Friday

It will be wet and windy weather on Friday morning, according to Met Éireann.

It will brighten up from the west during the afternoon, with scattered showers.

However, eastern parts will likely see cloud and outbreaks of rain persist through the day.

Highest temperatures of 9°C to 11°C in strong to near gale force southerly winds, easing moderate during the afternoon.

Saturday

Saturday is set to be a very mild day.

Met Éireann is forecasting a mostly dry day at first, followed by outbreaks of rain that will turn heavy and persistent in places.

Highest temperatures of 9°C to 12°C.

Fresh and gusty southerly winds will strengthen on western coasts in the evening.

It will become drier in many areas during Saturday evening and early in the night, although some light rain may well affect western coastal counties overnight. Lowest temperatures of 3°C to 6°C.

Sunday

There is some uncertainty in the forecast for Sunday.

However, it currently looks to have a largely cloudy start, with some outbreaks of rain.

It will become brighter during the afternoon, with showers moving into the western half of the country.

Highest temperatures of 7°C to 11°C.

Many areas will be dry and clear on Sunday night.

However, scattered showers will continue to affect the western half of the country.

A colder night, with lowest temperatures of 1°C to 4°C.

Management notes

Tillage

Tillage editor Andy Doyle says with many winter rape crops planted a bit late last autumn, it may be worth considering a small amount of N to begin to drive canopy growth in backward crops.

Sheep

Joint/navel ill can have long-term repercussions on performance and lead to an increased risk at this time of the year of tail-end lambs which suffered from the disease being condemned, writes Darren Carty.

Beef

Mid- to late-February is a good time to scan autumn-calving cows, writes Kieran Mailey. Barren animals should be marked for culling and replaced with in-calf heifers later in the year.

Dairy

In the dairy notes, Aidan Brennan says that it's from now on that calving and grazing problems can start to happen.