Cold weather forecast for Bulgaria on Monday

Cold air from the north-northeast with moderate to strong winds will blow into eastern Bulgaria over the next 24 hours. It will be mostly cloudy. Rain will change to snow across the country. In northern Bulgaria and mountainous areas, significant snow showers will fall overnight. Snow will accumulate in the foothills and eastern areas during the day. Snowfall and blizzard conditions remain in the Dobrudja and Ludogorie regions and in mountain passes. The prevailing temperatures in most of the country will be between minus 4 and 1 C. The temperatures will be falling and by 2 pm.

It will be cloudy and foggy over the mountains. In many places there will be snow showers, more significant in the Central Balkan Mountains, Strandzha and in places in the Rilo-Rhodope area. Strong winds will blow along the ridges with gusts from the north-northeast. There will be drifts in the mountain passes. The maximum temperature at an altitude of 1,200 m will be about minus 8 C, minus 2,000 m - about minus 13 C.

The rain will change to snow over the Black Sea coast. It will be windy, with strong northeast wind. Maximum temperatures will be from minus 1 to 3 and the sea water temperature will be 7 -- 8 The sea swell will be 4 -- 5