After heavy rain moves eastwards on Friday, bright and sunny spells are forecast later in the day. Dry weather with a few well scattered showers are forecast by Met Éireann for Friday night.

Saturday will have a lot of dry weather with just well scattered passing showers. Conditions will be breezy, with fresh northwest breezes persisting until mid-afternoon and a mix of cloud and sunny spells through the day. Top temperatures will be in the range 15°C to 18°C.

There will be heavy rain on Saturday night, with thundery downpours leading to spot flooding in places. Rain will move across the country from the southwest, but parts of Leinster and Ulster will remain dry until morning.

It will be mostly overcast on Sunday with overnight rain continuing into the daytime hours. Rain will be persistent and sometimes heavy with an ongoing risk of spot flooding. It will ease off later with sunny spells breaking through in the south. Highest temperatures of 16°C to 20°C.

Management notes

Our specialist cover a range of issues across sectors in this week's management notes:

Dairy

  • Milking parlours
  • Meal feeding
  • Grass covers
  • Beef

  • Reseed management
  • Autumn-calving cows
  • Difficult grazing conditions
  • Tullamore Farm update
  • Sheep

  • Condition scoring
  • Sheep welfare scheme
  • Post-breeding mineral supplementation
  • Tillage