WARNING: Warning issued as moisture-laden airmass to bring heavy rain and localised flooding to Ireland

Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Weather Warning for parts of Ireland with what it describes as 'impactful weather' set  to batter the country this weekend. 

According to Met  Eireannm some impactful weather is on the way for Sunday, Sunday night and into Bank holiday Monday in parts too, with heavy rain and localised flooding expected in places, as a humid, moisture-laden airmass moves in over the country

Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Rain Warning for Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo from 8pm on Sunday until noon on Monday. 

According to Met Eireann there will be heavy rain coupled with strong and gusty southerly winds, especially in exposed areas.

Potential impacts include localised flooding, damage to temporary structures, difficult travelling conditions and poor visibility. 

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, Saturday, will be a bright day with good spells of sunshine and while there'll be a lot of dry weather, there'll be a scattering of showers too, especially for the north and west. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 or 20 degrees in mostly moderate southwest to west winds, fresher at times in western coastal parts.

Largely dry early on Saturday night with clear spells but cloud will thicken from the west, with some patchy outbreaks of light rain and drizzle spreading eastwards overnight, though it'll likely hold mostly dry in the east and south. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees in mostly light to moderate southwest winds, but increasing moderate to fresh along the west coast later.

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, some bright spells are possible in the east and south, though in general it'll be cloudy on Sunday morning, but dry for most apart from a little patchy light rain and drizzle. However, heavy and persistent rain will move in along the west coast by the early afternoon, spreading to most parts through the afternoon and evening, though some southeastern parts may escape largely dry.

Localised flooding is possible, especially across parts of Connacht, and possibly west Munster. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees and its going to be a blustery day with mostly fresh and gusty southerly winds, the winds strong and gusty in coastal parts of the west and south.

Sunday night will see spells of very heavy rain, thundery in places, with the continued chance of spot flooding. A clearance may start to move into parts of the northwest and west later in the night. Humid with lowest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds, starting to ease overnight.

It'll be mostly cloudy at first on Monday, with further spells of heavy possibly thundery rain, especially across the midlands, east and southeast. While there's some uncertainty as regards how fast the rain will clear, it looks like a clearance to mainly dry, bright weather will have moved into the northwest and west by the early morning and will then extend to most places through the morning and afternoon. However the rain may linger in parts of the east and south for much, if not all of the day. Humid with the rain, but it'll turn fresher in the clearance, with highest temperatures of 18 to 22 degrees in mostly moderate, occasionally fresh, southwest winds, veering westerly.