The weather will worsen in the next 24 hours
Although the first days of May were sunny, dry and spring-like warm, at the beginning of the new week atmospheric pressure will drop, bringing rain to many places by Monday night.
On Monday and on the night of Tuesday, the amount of clouds will increase and rain is expected in most of the territory, it will be long-lasting in some places, strong in some places, and a thunderstorm is also expected on Monday.
On the night of Monday, the clouds will bring short-term rain in many places, it will rain heavily in the west, and thunderstorms are also possible.
A slow to moderate east, northeast wind will blow, and the air will cool down to 4..9 degrees, in the south-western regions it will be warmer – up to 12 degrees.
At night in Riga, the sky will be cloudy, sometimes it will clear, sometimes it will rain. A slow to moderate east, northeast wind will blow, and the air temperature will drop to 7..9 degrees.
On Monday, the clouds will not disperse, but it will clear up in places in the north of Latvia. It will rain for a long time in many places, local thunderstorms are possible. Slow to moderate easterly, northeasterly winds will remain. The air will only warm up to 7..12 degrees.
The sky will also be overcast over Riga on the moved holiday, and it will rain for a long time. A slow to moderate east, northeast wind will blow, and the air temperature will remain within 7..9 degrees, LVĜMC predicts.
There may be severe frosts in the second half of the week
However, after that, the precipitation will stop for a few days – it will rain only in some areas and a little.
In the second half of the week, a cyclone will approach the territory of Latvia again, bringing rain for a while. A colder air mass will gradually flow into the territory of the country with the north wind.
Therefore, in the second half of the week, during the days in most parts of the country, the air will warm up to 6..13 degrees, but during the night hours in some areas, the air temperature will drop to the zero mark and below, therefore strong frosts may form on the top layer of the grass, predicts LVĜMC.
