If you were unfortunate enough to forget a brolly this morning you may want to prepare to be thoroughly drowned for the next 24 hours, as Met Eireann have released a national weather warning due to the amount of rain forecast to fall today.

The majority of the country will be under those dark and stormy clouds for the entire day with heavy rain in Munster and Connaught spreading nationwide during the morning and afternoon with a risk of localised flooding with some very heavy downpours. Yay...

If ever there were a day to live out your Gene Kelly fantasy, today would be it.