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Friday
The weekend is to start mostly cloudy, with rain mainly affecting western regions and a risk of spot flooding. Rain will be lighter and patchier in east Munster and south Leinster, with some dry intervals.
Highest temperatures of 16°C to 19°C in fresh, gusty southerly winds.
Tonight, heavy rain will spread eastwards to all areas. Lowest temperatures of 10°C to 12°C with moderate to fresh southerly winds which will clear the rain overnight.
Saturday
Saturday will be a bright and breezy day with sunshine and showers. Highest temperatures reaching 15°C to 18°C with moderate, occasionally fresh westerly breezes.
Overnight showers will become confined to Atlantic coasts. Lowest temperatures of 8°C to 10°C in moderate westerly breezes.
Sunday
Sunday will be a fresh and cool day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Some of the showers will be heavy, especially in the west and northwest. Highest temperatures just 14°C to 17°C with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds.
Beef
Matthew Halpin provides some advice on grazing and BEEP in this week’s beef management notes.
Dairy
With wet weather and mucky roadways lameness can build up quickly, so act now, warns Stephen Connolly.
Sheep
Attention in lambing flocks should now be focused on breeding preparations, as mating is only a few weeks away for many flocks, writes Darren Carty.
Tillage
The fine weather over last weekend and into this week has enabled huge harvesting progress and revealed very little damage to either crop yield or quality, writes Andy Doyle.
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