Meteorologists have issued, on Thursday, a Code Yellow advisory of freezing cold, valid in 20 counties and Bucharest municipality, until Saturday morning.
According to the National Weather Administration (ANM), in the period between January 19, 12:00 and January 21, 10:00, the weather will be particularly cold, frosty on the night of Thursday to Friday (January 19/20) in most parts of the country, on Friday to Saturday (January 20/21) the freezing cold will persist particularly in Transylvania, Oltenia and Muntenia.
The minimum temperatures will be in general between -22 and -14 degrees Celsius, and the maximum ones will be mainly negative.
The areas that are found under the Code Yellow of extremely cold weather are: Bucharest municipality and Mures, Harghita, Covasna, Brasov, Sibiu, Alba, Hunedoara, Gorj, Valcea, Arges, Dambovita, Prahova, Buzau, Braila, Ilfov, Calarasi, Giurgiu, Teleorman, Olt and Dolj counties.
The ANM specifies that, in the second half of Thursday, January 19, in Muntenia and Dobrogea, the wind will moderately blow, with some intensifications, thus, on narrow areas the snow previously laid down will be temporarily scattered.