Sand is coming from Sahara: "Dirty" rain will fall in Serbia

Photo: Nikola Tomic, Telegraf

After a long period of very cold weather, today is a true spring day in Serbia. Unfortunately, as of tomorrow, the weather will get worse, and sand particles from the Sahara desert will arrive from the north of Africa.

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Today the morning in Serbia dawned bright and cold. There was also frost in parts of northeastern, southeastern, southern and western Serbia and on higher mountains. The temperature in Vrsac and Veliko Gradiste dropped below 0°C. In other regions of the country, the minimum temperatures were above zero degrees Celsius, but in many of those regions, frost was recorded at 5 centimeters above the ground.

During the rest of the morning, it warmed up very quickly, so that already before noon it was warm in all parts of Serbia, and around noon the temperature reached 20°C in some places.

The rest of the day is expected to be mostly sunny and relatively warm for this time of year.

The daily highs will range from 18°C in Sombor and Negotin to 24°C in Valjevo and Loznica, 22°C in Belgrade. In other parts of Serbia, the maximum temperature will be mostly between 20 and 22°C.

At this moment, a cyclone is getting stronger over the Adriatic Sea. Towards the end of the day, it will bring more clouds and stronger southeast wind to Serbia, while during Friday in the Kosava area and on the mountains, there will be gusts of southeast wind.

Clouds and rain, showers and thunderstorms are expected already during the night in the northwest, and on Friday also in other regions of Serbia. As Serbia will be in the front part of the cyclone, the southwest high-altitude air flow will be pronounced, so sand particles from the Sahara desert will reach Serbia and our area.

For this reason on Friday and during the weekend, the rain that will fall in Serbia will contain particles of desert sand, so it will be "dirty" and this phenomenon will be most visible on vehicles.

The cyclone will bring rain and thundershowers to Serbia during the weekend as well as at the beginning of next week. However, the sunniest weather is expected on Saturday along with longer dry spells.

On Monday, during the day, the center of the cyclone will move a little to the east of Serbia towards the Carpathian region, and the northwest wind will start blowing.

The maximum temperature on Friday will be from 12°C in the northwest of Vojvodina to 20°C in the southeast of Serbia, and during the weekend from 15 to 20°C. Cooler weather is expected in the first half of next week.

Considering that the average maximum temperature for this time of year is 15 to 20°C, during the upcoming Orthodox Easter holiday the weather will be mostly around the average values.

According to current forecasts, stabilization of the weather is not expected until April 20, so rain will be an almost daily occurrence until then.

(Telegraf.rs)