Slovakia is facing heavy snowfall, snow tongues and temperatures
In some areas of central and eastern Slovakia, the temperature could drop to -15 degrees Celsius.
BRATISLAVA. It can snow heavier on severe Slovakia, snow tongues and snowdrifts can form in most areas, and in some areas of central and eastern Slovakia the temperature could drop to -15 degrees Celsius.
This is pointed out by the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMÚ), which has issued several first-level warnings. He informs about it on his website.
Heavier snowfall from Friday evening should be expected especially in the districts ČadcaŽilina, Námestovo, Tvrdošín, Dolný Kubín, Liptovský Mikuláš, Poprad and Kežmarok. According to meteorologists, ten to 20 centimeters of new snow may fall in some places.
“This poses a potential danger to the transport and movement of people,” SHMÚ notes. Alerts are preliminarily valid from Friday from 8:00 pm to Saturday (January 22) until 8:00 pm.
In some districts of the Banská Bystrica, Prešov and Košice regions, it may freeze more significantly by morning, the temperature may drop to -15 degrees Celsius. “Low temperature poses a potential danger to human health and physical activity outdoors,” SHMÚ recalls. Alerts apply in advance on Saturday from midnight to 8.00 am.
In western Slovakia, the whole of eastern Slovakia and the northern parts of central Slovakia, it is necessary to pay attention to the formation of snow tongues and snowdrifts. Wind warnings continue in the mountains of mostly central Slovakia.