The National Weather Service has issued a series of yellow and orange codes, warning of snow from the southwest and blizzards in the mountains starting Friday evening. From Saturday to Sunday, strong winds and precipitation (rain, sleet and snow) will spread over about half of the country.

Yellow code of wind strengthening, quantitatively significant snow and blizzard in the mountains

In the area of ​​the Banat Mountains and in the west of the Southern Carpathians, there is a significant amount of snow (15…20 l/m2) and a layer of snow, especially at altitude. the speed will exceed 60…70 km/h, sometimes blizzards and insufficient visibility. The warning is in effect from 8:00 p.m. Friday until 8:00 a.m. Saturday.

In the districts of Karash-Severyn, Mehedyntsi and Dolj, the wind will increase at a speed of 55…60 km/h.

There will be snow in the rest of the mountainous area, and on Saturday morning (November 18) there will be mainly snow in eastern Transylvania and northern Moldova.

Yellow code – a significant amount of precipitation, snow and increased wind

The warning is in effect from 08:00 Saturday until 10:00 Sunday. In the eastern half of the territory and in the mountains, precipitation is quantitatively significant, in places 25…35 l/m2, in some places over 50 l/m2.

They will be in the form of snow in the mountains and mainly snow in most of the territory of Moldova and in the south-east of Transylvania, where a layer of snow will form, locally.

In Dobrudja and Muntenia, rain and, on the night from Saturday to Sunday (November 18/19), sleet and snow in places. In the south-west, east and south-east of the territory, the wind will increase at a speed of 55…65 km/h.

In the Subcarpathia of Moldova and Kurbur, as well as in the mountains, there will be blizzards in places, gusts will exceed the speed of 60…80 km/h.

Throughout Sunday, the wind will continue to increase in the southeast of the country and in the mountains.

Orange code – constant strengthening of the wind, blizzard, reduced visibility to 50 m

In the specified interval, locally in the Southern Carpathians and in the Kurbur Carpathians, there will be a steady increase in wind with gusts of 80…110 km/h, snow, blizzards, visibility will be below 50 m. The warning is valid from 2:00 p.m. Saturday to 10:00 a.m. Sunday.

Code Orange Steady Wind Gain

In the south of Moldova, in the east of Muntenia and in Dobrudja, there will be a steady strengthening of the wind with gusts of 85…90 km/h in total, and in the western part of the Black Sea – more than 100 km/h. . The warning is in effect from 6:00 p.m. Saturday until 10:00 a.m. Sunday.

Forecast for Bucharest this weekend

In a special forecast for Bucharest, the ANM reports that from Friday evening to Saturday morning the sky will be cloudy, it will rain for a short time, and the wind will be weak and moderate.

In the capital, the minimum temperature will be 6…7 degrees Celsius.

From Saturday morning to Sunday morning, the sky will be cloudy, rain (water 15…20 l/m2), in the second half of the night precipitation in the form of sleet and sleet. snow.

The wind will especially intensify in the evening and at night with gusts of 50…55 km/h. The maximum temperature, lower than the previous day, will be about 9 degrees, the minimum – 2…3 degrees.