A yellow warning for strong wind and rain will be in force in 14 regions of southern and eastern Bulgaria on Wednesday, October 14, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) said.
The warning covers Targovishte, Razgrad, Shumen, Silistra, Dobrich, Varna, Burgas, Yambol, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Plovdiv and Smolyan.
The wind will be strongest in the east, blowing from the north-northeast at up to about 90 km/h. Similar speeds are expected in the south, where the rain will go on. In many places the wind will be moderate.
The next 24 hours will be cloudy, with rain in many places. Longer spells of rain are expected in the Central Balkan range, the Fore-Balkan, the Rhodope Mountains and southeastern Bulgaria. Lows will be between 6 and 11 degrees, and highs between 10 and 15.
The rain will ease on Wednesday and begin to stop in the west, where the clouds will break up later in the day. Overnight into Thursday, the rain will stop everywhere.
On Thursday the clouds will break up and thin out for a while, then thicken again later. The morning will be cooler, and the day will turn a little warmer.
On Friday relatively cold air will move in from the north. It will be mostly cloudy, with rain in many places, mainly in eastern Bulgaria. It will stay cool for the season, with lows mostly between 3 and 8 degrees and highs between 11 and 16.
On October 13 we reported that Burgas region was under a yellow warning for rain and strong wind on Tuesday, with an orange warning only for the sea. Wind of 14-19 m/s was expected in the city, with gusts of up to 24 m/s.
It will stay windy on Sunday, though the wind will ease a little. The rain will stop quickly, the clouds will break up more often and for longer, and temperatures will start to rise.