Status Yellow rainfall warning in place from noon today

You can expect heavy rain later today as a Status Yellow rainfall warning is in place for much of the country.

The expected shift in the weather is largely down to the Hurricane Gert, which has been making its way eastwards since last week.

Latest radar shows heavy #rain gathering in the west. Rain extending eastwards to all but northern areas today. Max temps 16 to 20°C pic.twitter.com/29vaRFJDYA

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 20, 2017

Heavy #Rain moving into the south west now. Valentia Observatory in Co.Kerry had 6.3mm in the past hour including 5mm in just 15 mins. pic.twitter.com/j6tjETzbkm

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 20, 2017

Thankfully Ireland will only feel the very tailend of the storm, with the warning coming into effect from 12 noon today until 4pm on Monday.

The warm and humid conditions will develop throughout this afternoon, and that will bring heavy rain and up to 5cm of rain in certain places.

The warning covers counties including Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Wicklow, Louth, Offaly, Meath, Westmeath, Clare and Donegal.