Bulgaria issues weather warnings over heavy rain forecast for October 13

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for several districts because of a forecast for heavy rain on October 13.

The districts subject to the Code Orange warning are Kurdzhali, Haskovo, Yambol, Bourgas, Varna and Shoumen.

All other districts, with four exceptions, are subject to the lesser Code Yellow warning of potentially dangerous weather, also because of forecast heavy rain.

The four districts that are classified Code Green, meaning that no weather warning is in place, are Sofia city, Pernik, Kyustendil and Blagoevgrad.

The national meteorological bureau said that on October 13, it will remain cloudy and rainy.

In places in central and eastern Bulgaria, precipitation will be temporarily intense and significant in quantity, while over the southwestern regions it will weaken and stop.

There will be a moderate, in the eastern half of the country, temporarily strong northerly wind.

Maximum temperatures will be between 10° and 15° Celsius, in Sofia about 11°.

In the mountains it will be cloudy, windy and with rain. Above about 1700 metres it will snow. The amounts will be significant in the central Balkan region, the Rhodopes, Strandzha and Sakar. The maximum temperature at an altitude of 1200 metres will be about 6°, at 2000 metres about 1°.

It will be cloudy, rainy and windy along the Black Sea coast. In the afternoon, the amounts will be significant in places. A moderate, temporarily strong northerly wind will blow. Maximum temperatures will be 15° – 17°. Sea water temperature is 20° -21°. For October 13, the meteorological bureau issued a Code Yellow for strong wind and waves along the coast.

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