After the blizzard weather warnings, meteorologists have issued a new warning. What's the forecast for this weekend?
Car and pedestrian traffic in difficult conditions caused by massive snowfall and consequences of the red snow code, in Bucharest, February 18, 2026. Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
The National Meteorological Administration has announced that until Sunday morning, snow, sleet or rain will appear in almost the entire country, and the weather will cool throughout Romania.
According to the latest weather report, from Friday, 02:00 a.m. to Sunday, 10:00 a.m., generally moderate quantitative precipitation, hail, ice, snow cover, wind intensifications, blizzard and cold weather are announced.
The precipitation area will extend from the western regions and will cover most areas, ANM announces.
In Banat and Crisana there will be mainly rain, and in Moldova and in the mountains it will snow. In the rest of the territory there will be mixed precipitation, but on the evening of Friday and the night of Friday to Saturday, snow will prevail.
Local water quantities will be 10…15 l/sq m and isolated over 20…25 l/sq m. On small spaces, ice or ice will form. A layer of snow with an average thickness of 5…15 cm will be deposited.
What's the weather like on Friday and Saturday?
On Friday, the wind will have temporary intensifications in the western and mountain regions, then from the midday hours until Saturday evening and in the eastern and southeastern ones. There will be speeds in general of 40…55 km/h, and at high altitudes gusts will reach 70…90 km/h. Temporarily there will be blizzard and low visibility.
The weather will be cold in Moldova and in the north-east of Muntenia, so the maximum temperatures will fall between -3 and 2 degrees.
Saturday will be colder in most of the country, so the maximum temperatures will be between -6 and 4 degrees. The minimum temperatures will generally be between -12 and -2 degrees and it will be cold especially in the north of Moldova.
