THERE IS A weather warning in place in 15 Irish counties tomorrow with Storm Chandra now confirmed as the third named storm of the year. 

Heavy rainfall is expected, with status yellow rain warnings now in place for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow from midnight morning until tomorrow evening. 

A status yellow wind warning is also implace from 5am tomorrow for the duration of the day for counties Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Dublin, Louth, Wexford and Wicklow

A status yellow rain warning is also in place across the six counties of Northern Ireland tomorrow, with counties Antrim, Down and Derry now also under a status orange wind warning. 

The UK’s Met Office has named Storm Chandra and says it will bring very strong winds, leading to the potential for damage and disruption tomorrow. 

Met Éirean has said that tomorrow will begin wet and windy, with widespread rain, heavy at times. 

“Bands of rain associated with Storm Chandra will be heavy and persistent,” the forecaster says. 

The rain will be persistent in the south and east and combined with already saturated ground this will lead to some localised flooding, hence the issuing of the weather warnings for the three counties named. 

Other possible impacts are river flooding and difficult driving conditions.