As of Saturday morning, an orange wind and blizzard code is in effect in the mountains, a yellow wind code is in effect in dozens of counties, and in the south and east of the country the weather will be warmer than normal for this period. to meteorologists. In Bucharest, the weather will be particularly warm during the weekend.

The forecast of specialists shows that from 8:00 a.m. on February 18 to 8:00 p.m. on February 19, the orange code will be in effect, and at heights above 1,700 meters in the Apuseni mountains, the Southern Carpathians and the Kurbur, the wind will increase. the wind is strong, with gusts over 100 – 120 km/h and there will be a heavy blizzard, writes Agerpres.

Also, from Saturday morning until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, a yellow code of wind strengthening will be in effect in the northwest, north, center and places in the south and extreme southeast of the country, where the wind will temporarily increase. strengthening, gusts over 55 – 65 km/h, isolated 70 km/h.

Two warnings are currently in effect. Thus, until 20:00 Sunday, a weather warning under the orange code is in effect in the mountainous area of ​​Maramures, Bistrica-Neseud and Suceava counties, where at an altitude of more than 1,700 meters a short-term snowstorm will form, it will form an even layer of snow, and visibility will be reduced.

At the same time, it will rain for a short time at altitudes below 1,700 meters, and due to accumulation, the amount of water will exceed 40-50 l/m2, and separately 60-70 l/m2, contributing to the melting of the snow layer. Quantitatively moderate precipitation will also occur in the north, northwest and center of the country, in some places more than 25 – 35 l/m2 will accumulate.

Instead, until Monday morning, until 10:00 a.m., a yellow code will be in effect for constant strengthening of the wind with gusts of more than 70 – 100 km/h at an altitude of more than 1,700 meters. At the same time, there will be a blizzard and low visibility in the warning zone.

What will the weather be like in Bucharest?

According to meteorologists, it will be especially warm in the capital over the weekend until Monday morning until 10:00. The maximum temperature will be 15-17 degrees Celsius, the minimum, gradually rising, from 2-4 degrees Celsius on Saturday morning to 6-7 degrees Celsius on Monday morning. The sky will be temporarily covered with clouds, the amount of rain will decrease. The wind is moderate, on Saturday and Sunday it will temporarily increase, in general the speed is 45-50 km/h.