Forecasters from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) emphasize that closer to the holidays, this weather data are more accurate. – Christmas is in less than a week, so it is already close enough that we are dealing with increasingly better data quality – says Kamil Walczak, IMWM forecaster, in an interview with Next.Gazeta.pl.
IMWM writes on social media that the first inquiries regarding the holiday forecast appeared already in October. “Despite our short answers that forecasts for such a long period are impossible to prepare precisely, forecasts began to appear based on the general trends of our long-term forecasts,” we read. Forecasters emphasize that “exciting headlines and forecasts are often created based on the results of one model”, while the current data is based “on the analysis of the results of several models, which is standard practice in the work of meteorological specialists.” So what can we expect in weather for the holidays?
Weather on Christmas Eve, December 24
On Christmas Eve, December 24 heavy cloud cover residents of the south of the country can expect. Snowfall they will occur mainly in foothill areas, but they will also appear in lower-lying areas of the Silesian, Lesser Poland, Opole and Podkarpackie voivodeships.
As for the rest of the country, it will generally be sunny, but there may be light snowfall here and there, but these will be more symbolic.
– Kamil Walczak, IMWM forecaster, tells us. In turn, residents of the northern and north-eastern parts of the country can count on more sun. – As for the temperature values, they will be slightly above 0 degrees Celsius. From about 0 degrees C in the south to 3-4 degrees C in the west and north-west of the country. However, in the foothill areas there will be slight frost with a temperature of about -1 degrees C. The wind will be weak and moderate, north and north-eastern – the forecaster tells us.
Weather on Christmas Day, December 25. Watch out for black ice
However, in the case of the first day of Christmas, there will be heavy cloud cover with a clear zone, especially in the central part of the country. Attention, it can be dangerous.
There may be drizzle in the north, and freezing rain causing black ice may occur in the south of the country. You need to be prepared for more difficult driving conditions
– warns Kamil Walczak. – On the night from Christmas Eve to December 25 temperature basically it will be negative throughout the country, only in the west of the country it is forecast to be around 0 degrees Celsius, and in the rest of Poland frost up to -4 degrees C. In the foothill areas it will be slightly colder, e.g. in Zakopane it can be as low as -6 or -7 degrees Celsius at night – explains the forecaster. During the day on December 25, the temperature will not be much different from that on Christmas Eve: from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius, slightly warmer by the sea: up to 5 degrees Celsius. In the foothill areas, about -1 degrees Celsius.
Weather on Boxing Day, December 26. There will be a change
The forecaster informs that on Thursday, December 27, we are expecting gradual change in weather. It will reach Poland from the west atmospheric front zone and it will be cloudy throughout the country. There will also be a large temperature difference, because in the south-east of Poland we will have about 1-2 degrees Celsius, while it will be much warmer in the north-west: from 8 to 9 degrees C. – Precipitation will mainly occur in the zone of the atmospheric front in the north-west , but we do not expect heavy rainfall – sums up Kamil Walczak.