Snow storms: Polish Storm Hunters reported on Saturday, January 4, that snowstorms occurred in almost all of Poland within 24 hours. They emphasized that it was “a very dynamic time“. The most active snowstorms occurred over the coastal provinces, as well as from the Greater Poland Voivodeship to the Łódź Voivodeship. Intense snowstorms combined with strong wind they severely limited visibility and in a short time they brought an increase in snow cover.
First frost in Hel: “Behind us the coldest night this winter” – explained IMWM on Sunday. In Nowy Sącz, the ground temperature dropped to -20 degrees Celsius. What's more, this weekend For the first time this winter there was frost in Hel.
Warming is coming: IMWM forecasts that the next nights will be warmer. On Sunday the temperature will be from -2 degrees C in the east of Poland to 1 degree Celsius in the west and coast. There will be some snow showers initially in the north. In the afternoon, they will move slowly into the country from the southwest snowfallwhich in the evening will turn into sleet and rain. Also Polish Storm Hunters indicate that the snow cover that covers most of Poland will soon disappear. “It will enter from the southwest on Monday a clearly warm sector of warm polar sea air“- we read.
Weather forecast for 10 days: The IMWM model for the days from January 5 to 14 indicates that this is what awaits us warming. On Monday, the maximum temperature in western Poland will be as high as 10 degrees Celsius. In turn, in the north-east it will be only 2-3 degrees C. On Tuesday, in north-western and south-eastern Poland, thermometers will show up to 9 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday it will cool down again: the temperature will be from 1-2 degrees C in the north-eastern and south-eastern parts of the country up to 4-5 degrees C in the west. On Thursday it will even be in the south 8-9 degrees Cand on Friday it will be in the southeast 7-8 degrees C. From Saturday, January 11, we will have another one temperature drop: thermometers will show only 0-1 degrees C throughout Poland, and on Sunday the maximum temperature will be from -2 degrees C in the southeast to 2-3 degrees C in the north-west of Poland.
Sources: Polish Storm Chasers on XIMWM [X], [X], IMWM forecast for 10 days