Sahara sand has arrived in Slovakia, your car will probably get dirty
Southern Europe during this week moved a cloud of dust from the Sahara and arrived in Slovakia. If it rains, as many forecasts of many parts of our territory expect in the afternoon, it will prepare for a dirty car or garden furniture.
From west to east
Dust began to seep into our territory from the southwest tonight. Portal iMeteo.sk as well as the Slovak Institute of Hydrothorology informs that the following above the individual parts of Slovakia you will reach the shipment from the Sahara today, April 22, not at different times.
People in the capital of our country will have most of the dust behind them before lunch, at 11 o’clock in the morning. Košice is hit by the most dust in the early evening, around 5 p.m.
Dust has risen from the surface of the Sahara due to the occurrence of a lower pressure in the area of Northwest Africa, informs the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute. The pressure is moving towards us, to Europe. It will hit us fully over the weekend. Therefore, expect cooling.
source: https://dust.aemet.es/
800 kilos per square kilometer
Saharan sand did not have any serious complications in Slovakia. However, where rainfall occurs, cars and outdoor furniture can get dirty.
The concentration of dust will be above our territory for the most time throughout the year. Locally, it can be more than 0.8 grams of dust per meter. In terms of this, it is more than 800 kilos per square kilometer.
The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute informs that on the night of Friday, Saturday, Saharan dust will gradually leave our territory. However, they warn that another wave of dust is likely to come on Sunday. Therefore, the car does not need to be washed unnecessarily soon.
What’s the weather like?
Today it will be cloudy to cloudy in Slovakia, in the morning due to heavy and reduced clouds. In the morning only occasionally, not in the afternoon in many places rain and over 1,900 meters snow. The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute informs about it on its website.
The highest daily temperature will be 12 to 17 degrees Celsius, in the lower part of Zemplín, rarely warmer. The temperature in the mountains at 1,500 meters will be around 3 degrees Celsius.
Mostly east wind will blow at a speed of 2 to 6 meters per second (5 to 20 km / h). Meteorologists expect precipitation of up to 7 millimeters and from 2,000 meters to 3 centimeters of snow.
According to SHMÚ, cloudy to cloudy weather and locally reduced clouds await us tomorrow as well. At night it will rain in many places, showers and rain are expected in some places during the day. It will snow in high places and thunderstorms will occasionally occur.
Nice weather is not even waiting for the end of the week. SHMÚ reports mostly heavy clouds. During the day, it has to rain in many places, waiting for showers, rain and, occasionally, storms. At night it will rain only in places.