The weekend looks set to be scorching in our country, as the weather forecaster of the Military Meteorological Service, Eneida Doçi, warned in a live broadcast to a television studio.
” During this weekend we will have the penetration of humid air masses of southwesterly origin from the Azores anticyclone, but also air masses originating from northern Africa, which will bring hot weather throughout the territory for most of the day.”
The weather will remain clear, with few passing clouds along the mountains in the afternoon and evening hours, while we will also have a significant increase in temperatures, both in minimum and maximum values.
The most sensitive temperatures will be in the low-lying areas, but also in the central and coastal areas, where the minimum values will be 26 degrees Celsius, while the maximum values are expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius during the afternoon hours. During the next week, we will also have a further increase in temperatures, where the minimum values will be 47 degrees Celsius and the maximum values will be 40 degrees Celsius.
“The wind will blow lightly with a main direction of southwest and northeast at an average speed of 7 m/s, while the waves at sea will be low, force 1-2. We will have clear weather throughout the territory, but there will be local average dense cloudiness, which will be accompanied by short-term showers and storms, but in mountainous areas,” said weather forecaster Doçi.