Romania, hit by extreme phenomena at the beginning of April: ANM issued yellow and orange code alerts

ANM meteorologists issued, on Monday morning, several code yellow and code orange alerts for extreme phenomena. From Monday, the entire country will face severe thunderstorms and rainfall.

Extreme weather phenomena at the beginning of April: code orange and yellow alerts for storms issued by the National Weather Service

The last weekend of March was a real summer weekend. In all areas of the country, maximum temperatures exceeded 25 degrees Celsius. In the extreme south there were also values ​​of over 30-31 degrees Celsius.

The beginning of April drastically changes the page. The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) announces major changes in the evolution of the weather. It gets colder, the precipitation and, most importantly, the storms return.

On Monday, ANM issued a series of extreme weather alerts. A first yellow code will come into effect on Monday, April 1, at 8 p.m. By Tuesday, April 2, at 8:00 a.m., half of the country will be hit by storms.

“In the mentioned interval, the wind will gradually intensify in Banat, Crisana, Oltenia, the western half of Transylvania and in Maramureș, with speeds of 55…65 km/h and in limited areas 70 km/h, and in the second part of the night it will it looked like a storm. In the Western Carpathians and Southern Carpathians, at high altitudes, gusts will exceed 100…110 km/h”meteorologists announce.

Then, from Tuesday morning, another yellow code comes into effect. It will be valid between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. During these 14 hours, the wind will have sustained intensifications throughout the country, with speeds of 55…65 km/h, and locally 70…80 km/h. There will be storms in some places. In the high mountain area, gusts will exceed 90…110 km/h.

Those from ANM also say that, in the high mountain area, generally at altitudes of over 1600 m, mixed precipitation will be reported, and in the Apuseni Mountains and in the north of the Eastern Carpathians, amounts of water of 10…20 l/m2 will accumulate.

The capital, under a bad weather code orange

Extreme phenomena intensify on Tuesday, in areas in the north, center and southeast, including Bucharest. Here, there will be strong intensifications of wind and gusts of more than 120 km/h.

“The wind will have sustained intensifications in the counties of Satu Mare, Sălaj, Maramureș, Cluj, Alba, Bistrița-Năsăud, Suceava, Neamț and Botoşani. Especially in the afternoon and in the counties of Teleorman, Giurgiu, Ilfov and the municipality of Bucharest, Călărași, Ialomița, Prahova, Buzău, Brăila and the continental area of ​​the counties of Constanța and Tulcea.

There will be speeds in general of 80…85 km/h, and at high altitudes in mountainous areas, gusts will exceed 120 km/h”announces the National Meteorological Administration.