This week the weather conditions will vary – we will not be without rain clouds and thunderstorms, and the wind will become gusty on some days. The air will become slightly cooler and the thermometer will fluctuate around +20…+23 degrees throughout the country, reports the Latvian Centre for Environment, Geology and Meteorology.
On Tuesday, the 5th of August, the sky will be cloudy, only clearing at times. Short-term rain is expected in many places in the country, but thunderstorms with heavy rain are also expected in the east at the beginning of the night. The wind will blow slowly to moderately from the south, southwest, during the storm and during the day on the sea coast it will be gusty and reach up to 15 m/s. At night the air temperature will stay around +12…+17 degrees, but during the day the air will warm up to +18…+22 degrees.
On Wednesday there will be a variable amount of clouds in the sky. At night, in places, but already in many places during the day, short-term rain is expected, locally thunderstorms are also possible. The southwest, south wind will continue to blow slowly to moderately, starting in the morning in the western and central regions it will reach 15-17 m/s in gusts.
The air temperature will remain within similar limits as before – at night the air will cool down to +12…+17 degrees,
but during the day the thermometer will not rise above +21 degrees.
On Thursday, the weather will not change significantly – the weather will be mostly cloudy, at night in places, mainly in the western regions, but during the day it will rain in many places in the country. The wind will turn from the southwest, west, only on the coast it will remain gusty. At night the air temperature will drop even to +11…+16 degrees, but during the day the air will warm up to +18…+21 degrees.
At the end of the week, the weather scenario will not change much, only a lower intensity of rain is expected. For some time, new precipitation zones will continue to cross the territory of the country, and a slow to moderate southerly wind will prevail. In the dark hours of the day, the air will cool down to +12…+17 degrees, during the day the maximum air temperature will not be higher than +25 degrees.
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