Friday

Met Éireann has forecast that Friday will start out a blustery day, with a mixture of scattered showers and sunny spells.

As the day goes on the showers will become more isolated, giving way to largely dry conditions for most of the country.

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Highest daytime temperatures will be 7°C to 11°C, with moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds.

Friday night will be mostly dry at first, apart from a few coastal showers. However, cloud will thicken from the west as the night goes on, with outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south and west towards morning.

Lowest overnight temperatures will be 4°C to 7°C, with southerly winds increasing through the night.

Saturday

Saturday is set to have a wet and windy beginning, with outbreaks of rain spreading north-eastwards, becoming patchier as they do so, according to Met Éireann.

In the afternoon there will be a clearance to drier conditions, with some showers.

There will be highest daytime temperatures of 6°C to 10°C, with moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds veering south-westerly and easing light to moderate with some clearance.

Overnight on Saturday it will be cold with long clear spells. It will also be dry apart from a few coastal showers.

Some frost is possible with lowest temperatures of -1°C to 2°C, with a light southerly breeze. Some mist and fog patches are possible too.

Sunday

Current indications suggest that Sunday will be a cooler day with showers, possibly of hail and more persistent outbreaks of rain moving in from the southeast.

There will be highest daytime temperatures of 3°C to 8°C, with a light northerly or easterly breeze.

Management notes

Beef

In this week’s beef management notes, Martin Merrick gives advice on using appropriate bedding for your system, ensuring autumn-calving cows get back in calf and soil testing over the winter period.

Dairy

On the dairy side of the house, Aidan Brennan writes that silage quality for the dry period will have a huge bearing on cow body condition score next spring.

Sheep

There are two main topics for Darren Carty this week: finishing lambs indoors and reviewing straw supplies.

Tillage

Siobhán Walsh’s notes this week focus on management, paper work and preparing for the new year ahead.