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Partly cloudy weather is expected in Latvia on Friday, in some places it will rain for a while, thunderstorms are also possible in Kurzeme, weather forecasters predict.
In the morning part of Kurzeme will remain fog.
When blowing slowly to moderate southeast wind, the air will warm up to +18 .. + 24 degrees.
There will be a variable amount of clouds in Riga, short-term rain is likely with low probability, the wind will blow slowly to moderate from the south-east and the air temperature will rise to +22 degrees.
There is a cyclone in Scandinavia, several cyclones are intensifying in central and southern Europe, the weather in Latvia is also affected by the anticyclone in Russia. Atmospheric pressure in Latvia 754-758 millimeters of mercury at sea level.
New heat records are expected in Latvia this weekend, the weather will get colder from Monday, but the temperature will remain above normal, weather forecasters predict.
The air temperature on Saturday and Sunday will rise to +21 .. + 26 degrees, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga in Kurzeme – to +18 .. + 21 degrees. East, southeast wind gusts will increase to 9-14 meters per second, the weather will be mostly dry and sunny.
Until now, the highest air temperature registered in Latvia at the end of September and also in the last hundred days of the year is +25.5 degrees on September 26, 1975 and September 30, 1942, according to the data of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center.
On Monday, a cold atmosphere front will cross Latvia from the south, but no heavy rainfall or strong winds are expected. The air temperature will not exceed +13 .. + 18 degrees.
Next week, the sky will often be covered by clouds, with rainfall expected in a few days – mostly only in some places in the country. The prevailing will be a slow east wind, which will allow fog to form. At night, the air temperature will mostly remain above +5 degrees, in some sunniest days the air will warm up to +15 .. + 20 degrees.
