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Met Éireann has forecast a mix of cloud and sunny spells for today ahead of weather warnings for rain coming into effect on Sunday.
This morning will start with isolated showers, mainly in the north and west, that will become more frequent later in the afternoon, with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
Tonight will be cloudy and heavy rain will begin to move across Munster, bringing the possibility of some localised flooding. It will be windy in the southwest with fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds.
The rest of the country will remain dry with just a few isolated showers. Lowest temperatures will range from 4 to 10 degrees, coldest in Ulster.
A Status Yellow rain warning for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry and Waterford will come into effect from 12am on Sunday and remain in place until 12am on Monday.
There will be persistent rain, sometimes heavy, potentially causing isolated flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions.
From 12pm on Sunday until 12am on Monday, the rain warning in Cork and Waterford will be upgraded to Status Orange, leading to flooding, dangerous driving conditions and poor visibility.
Tomorrow will be “dull and wet” overall with widespread rain across the country, heaviest in the south and southeast.
There will also be fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds with onshore gales along the coast in the south and east. Highest temperatures on Sunday will be between 10 and 15 degrees.
Rain will begin to clear from the southeast overnight on Sunday and it will become dry across most of the country. Later in the night some rain will move into the northwest.
Looking ahead to next week, Monday will be mostly cloudy with some rain and showers, and turn drier in the south later in the day.
The poor weather looks set to break after that with both Tuesday and Wednesday forecast to be dry with some sunny spells and highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees.
