Met Éireann has today (Thursday, April 17) issued further Status Yellow weather warnings for rainfall which will impact multiple counties.

The national forecaster has issued a warning for Galway and Mayo for spells of rain which may be heavy at times and will bring a risk of localised flooding to some parts.

The alert will come into force from 6:00a.m tomorrow (Friday, April 18) and run until 9:00p.m.

A similar warning for Carlow; Dublin Kilkenny; Louth; Waterford; Wexford, and Wicklow will be in place from 6:00a.m Friday until 6:00a.m on Saturday.

Yesterday, Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow rain warning for counties Cork and Kerry.

The warning will be valid from 11:00p.m tonight until noon on Friday.

The national forecaster has warned of spells of rain, heavy at times with possible localised flooding in places.

As low pressure is expected to dominate over the coming days, Met Éireann said that our weather will be more mixed and unsettled with above average rainfall expected.

Most places will see between 20 and 60mm of rain over the coming week, equating to between 1.5 and 4 times the average rainfall.

However, rainfall amounts over Ulster are likely to be close to normal or a little below.

This coming week will see temperatures close to average or within a degree of it, with mean air temperatures ranging from 9 to 11°C.

Soil temperatures are expected to remain above normal but will decline a little.

Drying conditions are expected to deteriorate countrywide later this week with widespread rain but may improve slightly over the weekend. Spraying opportunities will be very limited over the coming days.

Soil moisture deficits will decrease this week, as there will be some heavy rain at times, but most well drained soils will remain trafficable. Moderate and poorly drained soils are likely to become saturated or waterlogged in some eastern, southern and western coastal counties.