. Floods don't affect us at all so we're lucky.

Reggie.

darragh_haven wrote: »

Watching showjumping in the rain is an ungodly hell. I hate horses. Floods don't affect us at all so we're lucky.

Same as that darragh. If we bide our time the rest will get fed up of being flooded and sell up. We could carve up the country between us. Larry wouldn't have a look in. Be terrified of us

darragh_haven

Reggie. wrote: »

Same as that darragh. If we bide our time the rest will get fed up of being flooded and sell up. We could carve up the country between us. Larry wouldn't have a look in. Be terrified of us

Thinking big Reggie. Money and land can't buy you happiness...... but it's a good start.

Reggie.

darragh_haven wrote: »

Thinking big Reggie. Money and land can't buy you happiness...... but it's a good start.

Sure we ll never have money. We both have cattle don't we

whelan2

Dawggone wrote: »

Lol.
Sitting with my rain gear on at an outdoor showjumping event. The feckin misery of it!
Good old Ireland is making the mainstream news here with impressive drone footage of vast areas flooded. I feel for ye on a day like today, I really do.

Jut back from football, I was full sure it would be caacelled but i was on an all weather pitch, sun was really strong,some change compared to a few hours earlier

sandydan

some down pours and strong wind in last 12 hrs, woke up in morning to find rainwater inside window, time to correspond with window fitter i guess.:(

Reggie.

sandydan wrote: »

some down pours and strong wind in last 12 hrs, woke up in morning to find rainwater inside window, time to correspond with window fitter i guess.:(

That might be a good call

Kevhog1988

good stretch in the evening here lol

LinF

Thanks Reggie. River overflowed onto surrounding fields and did not come over our wall. Mind you we all chipped in and dredged our river last summer so we were pretty sure we were safe. Whew!!

Reggie.

LinF wrote: »

Thanks Reggie. River overflowed onto surrounding fields and did not come over our wall. Mind you we all chipped in and dredged our river last summer so we were pretty sure we were safe. Whew!!

Good to hear

sandydan

Reggie. wrote: »

That might be a good call

its adjustment of hinges apparently. been fitted 4 years and never had that problem , pvc do not have condensate channel along inside frame same as aluminium ones previously fitted, tells of wind strength though,
heavy downpurs all morning with sunny gaps in between

Reggie.

Getting foggy here

pedigree 6

Nice dry day here today. It's getting a bit nippier than it was though.
Some people talking about another storm at the weekend or early next week and maybe getting a bit cooler after that. But who knows.

I guess I don't have to say I've never seen land as wet as this before. There's springs coming up where they were never seen before.

foxy farmer

pedigree 6 wrote: »

I guess I don't have to say I've never seen land as wet as this before. There's springs coming up where they were never seen before.

The end of the lane coming into my yard here has turned into a swamp. The digger will only go through it in 4wd. The LR Defender will get through but its a rough spin. Not a hope of getting the car out.
Some roads are closed where the ground has become saturated underneath and the skin of tarmac has burst with traffic passing. Local woman had to get her jeep pulled out yesterday after it got stuck in such a hole.

pedigree 6

foxy farmer wrote: »

The end of the lane coming into my yard here has turned into a swamp. The digger will only go through it in 4wd. The LR Defender will get through but its a rough spin. Not a hope of getting the car out.
Some roads are closed where the ground has become saturated underneath and the skin of tarmac has burst with traffic passing. Local woman had to get her jeep pulled out yesterday after it got stuck in such a hole.

Feck we're not bad at all compared to that. The roads around here wouldn't be that bad, they got broke up during the bad winters but they're mostly all fixed now. Sounds like there's major work needed down there.

An uncle of mine had trouble with a public road going past his farm, the council were useless and it was full of potholes/ craters. What they ended up doing was the council supplied filling/chippings and himself and the neighbours filled them out of a bucket on the tractor/ loader. The road was concreted last year, the council supplied the concrete and the residents/landowners on the road supplied the labour.

Base price

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Feck we're not bad at all compared to that. The roads around here wouldn't be that bad, they got broke up during the bad winters but they're mostly all fixed now. Sounds like there's major work needed down there.

