Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for one county.

The warning is in place for Co. Wicklow from 11:00a.m on Saturday (January 24) until 3:00a.m on Sunday.

Met Éireann said that spells of heavy rain can be expected, especially for higher ground.

Localised flooding and difficult travel conditions are possible while the warning is in place.

Weather forecast

Across the country today it will be generally dull, wet and breezy with outbreaks of rain, on and off through the day.

The rain will be heaviest during the morning and evening, with spot flooding later across some eastern counties.

The best of any longer drier spells will occur for north west counties.

It will be cool with highest temperatures of 5° to 9° in moderate to fresh easterly winds.

Some mist and fog for south west counties later as the winds decrease light variable here.

Tonight will be wet and breezy across many areas for a time tonight with moderate to fresh cyclonic variable winds.

There will be some drier spells will develop across the southern half of the country but turning misty at the same time too.

There will be some frost and ice where skies clear also. There will be lowest temperatures of 0° to 6°.

It will be dull or misty to begin on Sunday with scattered falls of rain, mainly for Ulster and Leinster.

It will become drier into the afternoon but remain fairly cloudy.

There will be highest temperatures of 5° to 9°, in a light to moderate easterly or variable winds, that bit breezier for Ulster to begin.