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Punishing heatwave to grip Romania through Wednesday
The National Weather Administration (ANM) has extended until Wednesday the code red and code orange heat warnings valid throughout the country.
According to meteorologists, on Monday and Tuesday, a heat code orange is in force for Maramures and eastern and northeastern Transylvania. It will be hot, with highs of 35 - 37 degrees Celsius. The thermal discomfort will be also high, with the temperature-humidity index (THI) expected to exceed critical 80.
In the same interval, there will be a code red of extreme heat covering over three quarters of the country. The heat wave will continue to intensify and highs will shoot to between 37 and 42 degrees Celsius, while temperatures on the Black Sea coast will vary between 33 - 36 degrees Celsius. Thermal discomfort will exceed critical 80. Lows will not drop below 22 degrees Celsius, which means tropical nights are expected.
According to the latest forecasts, on Wednesday, July 17, another code orange of heat will come into force in Maramures and locally in nearby Crisana, Transylvania and northern Moldavia, where the heat wave will persist. It will be hot, with highs of between 33 - 37 degrees Celsius.
Also, a code red will be in force on the same day in Banat, Oltenia, Muntenia, Dobrogea, in most of Moldavia and in the south of Transylvania and Crisana. Highs between 37 and 42 degrees Celsius, and on the Black Sea coast of 33 - 36 degrees Celsius. Lows will not drop below 22 - 24 degrees Celsius.
In the second part of the week, the heat wave will gradually shrink and weaken in intensity, but there will still be high heat and thermal discomfort particularly in the southern half of the country.