Heat wave reaches Poland. The first hot weekend is coming

With the beginning of summer, a heat wave is coming to Poland. Saturday promises to be very warm and cloudless, and on Sunday temperatures in parts of the country may exceed 30 degrees Celsius. The real peak of heat will occur in the coming week.

Poland is in the range of a high, the center of which will move from Germany to its southern part. Only in the north of the country is a shallow low bay with a warm atmospheric front noticeable. We remain in colder polar maritime air, during the day a warmer air mass will start to flow over the western half of the country.

On Saturday sunny or slightly cloudy, only in the north-east periodically increase in cloudiness to moderate and there in places possible light, showery rain . Maximum temperature from 20 degrees C, 21 degrees C by the sea and on the eastern outskirts, about 24 degrees C in the centre to 27 degrees C in the west. Colder only in Podhale, about 18 degrees C. Wind weak, moderate in the north and east, sometimes gusty, from western directions.

During the day the pressure will slowly start to drop . In Warsaw at noon it will be 1008 hPa.

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At night in the north-east moderate cloudiness, sometimes large and in the morning in places showers. In the remaining area cloudless, only in places in the east and north small cloudiness. Minimum temperature from 10 degrees C in the east and in places in the center to 15 degrees C in the west and 17 degrees C in the north-west. Cooler in mountain basins, from 7 degrees C to 9 degrees C. The wind will be weak, in the north moderate, westerly and south-westerly.

On Sunday, cloudiness will generally be small, only in the eastern half of the country moderate at times, and in the east and southeast also large and there in places light rainfall. Maximum temperature from 20 degrees C, 21 degrees C in the north-east and in the area of ​​the Bay of Gdansk, about 27 degrees C in the center to 30 degrees C, 32 degrees C in the west . The wind will be weak, in the east moderate and gusty at times, from western directions only in the north-west and south-east.

On Saturday, Warsaw is forecast to have small and moderate cloud cover. Thermometers will show a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius. The wind will be weak and moderate, from the north-west. At night, clear, with small and moderate cloud cover. The minimum temperature will be around 14 degrees Celsius, and the wind will remain weak and moderate, blowing from the west.

Sunday will bring a continuation of the sunny weather. In the capital, there will be small and moderate cloud cover, and the temperature will rise to 27 degrees Celsius. Wind weak and moderate, from the northwest and west.

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According to the Weather & Radar application's synoptic maps, the warmest day of the upcoming period will be Monday, June 23. Then , temperatures may exceed 31 degrees Celsius , especially in Krakow, Warsaw and their surroundings. They may be accompanied by partial cloudiness.

According to the long-term forecast of Polsat News , the tropical heat will reach us only at the beginning of next month . On the first day of July in some parts of the country , thermometers will show even 37 degrees .