Weekend weather: mostly dry, with rain on way for Sunday

Friday

Friday morning will start off cold, with some frost and icy patches, but it will be dry and sunny, according to Met Éireann.

Temperatures will reach highs of 8°C to 11°C, with mainly light occasionally moderate west or southwest breezes.

Friday night will remain dry, with mostly clear skies. Temperature will drop down to -2°C to 3°C, milder near Atlantic coasts, with light to moderate southerly breezes.

Saturday

Again, Saturday will be mostly dry, with clear spells and some cloud.

However, there is a chance of light rain or drizzle spilling into the south and east of the country. Temperatures will see highs of 8°C to 12°C, with light to moderate southerly winds.

Saturday night is set to be mostly dry, with some cloud and a continued chance of some light rain in the south and east.

Temperatures will go down to 0°C to 4°C with a light to moderate southerly breeze.

Sunday

Sunday is forecast to turn more cloudy, with outbreaks of rain increasing.

Highest temperatures will range from 9°C to 13°C, with light to moderate south or southeast winds.

Next week

Monday is set to be “mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain at first,” Met Éireann has said.

Turning drier and brighter through the morning with some showers developing. Highest temperatures of 10°C to 13°C in mostly light breezes.

The rest of next week is forecast to be mostly unsettled, with showers of rain and some dry and bright intervals.

Beef

Martin Merrick discusses spreading the first round of fertiliser amid improved conditions, prioritising which cattle to turn out and calf health for dairy-beef calves.

Dairy

With the improvement in the weather, Aidan Brennan looks at playing catch-up on grazing and being careful about which fields slurry is spread on, as well as calf prices.

Sheep

Darren Carty examines the importance of hygiene as lambing is about to ramp up, marketing avenues for hoggets and suitability rules for slaughtering.

Tillage

Siobhán Walsh reminds farmers to apply for the Tillage Sustainability Support Scheme and also takes a look at sowing beans, applying fertiliser where possible and measuring oilseed rape and assessing it for clubroot with Teagasc.