11 counties will come under a Status Yellow wind warning from 4 this afternoon.
Clare, Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow all come under the warning until midnight tonight.
A Status Yellow Rain warning is in place in the North until 9 pm tonight for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Derry.
Met Eireann is warning of potentially dangerous driving conditions.
Carlow Weather’s Alan O’Reilly, says some very high seas can be expected along the west coast.