Met Éireann has forecast fog and mist to clear Friday morning to become a dry day with lots of sunshine. However, Met Éireann has warned that “fog may linger near southern and eastern coasts through the day keeping conditions duller there.” Temperatures will reach highs of 12°C to 15°C in a light southerly breeze.
Friday night will be mostly dry with clear spells and some clouds in the northwest. Temperatures will see lows of 0°C to 4°C with some mist and fog developing in areas.
Saturday
On Saturday morning, fog will clear from most areas, however it may linger in coastal areas. The day will be dry with some hazy sunshine and duller in the northwest where some light rain may occur. “Highest temperatures of 11°C to 14°C in light southerly or variable breezes,” Met Éireann has said.
Saturday will be another dry night, mostly clear with some patches of mist and fog forming. The northwest will once again be cloudier and may experience patchy rain and drizzle towards Sunday morning. Temperatures will reach lows of 1°C to 6°C with light southwesterly winds.
Sunday
Sunday will begin dry in most areas with bright spells in the southeast. The day will become “cloudier through the morning with patchy rain or drizzle in places and the rain will be more persistent in Connacht and Ulster for a time,” according to Met Éireann. Highest temperatures will reach 10°C to 13°C in a light to moderate westerly wind, changing to northwesterly through the day.
Next week
Monday is set to be a breezy damp day with some outbreaks of rain and cooler temperatures. Met Éireann has said that the outlook for the rest of next week is “likely continuing unsettled with further spells of wet and breezy weather.”
Beef
Martin Merrick discusses what is the best option for farmers who have yet to graze silage ground, the fertiliser requirements of this ground as well as disease build up with a delayed turn out.
Dairy
Aidan Brennan looks at the pros and cons of bluetongue vaccine, milk recording and has some advice for farmers regarding getting maiden heifers to grass.
Sheep
Darren Carty says factories are looking for milk lambs in the run up to easter which could be an option for some flocks with early born lambs.
He also examines creep feeding lambs when grass supplies are short and monitoring milk replacer volumes fed to lambs who are being artificially reared.
Tillage
Siobhan Walsh states “patience will be key in the coming days and weeks as farmers need to wait for land to dry and get crops planted in good conditions.”
She also takes a look at sowing beans, getting fertiliser and herbicides out on winter crops and she reminds farmers that the two and three crop rules are still in place.
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