Note on snow: On Saturday IMWM spent 1st degree meteorological warning before heavy snowfall. “In areas above 800 m above sea level, snowfall is forecast snow cover increase by 10 cm to 15 cm” – experts emphasized. The alert covered the following counties: Lwówek, Karkonoski, Kłodzko and Jelenia Góra. Importantly, the warning applies from midnight on December 22 to 11 a.m the same day.
Weekend forecast: On Saturday (December 21) we can expect heavy cloud cover and locally larger clouds. In the west of the country rainfalland in the north and south – rain and snow and snow. Temperature maximum from 2 to 5 degrees Celsius – in foothill areas from 0 to 3 degrees. Sunday (December 22) also with heavy cloud cover and precipitation rain and sleet in the south of the country a in the east only snow. Maximum temperature from 2 degrees Celsius in the east up to 7 degrees in the west of Poland.
What's the weather like for Christmas? On Christmas Eve in the north of Poland you can expect light and moderate cloudiness, while in the rest of the area it will be heavy and there will be rainfall in some places snow. The maximum temperature will reach from 1 to 5 degrees Celsius, only in the foothill areas it will drop to about -1 degree. On the first day of Christmas in the north and southern parts, heavy cloudiness with rain, and snow in the mountains – possible in the south of the country freezing precipitation causing black ice. Maximum temperature from 1 to 6 degrees, in the foothill areas again around -1 degree Celsius.
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