Latvia’s State Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre reports that at the end of this week and the start of next week weather will remain windy rich with precipitation. With the thaw continuing, there is a risk of water levels in rivers will continue going up.
In the other half of next week the volume of precipitation will go down and weather will become colder.
Friday, the 13th of January will be mostly cloudy. The sky may clear up at times in Kurzeme. Precipitation is expected – mostly rain. However, eastern parts of the country will experience snow and wet snow as well. This means roads may become slippery. The wind will blow from the south and south-west. Wind speed may reach 15-19 m/sec at night and in morning hours. On the night to Friday air temperature will be 0° C… +5° C (0° C in eastern parts of the country).
The weekend will bring about cloudy weather.
Saturday will be rainy from time to time. Wet snow is expected in some eastern regions. Fog may form on the night to Saturday in central and eastern regions. The wind will be slow to medium and will blow from the south and south-west.
On Sunday morning a wide precipitation zone will start passing through Latvia from the west, bringing lasting rain (west snow to eastern areas). Wind speed will reach 15-18 m/sec in most of the country during the day. At the end of the week air temperature at night and during the day will stay at +1° C… +6° C.
At the beginning of next week weather in Latvia will be dictated by cyclone activity. Cloudy weather will remain with moments of precipitation. Starting with Tuesday, air temperature will drop below 0° C at night, wet snow and snow will replace rain. On Monday in Kurzeme and other coastal region weather will remain windy. Wind speed will start going down on Tuesday. Air temperature during the day will stay at +1° C… +5° C. At night air temperature will start going below 0° C. According to current forecasts, in the second half of the week colder masses of air will start flowing to the country, causing air temperature to continue going down.