Today’s heavy rain will mean more flooding on local roads in parts of the country, Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather has warned. 

Storm Chandra brought a deluge of rain across the country earlier in the week and Met Éireann has announced there is more to come. 

From midday, the counties of Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow will all fall under a yellow weather warning. 

On Newstalk Breakfast, Mr O’Reilly said it had been an extremely wet month. 

 “Over 48 millimetres of rain fell at a weather station near Roundwood in County Wicklow and over 20 millimetres in many parts of the south and the south-east at lower levels,” he said. 

“So, there has been a lot of rain and my weather station now is up to 197 millimetres of rain for the month so far. 

“To give you context, the average is about 80 for the month.”

Wexford after Storm Chandra. Picture by: Eamonn Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

Mr O’Reilly added that water levels in rivers across the country will rise once the rain begins again. 

“Looking at the river levels, the River Slaney in Tullow is rising very fast again,” he said. 

“Now, it's not at a concerning level at the moment, but it is rising fast.

“Enniscorthy is starting to rise, be it a little bit slower and it's not very high at the moment. 

“But all that rain that fell has to feed down through the system and it depends on the different rivers; for example, the King’s River in Callan is higher again this morning.

“So, there has been a little bit of a drop in these rivers, but they're now responding to that rainfall overnight.”

Dublin after Storm Chandra. Picture by: Leon Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

Drivers in the seven counties under yellow weather warnings have also been told to be cautious amid treacherous conditions. 

“That heavy rain this afternoon and this evening will push up into the south-east,” Mr O’Reilly said. 

“Unfortunately, the area is the worst hit and heavy rain falling in parts of the east and south-east this evening and tonight. 

“Again, after the rain, local roads once again flooded.”

Mr O’Reilly said the best analogy he could come up with at the moment was that Ireland was similar to a bucket that had already been filled to the brim. 

“Anything that comes overflows somewhere,” he explained. 

“You're looking at another 20 millimetres of rain possibly falling this evening, tonight, which in its own right isn't a huge amount of rain, but given how much has fallen, it is going to cause problems locally again.”

Main image: Flooding in Wexford. Picture by: Rolling News.ie.