Friday

Friday is going to be a dry, bright day, but with more cloud than in recent days, according to Met Éireann.

The sunshine will be hazy for long spells during the day, especially in the west.

Highest temperatures of 13°C to 17°C, coolest near south and east coasts, with a moderate east to southeast breeze.

Friday night will stay dry and more cloud cover will keep temperatures a bit higher than recent nights at 4°C to 7°C.

Saturday

The dry conditions and bright sunshine will continue into the weekend.

Saturday will see highest temperatures of 12°C to 18°C, with southern and eastern coasts being coolest, with moderate easterly winds.

Saturday night will be mostly dry and clear. Lowest temperatures of 3°C to 6°C, perhaps a degree or two warmer at coasts.

Sunday

Sunday will stay mostly sunny, hazy at times, with some passing cloud.

Temperatures in most parts will reach 13°C to 17°C, Met Éireann said.

Easterly breezes will keep these temperatures at 10°C to 13°C in the east and south.

On Sunday night, weather will remain dry and mostly clear, and temperatures will fall to between 1°C and 4°C in light to moderate easterly breezes.

Monday

Most of the country will have sunny spells on Monday, but Ulster will see an increase in cloud in the afternoon.

Highest temperatures of 11°C to 17°C, coolest at coasts.

Management notes

Sheep notes

This week, Darren Carty looks at growing quality silage, managing grass with slow growth and gives a reminder about nematodirus.

Beef notes

A pre-breeding stock bull NCT, weaning dairy-beef calves, upcoming closing dates for schemes and a reminder of the third in the Tullamore Farm webinar series are all part of Adam Woods’ beef notes this week.

Dairy notes

With breeding getting into gear on many farms, Aidan Brennan looks at synchronisation and calving dates, as well as pulling back supplementation in dairy diets as growth picks up.

Tillage notes

Andy Doyle looks at the work done and the work to do on tillage farms, nitrogen applications, spray applications, straw chopping and markets in this week’s tillage notes.