ANM forecasts temperatures as low as -11 degrees in eastern Transylvania and a marked warm-up next week

A cold air mass will bring low temperatures to Romania, with values that may drop below 6 degrees during the day and lows of up to -11 degrees at night, especially in eastern Transylvania. Meteorologists from the National Meteorological Administration warn that the weather will be cold for this time of year, but announce a gradual warming starting next week.

Florinela Georgescu, forecasting director at the NMA, stated that minimum temperatures during the coming night will generally range between -8 and 4 degrees Celsius. Positive values are possible only in the hilly areas in the west. Light rain could fall in the southwest of the country, while mixed precipitation is forecast in the western Southern Carpathians.

In the coming days, the rain will spread. Tomorrow, it will cover the west and southwest of the country, while maximum temperatures will range between 5 and 13 degrees. On Tuesday, precipitation will reach the west, center, and north, and on Wednesday it will be more widespread in the west and center of the country.

The warming process will begin at the start of next week and will intensify on Thursday and Friday. In the west and south of the country, temperatures could exceed 20 degrees. In Bucharest, the low will reach -3 or -2 degrees, while from tomorrow temperatures will gradually rise. Rain is possible starting tomorrow night.