The South East is enjoying a glorious Friday with dry and warm weather in most areas this afternoon with good spells of sunshine.
Things are set to take a turn tomorrow though as Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall warning for Wexford, Kilkenny, Cork and Waterford.
Rainfall Warning Update
Status: Yellow
Location: Wexford, Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny
Valid: Saturday 9pm to Sunday 6amhttps://t.co/b24grJkqcb pic.twitter.com/TF64FSJR62— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 25, 2018
The forecaster warns of heavy thundery downpours at times during Saturday evening/overnight, with the potential for torrential downpours in short periods leading to spot flooding.
The rainfall alert is valid from Saturday at 9pm until Sunday at 6am.
Yellow Weather Warning issued for Southern Counties for heavy rainfall tomorrow night as thunderstorms kick off. pic.twitter.com/m6Z5glnOZF
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) May 25, 2018
Meanwhile, it's set to become even warmer over the coming days as Continental air continues to feed in across Ireland.
Met Eireann forecasts a lot of dry weather bright weather generally with light to moderate easterly breezes, however as the humidity increases, so too will the threat of scattered thunderstorms.