Meteorological phenomena

Sunny weather will prevail over most of the country before noon today. This announcement was made by weather forecaster Krassimir Stoev from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Sudden rain hit Turkey's Marmara region, including Istanbul, following a torrential rain warning declared by the Turkish State Meteorological Service for the provinces in the region.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms struck both of Istanbul's European and Asian sides on Sept. 10, slowing life down as the traffic ground to a halt.

Data have been collected since 1950

Last summer was the hottest in Europe for the last 70 years. Scientists from the European Union's Earth observation program said that since keeping statistics, the period June-August 2021 is the warmest in their reports.

Today, the weather over Western Bulgaria will be mostly sunny. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by Georgi Tsekov, weather forecaster on duty at the National Institute in meteorology and hydrology.

During the night and tomorrow morning there will be considerable clouds over most of the country, with occasional rain and thunder in Eastern and Southern Bulgaria. The clouds will scatter in the morning over the Danubean Plain, and in the Western half of the country in the afternoon, where there will be sun. Maximum temperatures 27°-32°C.

144,000 lightning bolts fell in 24 hours in Southeast Europe.

Thunderstorms were accompanied by hail as 144,000 lightning bolts have fallen in Southeast Europe in the last 24 hours.

This shows a reference from  "Blitzortung" platform, which registers real-time thunderstorm activity.

About 1/4 of all of them are on the territory of Bulgaria.

By the end of the week, the weather will follow its typical summer rhythm - with little clouds, more significant in some areas in the afternoon hours and with temperatures in the range between 27 and 32-33 C.

On Friday, there will be conditions for insignificant short-term afternoon thunderstorms in the southwestern regions.

Hurricane Grace bore down on Mexico's Caribbean coast on Aug. 18, grounding flights and forcing tourists in some hotels along the Riviera Maya to hunker down overnight in storm shelters.

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A hurricane warning was in effect for a string of beach resorts, including Cancun, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said.

Yellow code for heavy rainfall with thunder and hail in 14 districts of Northeastern and Southwestern Bulgaria tomorrow. This is shown on the map with warning codes for dangerous meteorological phenomena, published on the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

The weather will be sunny and hot. In the afternoon over the mountains of Western Bulgaria will develop cumulus clouds and in some places there will be short-term precipitation with thunder. During the night against Wednesday, there will be short-term precipitation with thunderstorms in some places in the central regions.