BREAKING: Car stuck in floods on busy Tipperary road as county hit with bad weather

There are reports on social media of the Clonmel Road being almost impassable and a car has gotten stuck in a flood.

Ireland woke up to brutal wet and windy weather on Friday morning with warnings in place for much of the south of the country.

Cork, Kerry, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford were all under Status Yellow wind and rain warnings until 8am on Friday.

The bad news for those counties and others doesn't end there as Met Éireann's latest forecast is looking grim for the weekend, particularly Sunday when more stormy conditions look set to arrive on our shores.

There is already a gale warning on Irish coast for Sunday but inland warnings for wind and possibly rain are likely in the coming days. 

In their weekend forecast, Met Éireann say: "Saturday will be a bright day with plenty of sunshine on offer and just a few passing showers, these mainly affecting the west and northwest. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

"Saturday night will start out largely dry with just isolated showers but cloud will thicken from the Atlantic and rain will push eastwards across the country overnight. Winds will increase too, with strong to gale force southerly winds developing. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees, will occur early in the night.

"Wet and windy to begin on with widespread rain [on Sunday]. Some heavy falls with spot flooding possible. The rain will gradually clear eastwards through the morning and afternoon but it will remain windy with scattered blustery showers following from the west, some of them heavy with isolated thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in strong to gale force southwest winds. Sunday night will bring clear spells and scattered showers, the showers heaviest and most frequent in the west. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in fresh southwest winds, easing a little overnight."

Looking to next week, their forecast adds: "Monday will be a fresh and blustery day with sunny spells and showers. Some heavy, thundery downpours with hail are possible. Maximum temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwest winds. Scattered showers will continue on Monday night, some of them heavy with hail and thunder possible. There'll be some dry and clear intervals too, however. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees with moderate to fresh west to southwest winds.

"Tuesday will be another day of sunshine and showers. The showers will be mainly in the west at first, but they'll spread elsewhere as the day goes on and some will be heavy with a chance of hail. Highest temperatures will range 7 to 9 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, and gusty westerly winds.

"Some uncertainty in the details for Wednesday and Thursday at present, but the slightly cooler and unsettled conditions seem likely to persist," they conclude.