ALERT: Met Eireann does u-turn on Weather Warnings but wet weekend still forecast

Met Éireann has cancelled a number of Weather Warnings it had issued for this weekend but is still forecasting some rain in the coming days. 

Met Éireann had issued Status Yellow Rain Warnings for Saturday but they have now been cancelled with a changing weather forecast. 

A Status Yellow Rain Warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford is in place until 3pm on Friday. 

According to the latest Met Éireann weather forecast, drier and brighter conditions in parts of the west and northwest will edge slowly southeastwards through Friday morning and afternoon, but rain will persist for much of the day in east Munster and south and east Leinster. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees with light to moderate southwest or variable winds, fresh for a time near the west and northwest coast.

Remaining mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain in parts of the east and southeast tonight. Elsewhere, it'll be mainly dry with variable cloud and clear breaks, though a few showers may affect coastal parts of west and north overnight. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees where clear breaks prevail, 9 to 11 degrees under cloudier skies in the south and east. Some areas of mist and fog will form in the near calm conditions.

According to the latest Met Éireann forecast, there will be rather mixed conditions across the country, tomorrow, Saturday. Mostly cloudy to begin in the east and south with rain at times, but brightening up through the afternoon with scattered showers developing. In the west and north, mainly dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells at first but cloudier conditions with showers, some heavy with a chance of isolated thunderstorms, will spread from the northwest through the day. Light winds becoming northerly will increase moderate to fresh, strong to near gale along western and northern coasts. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees.

Breezy on Saturday night with scattered showers, or perhaps longer spells of rain in the east and south at first. Showers will gradually become largely confined to the northwest by morning with clear spells developing overnight. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in mostly moderate northwest to north winds, fresh near coasts.

According to the latest Met Éireann forecast, Sunday will be cool and bright with sunny spells and scattered showers, mainly in the north and northwest. Moderate northerly winds gradually easing light to moderate as the day goes on. Maximum temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.