It will be cloudy on Friday morning with scattered outbreaks of showery rain along the east. A few breaks will develop in the cloud across the western half of the country during the day, but mostly it will remain cloudy. Highest temperatures of 13°C to 17°C. Friday night will be dry and cool, with lowest temperatures of 7°C to 9°C.
Most of Saturday will be generally dry, with sunny spells occuring through the morning and early afternoon. Cloud will increase over the second half of the day, with outbreaks of drizzle or light rain during the evening. Highest temperatures of 17°C to 20°C.
Rain will spread across the country during Sunday morning and will continue through the afternoon, becoming heavier towards the evening. A clearance will finally occur on Sunday night. Highest temperatures of 16°C to 18°C.
Next week will start off cloudy and showery on Monday, however Tuesday is expected to be mainly dry and sunny. We will see temperatures improving again with highs of 21°C forecast for Wednesday.
Management notes
In this week's beef notes, Nathan Tuffy gives his top tips on fertiliser requirements for second crop silage, avoiding mastitis in dry cows and getting drainage works done.
In this warm and muggy weather, Aiden Brennan gives advice on fly preventention in this week's dairy notes, as well as some tips on money management and cleaning sheds.
Kieran Mailey advises on dealing with cases of blowfly, weaning lambs and treating lameness in sheep in this week's sheep notes.
And finally, crops have quickly moved through their life cycle as Andy Doyle looks at final sprays in this week's tillage notes.
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