whats the weather like in your area?

whelan2

frosty and dry

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whelan2 wrote: »

frosty and dry

Same as

keep going

There might be a change on , new moon on the eight so lets wait and see

whelan2

Sun out, blue sky, great for lifting the mood

keep going

There might be a change on , new moon on the eight so lets wait and see

Limestone Cowboy

whelan2

very foggy

Dawggone

Spilling rain. Supposed to get 30mm today.

Since the second of Jan we've had nearly half our yearly rainfall total.

Milked out

Dawggone wrote: »

Spilling rain. Supposed to get 30mm today.

Since the second of Jan we've had nearly half our yearly rainfall total.

Your ponds full for irrigation later in year so, or will a lot of it evaporate by the time it's needed

blue5000

Dawggone wrote: »

Spilling rain. Supposed to get 30mm today.

Since the second of Jan we've had nearly half our yearly rainfall total.

So have we:eek:

Had the first dry day this year yesterday. Normal service will resume tonight.

I said

Foggy and cool conditions on my way into Mullingar earlier

Dawggone

Milked out wrote: »

Your ponds full for irrigation later in year so, or will a lot of it evaporate by the time it's needed

They were full after about 5 days rain.
Evaporation takes a little...there is a formula to calculate it but I don't have it to hand.
Apart from the annoyance of constant flooding, it could dry up in March and have nothing until November...

Mac Taylor

Dark cold wet day here. Hoping for a sunny weekend. Could do with a bit of sunshine

LinF

Dull & cold - yuk!

High bike

A pure fcuk of a day,never stopped all day

Deepsouthwest

Heavy heavy afternoon and evenings rain in west cork, had no idea it was gonna be so a deluge.

darragh_haven

Decided to make a sacrifice paddock today. Left out 5 more that have feet issues. After this evenings deluge it's definitely sacrifice

Reggie.

Didn't get a drop here all day

whelan2

Snowing earlier

ganmo

Snowing now...thunder earlier

LinF

Dry but with masses of clouds scooting in all directions, think it will snow later on - at least that is what the forecasters have predicted.

sandydan

darragh_haven wrote: »

Decided to make a sacrifice paddock today. Left out 5 more that have feet issues. After this evenings deluge it's definitely sacrifice

do you include maize in diet, heard a chap last week claim since including maize meal in diet , feet issues have reduced in dairy herd.

whelan2

VERY FROSTY

LinF

Lovely, crisp & sunny, long may it last.

darragh_haven

sandydan wrote: »

do you include maize in diet, heard a chap last week claim since including maize meal in diet , feet issues have reduced in dairy herd.

No. Don't have maize. Grass/grass silage is the only feed that 90% of our animals ever get. Most of the animals have cubicles to lay on, so I think a certain few animals "just have bad feet"

Deepsouthwest

30 mls forecasted for west cork today, could really do with it, not!!

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Deepsouthwest wrote: »

30 mls forecasted for west cork today, could really do with it, not!!

Really

Fcuk it, and I was out there and there is a nice dryin wind, not too cold... Was thinking tis good that places were starting to get that not-saturated feeling...

keep going

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

30 mls forecasted for west cork today, could really do with it, not!!

I was hoping to get them out for a few hours before it started but put them back in after milking.got a few loads of slurry out yesterday and it was sticky in patches but it felt great to finally get out on land

Milked out

More than sick of this ****e at this stage

whelan2

Very windy here, hope it stays dry for a few hours, let springing cows out to paddock while I clean out calving pens

jack o shea

its been raining non stop for nearly 4 months now.

RedPeppers

We have had about 5 rain free days here in north Galway since last October, the only thing out on our land now are swans. Milkers will be lucky to get out by beginning of April.

jack o shea

ye even patricks day looks like a pipe dream this year, really depressing stuff.

davidk1394

Blustery down hear. Was spreading slurry this morning and leaving down very little marks. Went out this evening and nearly got stuck.

Deepsouthwest

keep going wrote: »

I was hoping to get them out for a few hours before it started but put them back in after milking.got a few loads of slurry out yesterday and it was sticky in patches but it felt great to finally get out on land

Think I saw that slurry heading out towards the Fastnet Rock earlier!
What an incredible days rain here, again!

darragh_haven

In scotland atm and it was pouring from about 12 midday. Was really hoping it was just here but DSW and KG have really dashed my hopes. Looks like moving slurry from tank to tank on Saturday is a definite

Kovu

There's a lot of snow here!

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Kovu wrote: »

There's a lot of snow here!

Same here.

Reggie.

Snow here but is melting away tho

RightTurnClyde

The rain that fell here last night from 8 till 12 was incredible. No cows going out today

_Brian

More than an inch of snow this morning. Bit of a surprise.

blue5000

Anybody round here with room in a tank could be getting free pig slurry after last night's rain.

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Snow

WheatenBriar

Grasshoppers would plough the land here
Never in my lifetime have I seen it so wet

Forecast looks horrible, often wet and often wintry

_Brian

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Grasshoppers would plough the land here
Never in my lifetime have I seen it so wet

Forecast looks horrible, often wet and often wintry

Agree.
We're on heavy land here but it's jelly like under foot. Like the topsoil could be sucked up with a slurry tank.

whelan2

coldest morning in a long time

LinF

Here in the BBNP it is bathed in glorious sunshine and quite warm. Hope it clears up & dries up underfoot for all of you.

zetecescort

good bright spring day here. pity the forecast is for more rain though, one step forward and two backwards

WheatenBriar

Depending where you are,you could have had a lot of rain by sunday night with a slow moving front over the country
Very wet everywhere Saturday
Showers in the north sunday,longer rain in the south,drier in-between by then
Latest charts show it stuck over the south of the country by Sunday
The green is the heavier rain by then ,needless to say I'm not happy

Reggie.

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Depending where you are,you could have had a lot of rain by sunday night with a slow moving front over the country
Very wet everywhere Saturday
Showers in the north sunday,longer rain in the south,drier in-between by then
Latest charts show it stuck over the south of the country by Sunday
The green is the heavier rain by then ,needless to say I'm not happy

Sure you usually complain about the dustbowl