Friday

Friday will be a cloudy day, with some spells of sunshine and scattered showers, Met Éireann has said.

The showers will be most frequent in the west during the afternoon and may turn heavy at times.

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There will be light to moderate southerly winds, with highest temperatures of 14°C to 19°C, coolest in the south.

During Friday night, cloudy conditions and scattered showers will continue, with further rain pushing into the west by morning.

Mist and fog patches may develop in places, with light southerly winds and lowest temperatures of 7°C to 11°C.

Saturday

The national forecaster has said that Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with widespread showers and the odd bright spell. The showers may become heavy at times, with a chance of thunder.

Temperatures will be cooler, with highs of 12°C to 15°C in light southeasterly breezes.

Saturday night will see widespread showers at first, but will become drier from the north overnight, with some clear spells developing. Mist and fog may form, with lowest temperatures of 7°C to 11°C.

Sunday

Sunday will “likely be another cloudy day for most with widespread showers developing, again turning heavy at times with a chance of thunder,” Met Éireann has said.

Temperatures will reach highs of 12°C to 15°C, with light northeasterly breezes.

Next week

Bank holiday Monday is set to be a largely dry day, with some patchy light rain. There will be light northeasterly breezes with highs of 10°C to 14°C.

Tuesday is also forecast to be a mostly dry day with cloudy conditions.

Management notes

Beef

Martin Merrick gives advice on grassland management as growth increases above demand, thinking critically about worming and the correct protocol on weaning dairy beef stock.

Dairy

Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers on what stocking rate to choose on the milking platform over the next four or five weeks. He also discusses the start of breeding and spraying docks and other perennial weeds.

Sheep

In the sheep notes, Darren Carty warns of heightened risk of grass tetany over the coming days, nematordirus risk and the importance of calibrating scales.

Tillage

Siobhán Walsh reports that farmers are busy planting still, with maize and beet sowing under way, she also looks at reducing the risk of barley yellow dwarf virus, applying fungicide to flowering oilseed rape and applying nitrogen and trace elements to spring barley.