Friday morning will be dull and damp to start, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Drier conditions will develop in the northwest and extend southwards through the rest of the morning. It will brighten up everywhere to a day of sunny spells and just a few scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 17°C to 20°C, mildest across the midlands, south and east. Becoming less humid than recently, as a light northerly breeze brings clearer, fresher conditions.

Friday night will be mainly dry with clear spells. However, there will be isolated showers in the west and northwest, becoming more frequent in the northwest towards morning. Lowest temperatures 10°C or 11°C. Light northerly winds will back westerly overnight.

Saturday is expected to be mainly dry with sunny spells and just isolated showers. Highest temperatures 16°C to 18°C in mainly light northwest winds. Similar conditions for Saturday night. However, there will still be a few more showers along western coasts. Lowest temperatures will be between 8°C and 11°C with light westerly winds.

The forecast for Sunday includes a fair amount of dry and sunny weather, but there will be a few showers also. Temperatures will remain on the slightly lower side of normal, but there will be sunshine with just light breezes. Highest temperatures of 16°C to 18°C. Staying dry overnight too, with lowest temperatures of 9°C or 10°C.

Management notes

In the beef notes, Kieran Mailey offers advice on weighing cattle, vaccinating for respiratory problems in cattle and building grass covers ahead of the autumn.

Aidan Brennan covers lameness, heifer target weights and options for wintering stock in the dairy notes.

Tagging lambs, selecting replacements and blowfly strike are on the agenda on Darren Carty’s sheep management notes.

With the recent broken weather, Andy Doyle advises on dealing with the challenging harvest conditions in tillage.