Temperatures at night will often fall below zero, but the thaw will still reign supreme in Latvia, especially during the weekend, weatherman Toms Bricis reported Monday morning.
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On Thursday afternoon gusts of wind have reached speeds of 20 m/s in Kurzeme and are only gaining in force, reported LSM's weather man Toms Bricis.
On Thursday morning many regions of Latvia saw continuous snowfall, causing outbound flight delays in the Riga International Airport and covering several places in Latvia with a 40 centimeters-deep snow blanket, LSM's weatherman Toms Bricis reported.
Until Friday it'll be snowing quite a lot, while on the weekend the freeze will return, according to the latest forecasts, weatherman Toms Bricis reported Wednesday.
Christmas this year will be green and also sludgy and muddy, as new temperature records are expected to be broken, accompanied by rainfall. However by the end of the week we should see something akin to winter weather.
On Monday morning the first snow fell over the Latvian capital, and it has already covered many of the roofs white. This is the year's first snow in Rīga.
In the next few days, the weather will be stable in Latvia with wetness and warm temperatures for November, while the weekend will bring cold weather and snow.
This week five cyclones will cross Latvia, bringing autumn rains and strong gusts of wind, though the weather will also be quite warm.
This week the weather in Latvia will become a lot colder, especially at night when in the latter half of the week the temperature is expected to drop to 8 degrees below zero.
The color shift of the fall can be seen from space as well. Even though the difference on the ground is a lot more striking, space too can be a testimony to how the forests and meadows of Latvia have shed their green to pave the way for what Latvians call the 'golden autumn'.
Since Wednesday morning a magnetic storm has been raging across the world, sending social networks into a flurry of activity as spectacular sightings of the northern lights were reported across Latvia.
This week will be very warm for mid-September, and on Thursday and Friday the air temperature will be more than +25C in parts of Latvia, according to forecasts.
This week the weather in Latvia will gradually become colder, and the second half of the week will see weather characteristic of autumn.
This week it'll continue being warm and sometimes even hot, while some days will see thunderstorms.
Explaining the plans to close or reorganize high schools that have few students, Latvian Minister for Education and Science Mārīte Seile talked with Latvian Radio on Thursday, saying that specialized high-quality education is in high demand but it cannot be ensured if there are few students in the classroom.
After days of generally unpredictable weather, the weekend will be sunnier and with less precipitation, although Saturday will still be quite cool.
This workweek will bear witness to a cyclone over the Baltics and Scandinavia, bringing frequent rainfalls and turbulent wind.
The weekend in Latvia will be quite warm, but there'll be some rain in most of the country.
Aside from the rainy Monday, on which some 30-50% of the monthly precipitation norm will fall on Latvia, the rest of the week will see clearer weather.
In stark contrast with the heat of the previous days, thunderstorms and rain are about to hit Latvia hard, and the weather will grow colder from Wednesday.
Tuesday morning in Kurzeme saw the return of a heavy wintry snowfall over the western province, at some points accumulating up to 10 centimeters, reported LSM’s resident weatherman Toms Bricis.