VIDEO: The three wise men brought heavy snow to Slovakia. Where did the most snow fall?
A cold front advanced through our territory today, bringing with it snowfall in some places. It was sometimes intense in places, which caused problems on the road.
The first snowfall in Slovakia appeared shortly in the afternoon. By 2 pm, it was already in full office in Žilina and its surroundings.
In the Žilina region, they started to cause the first problems on the roads, as it snowed quite intensively there. The following photo captures the amount of snow that fell in Žilina in ten minutes.
The difference between these two photos in Žilina is 10 minutes, source: Anna Dlhopolčeková
The snow has spread to other areas as well
As the hours go by, the snowfall moves further southeast. Therefore, it started to snow, e.g. in Banská Bystrica, other areas were gradually added, especially in the northeast of the territory.
In the evening, it started to snow in the districts of Humenné and Snina. It is in this area that a large community of Orthodox believers who celebrate Christmas today lives.
In the East, this is associated with a story that says that their Christmas date is ten “real”, as most of the time this day is still snow. Whether this is true is not the case, but the snow has actually reached the east.
At the moment, you have to be careful on the roads in eastern Slovakia. Drivers complain especially about the section between Prešov and Humenné.
We also noticed a police-cloud
The precipitation that is moving east was of a convective nature. Not far from the Slovak border, in Poland, they even saw a few lightnings.
There was no lightning activity in our country, but we could observe such a beautiful shelf-cloud. If it were summer, resp. a little warmer, such a cloud could cause a supercellular storm.
Shelf-cloud in the east, source: kukaj.se
It clears up after crossing the cold front
At this point, the snowfall is coming to an end. After crossing the cold front, it begins to clear from the west.
The next hours will only bring cooling. Temperatures will drop considerably low again over time.
Especially at night, it tightens. Night lows will range from -5 ° C to -11 ° C.
In the valleys, however, the temperature is sometimes expected to drop. And from -12 ° C to -18 ° C.
From tomorrow, the weather will be affected by the higher pressure
In the cold air, which has already begun to flow to us today, a separate pressure below will begin to move further east through our area.
Although it will bring sunny weather, after the warm days that have prevailed in our country, it is necessary to prepare for cooling. Daily temperatures will rise to -2 ° C to +3 ° C tomorrow and it will not be different during the weekend.