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Severe Weather Alert: Orange Code for Rain and Snow in Bulgaria, December 15th, 2023

  • 15 December 2023 06:34

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  • On Friday, the rain will continue and cover the entire country. In many places they will be considerable in quantity. Even before noon, the rain will turn to snow in the mountainous regions and in some places in North-Eastern Bulgaria, and by the end of the day, wet snow will fall in many places in the rest of the country.

    An orange code for intense rainfall has been announced in 14 regions, a yellow code in the rest of the country.

    Dangerous weather and orange code for significant amounts of rain and snow is in effect for: Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Lovech, Smolyan, Pazardzhik, Sofia city, Sofia region, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad and a small part of Plovdiv region (with special attention to Karlovo, Sopot and Lucky), the NIMH states.

    In the rest of the country, it is potentially dangerous weather and a yellow code has been announced for rain, with particular attention to a part of the Kardjali district (Kardjali, Ardino, Krumovgrad, Kirkovo, Jebel, Momchilgrad, Chernoochene) and a part of the Burgas district (Tsarevo, Sredets, Malko Tarnovo, Primorsko and Sozopol), where significant amounts of precipitation are expected.

    A snow cover will begin to form in the evening. The wind will be oriented from the north-northeast, it will be moderate, in Eastern Bulgaria – temporarily strong. There will be conditions for blizzards and winds along the mountain passes and in North-Eastern Bulgaria. Cold air will move in and temperatures will drop. In the morning they will be between 5° and 8°, and by 2 pm in most of the country they will be between 1° and 4°; in Sofia – about 2°.

    Weather forecast

    On the night of Saturday, the rain will change to snow everywhere. On Saturday, in the northern regions, the precipitation will weaken and gradually stop, and in the southern half of the country, it will continue throughout the day. A blanket of snow will form. There will be conditions for blizzards and winds along the mountain passes and in Eastern Bulgaria. The cold will continue and throughout the country the temperatures will remain almost without daily movement, close to zero.

    On Sunday morning, the rains will stop everywhere. The cloud cover will slowly break up. The wind will weaken and move from the northwest. The minimum temperatures will be between minus 5° and 0°, and the maximum – between 0° and 5°.

    During the first days of the new week, sunny weather will prevail. The wind will be weak from the northwest, in many areas it will temporarily subside. On Monday morning it will be cold, the minimum temperatures will be between minus 8° and minus 3°, in the valleys in Western Bulgaria up to around minus 10°, and the maximum will be between 3° and 8°. On Tuesday and Wednesday, they will be 2-3 degrees higher.

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