Cold front from the north brings a 10–15°C temperature drop
Meteorologist Slavcho Poposki warns of rapid cooling, locally heavy rain and possible light snow on high mountains.
A cold front moving in from the north will bring a rapid drop in temperatures across North Macedonia today, meteorologist Slavcho Poposki warns. He says temperatures will fall by 10 to 15 degrees compared with yesterday, and locally even more.
Daytime outlook and where rain is likely
Daytime highs are expected to range between 13 and 20 degrees Celsius, with Skopje reaching around 17. The cooling will be strongest during the afternoon hours.
Poposki says western parts of the country should expect locally heavy, sometimes torrential rain, and there will be conditions favourable for thunderstorms. "From the midday hours onward, temperatures will further and rapidly fall everywhere in North Macedonia," Poposki says.
There is also a chance of light snow drifting on the high mountains, particularly in northern and northwestern areas, mainly above 2,000 metres above sea level.
Winds will be moderate to occasionally strong from the north and northwest, and in the western regions predominantly from the west. In the Vardar valley the wind may locally exceed 40 kilometres per hour.
By evening temperatures across the country are forecast to drop to between 3 and 11 degrees Celsius, with Skopje cooling to about 5 degrees.
Photo: press material from the event
