Met Éireann issues 15-hour yellow rain warnings for Cork, Kerry and Waterford as weekend warms toward 22C

Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow rain warnings for Cork, Kerry and Waterford, with heavy rain expected to bring spot flooding and difficult travel conditions late on Thursday and into Friday.

The warning runs from 9pm on Thursday, June 18, until 12pm on Friday, June 19. Waterford was added to the alert after Cork and Kerry were already included in earlier warnings.

What Met Éireann is warning about

The forecaster says spells of heavy rain could lead to spot flooding on roads and in low-lying areas. It has also warned of difficult travel conditions during the warning period.

Yellow warnings are used for weather that may not be unusual nationally but can still create locally dangerous conditions.

How the forecast changes

The wet spell is expected to be short-lived. Met Éireann is forecasting a drier spell over the weekend, with Sunday expected to be mostly dry and reaching about 22C.

Temperatures could rise further on Monday, June 22, with highs of around 23C forecast. Met Éireann says the longer-range outlook remains uncertain, so the warmer turn is not guaranteed to hold.

What to watch next

The main things to monitor are whether Met Éireann extends the warning beyond midday Friday, whether further counties are added, and whether local flooding or travel disruption is reported in Munster.

For now, the key public-safety concern is the combination of heavy rain and short-term flooding risk before conditions improve into the weekend.