The cyclone that is wreaking havoc in Europe arrives in Romania!

Specialists from the National Meteorological Administration (ANM) warn that the Irish cyclone which wreaks havoc in several countries on the European continent is also reaching Romania.

Moreover, on a global level, the weather sometimes takes extreme forms. Almost all continents are experiencing extreme storms that in some countries have resulted in hundreds of deaths.

So, meteorologists from ANM announces strong storms, hail and sharply decreasing temperatures, manifestations of severe weather brought by this cyclone that will also reach our country, but first in the western part.

The cyclone will first hit the west of the country

“At the moment we have active systems in the southern and central parts of Europe, very intense by the way, but as they approach the area of ​​our country, they somehow weaken in intensity.

We will have unsettled weather tomorrow in the western regions, then it will spread across the country. This means torrential showers, electrical discharges, short-term intensification of the wind, hail, storms and significant amounts of water, over 20-25l/m², isolated even over 40l/m²”, explains meteorologist Alina Șerban, at Antenna 3 CNN.

From Saturday it will be cold throughout the country

According to her, the rains will continue over the weekend and early next week, and locally there is a risk of significant flooding. “Meanwhile, the weather gets even colder, and the first snowflakes will appear, fleetingly, on the highest peaks of the Carpathians.

Temperatures will drop sharply in the west, north and center, even by 10-15 degrees in just 24 hours. From Saturday to Monday, the weather will be really cold in Transylvania, Maramureș, Banat and Crisana, where the maximums will be between 10 and 16°C.

In the high mountain areas, in massifs such as Retezat, Godeanu or Parâng, the rains will temporarily turn into sleet and snow, at altitudes of over 2000 meters,” the meteorologist said.

Climatologists’ warning

Romanians will have to adapt to the climate changes that will cause increasingly strong storms in our country starting this fall. The warning comes from climate scientists, who say what’s to come is caused by global warming, with 2024 being the warmest year on record.

“Very intense storms are not out of the question, with global warming feeding all weather systems with an increased amount of heat and water vapor, energy in general.

Unfortunately, all weather episodes are fueled with more energy, regardless of the season, regardless of where in the world they take place.

We have events basically everywhere in the world, and we’re going to have to get used to it, we’re going to have to adapt, and on the other hand, we’re going to have to seriously reduce emissions to slow this hellish race of global average temperature rise, which behind has exactly these changes in the statistics of extreme phenomena”, said Roxana Bojariu, climatologist, according to the quoted source.

Summer 2024, the hottest on record

The summer of 2024 was the warmest ever recorded on Earth, making this year even more likely to become the warmest ever recorded by mankind, the European climate service Copernicus reported, according to The Associated Press.

The broken global records are due to human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from the El Nino phenomenon, which continues to increase temperatures and extreme weather, scientists say.

The meteorological summer in the Northern Hemisphere – June, July and August – averaged 16.8 degrees Celsius, according to Copernicus. This is 0.03 degrees Celsius warmer than the old record of 2023.

Copernicus records date back to 1940, but US, British and Japanese records dating back to the mid-19th century show that the last decade was the warmest since regular measurements were taken, and possibly in the last 120,000 years, experts estimate in climatology.