Friday

Friday will be cold, with temperatures between 5°C and 8°C, with stong winds.

A status yellow wind warning is in place for counties along the western seaboard.

There will be heavy showers with a risk of hail and thunder.

Saturday

Saturday is expected to be another windy day, though there will be some bright and sunny spells in the east at the start of the day.

Longer spells of rain are expected in the west and north of the country, with a risk of thunder.

Winds are expected to become quite strong, with temperatures between 8°C and 11°C.

Sunday

Sunday is expected to be brighter, with more sunshine.

However, rain showers are expected in the west and north of the country, with a risk of thunder and strong westerly winds.

Top temperatures between 8°C and 11°C.

Management notes

Beef

Beef editor Adam Woods takes a look at grazing brassicas, injection site issues and first-calving heifer nutrition.

Sheep

This week's notes discuss the importance of ensuring you are in line to stay with the organic nitrogen limit of 170kg N/ha and take a look at marketing hill lamb.

Dairy

Drying off cows is important to get right and a vision for fertility is also important, writes Jack Kennedy.

Tillage

A deluge of rainfall, especially in the southern half of the country, in recent weeks brought most of the field work to a halt.