Meteorologists issued on Friday new Code Orange and Code Yellow warnings for heat and high thermal discomfort alerts, valid across the entire country until Sunday morning.
Thus, between 26 June at 10:00 and 27 June at 10:00, a first Code Orange warning for significantly high temperatures will be in effect in Crisana, Maramures, northern Banat, as well as in northern, western and central Transylvania. In these areas, the heatwave will intensify and significantly high temperatures for this period and, locally, heatwave conditions will be recorded.
Thermal discomfort will be high, and the temperature-humidity index (THI) will exceed the critical threshold of 80 units. Maximum temperatures will range between 33 and 37 degrees, with the highest values in the Western Plain. Minimum temperatures will generally range between 18 and 23 degrees.
The second Code Orange warning for heat will be in force between 27 June at 10:00 and 28 June at 10:00, covering areas in Banat, Crisana, Maramures and Transylvania. The heatwave will continue to intensify, with heatwave conditions and high thermal discomfort, and locally the THI will exceed the critical threshold of 80 units. Maximum temperatures will range between 32 and 34 degrees in southern and eastern Transylvania and 38 to 39 degrees in the Western Plain. Nights will be tropical, with minimum temperatures generally between 17 and 22 degrees.
According to the National Meteorological Administration (ANM), a Code Yellow warning for unusually hot weather will be in force between 26 June at 10:00 and 27 June at 10:00, during which unusually high temperatures for this period will be recorded in Oltenia, Muntenia, Dobrogea, Moldavia, southern Banat, as well as southern and eastern Transylvania. Maximum temperatures will generally range between 30 and 34 degrees, thermal discomfort will be high, and the THI will reach and slightly exceed the critical threshold of 80 units in lowland areas and in some hill regions. Minimum temperatures will generally range between 16 and 21 degrees.
Furthermore, between 27 June at 10:00 and 28 June at 10:00, a second Code Yellow warning for heat will affect areas of Oltenia, Muntenia, Dobrogea and Moldavia, where unusually high temperatures for this period will be recorded. Maximum temperatures will generally range between 30 and 34 degrees, thermal discomfort will be high, and the THI will reach and slightly exceed the critical threshold of 80 units in lowland areas and in some hill regions.
Minimum temperatures will generally range between 17 and 20 degrees.
