Friday morning will remain bright and dry for most of the morning in the east. However, showers may develop in the western half. Conditions will become cloudier as the afternoon arrives and the showers will gradually spread to eastern parts as evening arrives. Highest temperatures will be around 12°C to 13°C, while breezes will remain light.

Overnight on Friday, showers from earlier on in the day will remain, but will gradually clear from the west. Temperatures will remain cool, dropping to between 3°C to 6°C, which could lead to some ground frost and fog in parts.

Showers from the day before will clear on Saturday morning, leaving a mostly dry and clear day. However, there is a chance of some occasional showers along eastern regions as afternoon arrives. Highest temperatures will remain between 12°C and 13°C and light breezes will continue.

Sunday morning will be largely cool, with dry and bright conditions expected. Overnight fog may linger for a while, but should clear before afternoon arrives. Southerly winds will freshen as evening arrives, leading to showers spreading eastwards overnight on Sunday.

Next week will start with heavy rain on Monday and overnight, becoming more scattered as Tuesday arrives, leading to dry and sunny conditions by Wednesday.

Management notes

In this week’s beef management notes, Kieran Mailey offers advice to farmers who have had to resort to housing cattle due to wet weather conditions.

Dairy editor Jack Kennedy looks ahead to picking sires as autumn calving comes to an end, in this week’s dairy management notes.

Our livestock specialist Darren Carty covers body conditions of hill ewes and the clean livestock policy for sheep in this week’s sheep management notes.

And finally, our tillage editor Andy Doyle discusses the correct time to plant, due to recent wet weather, in tillage management notes.