The weather on Friday, January 16. Meteorologists announce frost in many regions of the country. Areas with heavy traffic
Meteorologists announced on Friday, January 16, that the weather is getting colder, and temperatures are mostly becoming negative. The night will be cold in many regions, there will be light snow in small areas. In some areas of the country, road traffic is carried out in winter conditions.
The night will be frosty in many regions/PHOTO: Inquam photos/Octav Ganea
According to the National Meteorological Administration (ANM), during the day, in the extra-Carpathian regions and in the depressions in eastern Transylvania, the thermal values will decrease, so they will become predominantly negative. In the rest of the areas, they will increase slightly compared to the previous days.
The maximums will be between -12 and 6 degrees, with the lowest values in the north and east of Moldova and the highest in the hilly area in the west.
The night will be even colder, with frost in Moldova, Dobrogea, Transylvania, Maramureș and Muntenia, and temperatures will drop between -16 and -1 °C.
The sky will be cloudy during the day in the west, center and south of the territory and variable to clear in the rest, but in the evening the sky will clear in the southeast and center, and at night it will be clear in almost the whole country, less so in the west.
It will snow lightly, mainly in the first part of the interval, in Oltenia and the Southern Carpathians, on small areas in Muntenia, western Moldova and the area of the Eastern Carpathians and possibly isolated in Dobrogea as well. Locally, in Transylvania and the Western Carpathians, there will be mixed precipitation, and it will rain in Banat, Crișana and in some places in Maramureș.
There will be dust deposits on small areas, and fog will form especially in the west. The wind will blow weak and moderate, with intensifications in the south of Banat (40–60 km/h) and in the related mountain area (70–80 km/h), as well as on the coast and passing in Muntenia.
In Bucharest, the weather will cool down, and the night will be frosty. During the day, the sky will be cloudy and it will snow lightly, then it will gradually clear. The wind will blow weak and moderate.
The maximum temperature will be -3…-2 degrees, and the minimum -12…-10 degrees.
Traffic is carried out in winter conditions in several counties
On Friday, the Infotraffic Center reported that there are no national roads or highways with traffic stopped due to any accident or weather conditions.
In the counties of Alba, Cluj, Harghita, Mureş and Suceava, fog is reported that causes reduced visibility below 200 meters and isolated below 50 meters, which can favor the formation of ice or ice, according to a press release.
“In the city of Bucharest and in the counties of Brasov, Buzau, Dâmboviţa, Ialomiţa and Ilfov light snow is reportedroad traffic taking place in winter conditions. In these areas, equipment is used to ensure the flow of traffic“, said the quoted source.
On the main national roads, namely the A1 Bucharest – Constanța, A2 Bucharest – Constanţa, A3 Bucharest – Ploiesti and A7 Ploiesti – Adjud highways, as well as on DN1 Ploiesti – Braşov and DN 7 Pitesti – Sibiu, road traffic flows smoothly, under the conditions of a predominantly wet roadway, with good visibility and normal traffic values.
To reduce road risk, police officers recommend drivers to reduce their speed significantly in the context of these meteorological phenomena, to ensure good visibility through the windshield, rear window and side windows, to use defogging systems and fog lights, to increase the safety distance between vehicles, not to engage in risky overtaking and not to stop on the driving lanes or the emergency lane on the highways.
