Gale-force winds will hit the Black Sea coast tomorrow and the sea will get rougher, the forecast says. Fog is expected mostly in the south of the coast.

The south wind is already strong today and will pick up overnight and tomorrow. Dangerous gusts are expected across almost all of Bulgaria. In areas under an orange warning, they will top 100 km/h. So far the strongest winds on low ground have been in Ahtopol and Vratsa, while gusts on Musala passed 120 km/h.

Temperatures are unusually high for mid-November. Today it was 26C in Veliko Tarnovo, 25C in Pleven and 20C in Sofia. Even Musala was 1C above zero.

Tomorrow, the last working day of the week, will be even warmer, with highs above 20C everywhere and above 25C in more places. There will be fog in some lowlands in the morning, and cloud will come and go during the day. Rain will start in the evening, first in northwest Bulgaria.

It is also unusually warm in the mountains. The wind is very strong, from the southwest, and stormy in places. Cloud will often be thick, with showers in places. With these temperatures, even the highest peaks will get rain, not snow.

On Saturday rain will spread to many areas, and there will be thunder in southern Bulgaria, which is unusual for the season. Colder weather follows, for now more marked in northern Bulgaria. On Sunday temperatures will fall everywhere, to 0C in some areas in the morning and between 7C and 12C during the day. Rain will be light and only in a few places.

Almost the whole Balkan Peninsula is windy and warmer than usual for the time of year. In its northwest, the cold snap is only starting, with heavy rain and thunder. Tomorrow wind, rain and thunder are also expected on the other two southern peninsulas of Europe, and the heaviest rain will fall in the northwest of the Pyrenees. Most of Western and Central Europe is sunny because of a large area of high pressure.

On 12 November we reported that temperatures on the Black Sea coast were between 18C and 21C, and that the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) had issued a yellow warning for strong wind for Burgas, Sliven and Yambol. The south wind was expected to bring gusts of up to about 90 km/h.

Temperatures will slowly start to rise at the start of next week.