Southerly Buster

From the afternoon, the strongest wave of the storm – Dust is coming with strong southerly winds

According to information from the "Directorate Vessel Traffic Services Authority - Black Sea", strong southerly winds with speeds of 15 to 20 m/s closed the port of Burgas.

The weather on December 20 promises a mix of sunshine and cloud cover across Bulgaria. The day will begin with mostly sunny conditions, especially in Eastern Bulgaria, gradually giving way to layered clouds around water bodies and basins. Expect increasing cloudiness in the afternoon, while Eastern Bulgaria remains predominantly sunny.

Get ready for a pleasant midweek as Bulgaria braces for a day of dry, warm weather. According to meteorological forecasts, Wednesday promises a calm climate across the nation with temperatures hovering between minus 1 to 14 degrees Celsius.

Heavy rains and storms, accompanied by hail in some places, as well as southerly winds that will reach up to force 7 will characterize the weather over the coming weekend from Friday, weather forecasters at the National Observatory of Athens's meteo.gr service have said.

Today it will be sunny, in the morning hours in isolated places in the lowlands and around water bodies there will be fog or low cloudiness. A light wind will blow from the east-southeast. Minimum temperatures - between 6°C and 11°C; maximum - between 22°C and 27°C, in Sofia around 23°C.

The minimum temperatures will be between 10°C and 16°C, in Sofia - around 13°C, and the maximum - between 23°C and 28°C, in Sofia it will be around 24°C.

It will be mostly sunny with scattered high clouds. A light southerly wind will blow.

The minimum temperatures today will be between minus 3°C and 2°C, and the maximum - from 15°C to 20°C, in Sofia - about 16°C, along the Black Sea - from 9°C to 12°C. It will remain mostly sunny, with scattered high clouds and a light southerly wind.

The fact that Greece is experiencing a particularly warm January was confirmed by measurements of the National Observatory of Athens/Meteo.gr, which showed that minimum temperatures on Wednesday were 15 degrees higher on the Celsius scale compared to the last 10 years.

And on Thursday it will remain very windy, on the northern slopes of the mountains with a particularly strong and gusty southerly wind. Cloudiness will be changeable, more significant over the mountains and in places, mainly on their southern sides, it will rain.