It will be very cold tonight, with clear spells and slack winds according to Met Eireann. A hard frost will form, with ice on untreated roads. Some pockets of fog will form locally also. Lowest temperatures 1°C to -2°C.
It will be cold on Saturday morning, but the frosty and locally foggy conditions will clear gradually, to give a dry, bright day, with a mix of sunny spells and cloudy periods. Top temperatures will range from 6°C to 10°C. Moderate southwest breezes will increase fresh and gusty along the west and northwest coasts.
It will be cool and misty on Saturday night. There will be some light rain at times over parts of Connacht and west Ulster, but mostly dry elsewhere, with just a few spots of drizzle here and there. Lowest temperatures 3°C to 6°C. Moderate southerly breezes will be fresh along the Atlantic seaboard.
The outlook shows a lot of dry weather for Sunday and Monday with just small amounts of rain. But it will become very unsettled from Tuesday onwards
Dry and cool on Sunday, with a mix of cloudy periods and some bright or sunny spells. Top temperatures will range from 7°C to 10°C in moderate to fresh south to southwest breezes. Frost is unlikely overnight, with misty mostly cloudy weather likely and with some light drizzle in places also. Lows of 4°C to 6°C.
This week's beef management notes look at soil fertility, injection sites in cattle and cashflow management on beef farms.
In our dairy notes, Aidan Brennan looks at dosing cows, the type of lime to use and what to look for when choosing a dry-cow mineral.
This week's sheep notes cover the importance of getting your silage analysed and a reminder to bring your flock up to date with tagging and paperwork.
Tillage: With weather conditions now very reasonable, growers have more options about how to handle volunteer vegetation and catch crops.
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