Met Éireann issues yellow rain warning for six counties

Eva Osborne

Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rain warning for Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford.

The warning will take effect at noon on Thursday and remain in place until 6pm.

The weather forecaster warns there will be blustery rain with spot flooding, and that travel may be difficult in the affected counties.

While the east gets the rain, sunny spells will gradually develop across western counties throughout Thursday.

It will be a cool day with afternoon highs of 3 to 8 degrees with moderate to fresh northwest winds, easing later.

It will be a cold and mostly clear later Thursday evening with frost and ice setting in quickly.

Met Éireann forecasts a dry and cold night with any lingering rain across eastern counties soon clearing.

Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees with frost and ice developing in just light to moderate northwest breezes.

Friday is set to be a dry and sunny day but cold in the morning with frost and some icy stretches.

Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in mostly light, occasionally moderate west or southwest breezes.

Weekend

Saturday will be mostly dry with sunny spells. Thicker cloud may build in the south and east with the chance of a little light rain or drizzle at times.

Highest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds, fresher along Atlantic coasts.

Saturday night will be mainly dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells. There will be a continued chance of a little light rain or drizzle in the south and east.

Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds, fresher along Atlantic coasts.

Sunday will turn cloudier with outbreaks of rain developing. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in light to moderate south or southeast winds.