Slovakia is now expecting cooling and dry days. Expect showers, thunderstorms and rain
During yesterday’s summer day, we were still experiencing a hot summer day. Today, however, it will be replaced by a completely different character of the weather, and it should be like that in the coming days as well. Ahead of us is the more autumnal nature of the weather, which will bring numerous precipitation.
Just yesterday we had a pleasant summer day in our territory. In sunny weather, the temperature in our territory climbed up to +30 °C. During the afternoon, however, there was a much-anticipated change. During our period, a cold front started, which brought precipitation and numerous storms to several places in our territory.
The storms moved through our entire territory and fortunately did not cause significant damage. Storms mainly bring heavy rain. About 10 mm of precipitation fell on average. The most precipitation fell in the Rajecka valley and below Strečno, where the total precipitation ranges from 30 to 50 mm.
The front that advanced through Slovakia brought the fewest storms to the region of western Slovakia. In total, more than 11,500 lightnings struck our territory.
recorded lightning, source: blesky.bourky.cz
It gets colder behind a cold front
The most striking news is that behind the cold front that passed through our territory, cold air has already begun to penetrate from the northwest at night, and this influx of colder air continues in our territory in the coming days.
Do not count on temperatures above +25 °C at all. Temperatures will only hover around +20 °C, while the thermometer should move below +20 °C during the day.
Get ready for more precipitation
In addition to precipitation, another wave of precipitation awaits our territory in the coming hours. A pressure trough is deepening over Hungary, which will move through western Ukraine towards Poland during the weekend.
A precipitation field will wrap around the edge of this low in our area. Our territory will be hit by several precipitation waves.
The first wave will hit us early this evening and at night. Precipitation and occasional storms are expected in many parts of our territory. More precipitation awaits us during the weekend, but it will be concentrated primarily in the northern regions of Slovakia.
During the next weekend, rather rainy and colder weather awaits us. Warming awaits us at the beginning of the week. You can make a forecast for these days see HERE.