An uncle of mine had trouble with a public road going past his farm, the council were useless and it was full of potholes/ craters. What they ended up doing was the council supplied filling/chippings and himself and the neighbours filled them out of a bucket on the tractor/ loader. The road was concreted last year, the council supplied the concrete and the residents/landowners on the road supplied the labour.

Fair play to them, at least the road is safe now notwithstanding that the local CoCo should have completed the work.
I wonder would our City cousins know how to handle a shovel and rake :rolleyes:

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Fair play to them, at least the road is safe now notwithstanding that the local CoCo should have completed the work.
I wonder would our City cousins know how to handle a shovel and rake :rolleyes:

Doubt it

whelan2

really thick fog yesterday evening and then loads of rain from 10 o clock on

WheatenBriar

whelan2 wrote: »

really thick fog yesterday evening and then loads of rain from 10 o clock on

Bone dry all day yesterday down here in s Wicklow and bone dry so far today

Base price

Heavy rain overnight and this morning in Dublin. Sun made an appearance at lunch time but raining again now.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Heavy rain overnight and this morning in Dublin. Sun made an appearance at lunch time but raining again now.

we are in for alot of rain tmorrow

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

we are in for alot of rain tmorrow

I'm hiding in the house tomorrow

darragh_haven

I'm in the borders area of Scotland atm and t was torrential all day. Was suppose to go at concrete at home on Thursday but I think ill hold off.

pedigree 6

Raining heavy here atm.

For any dairy farmers who are not going abroad skiing this year.
It looks like the snow might be coming here next week.:eek::P

naughto

Heavy rain here also cold as f1uck as well

foxy farmer

darragh_haven wrote: »

I'm in the borders area of Scotland atm and t was torrential all day. Was suppose to go at concrete at home on Thursday but I think ill hold off.

Got drowned this evening getting shuttering finished and filled. Started raining here around 2.30 but after easing since 7.00. Is there such as waterproof clothing anymore? All the raingear on but still soaked through and through.

darragh_haven

foxy farmer wrote: »

Got drowned this evening getting shuttering finished and filled. Started raining here around 2.30 but after easing since 7.00. Is there such as waterproof clothing anymore? All the raingear on but still soaked through and through.

The rain gear was grand. It was you sweating from all the hard graft

CloughCasey1

This rain won't help the situation in east Galway, Clare/Limerick or around Athlone. :-(

whelan2

naughto wrote: »

Heavy rain here also cold as f1uck as well

lashing rain here.

WheatenBriar

whelan2 wrote: »

lashing rain here.

Started here just after milking,I got drowned as some calves got out on me
Little fcekers kicking up their feet galloping oblivious to the monsoon

sandydan

foxy farmer wrote: »

Got drowned this evening getting shuttering finished and filled. Started raining here around 2.30 but after easing since 7.00. Is there such as waterproof clothing anymore? All the raingear on but still soaked through and through.

think there is a brreathable product on market, consist of several layers , is waterproof , expensive im told
saw a product in supervalu, spray on to dry clothes to help repel water, remember all fluorescent jackets were water proof until washed and then had to be sprayed with some product to make them waterproof, was available in local coop store in Skibb until taken off market for some reason. i know some lorry drivers doing deliveries used fisherman's rain-gear,

whelan2

didnt base price get a good waterproof set for her oh?

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

didnt base price get a good waterproof set for her oh?

Yep - I got a set of ISO Ranger trousers and coat for him early December. They were not cheap at €250 for the set but they are worth every penny. He has worn them every day since during this wet weather when out and about He says that they are the best waterproofs that he has ever had and you don't sweat in them either. Farmdirect in Oldcastle are the agent for them in Ireland - ask for Dessie. They are made in NZ.
http://farmdirect.ie/clothing/ranger-wet-gear

Reggie.

Plenty of rain falling atm

KatyMac

Cold here, nice layer of frost on car - could be fun in the morning

whelan2

Cold enough today. Tiny stretch in the evening