- Up to 12 cm of snow will fall in the Banskobystrické and Košice regions by Wednesday.
- During the day, the snowfall will move to several parts of Slovakia.
- The least precipitation is expected in the extreme west and north of the country.
- At night, the snow will change to rain in lower elevations, there is a threat of ice.
- On Thursday, temperatures may exceed 10 degrees in the warmest areas.
Four to 12 centimeters of snow may fall in the Banskobystricky and Košice regions by Wednesday (February 4) morning. The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMÚ) informed about it on the social network. The least precipitation is expected in the far west and far north, where locally they may not occur at all, or they will only be very weak.
“The precipitation band of the warm front is starting to move over our territory from the southwest. Snowfall will gradually occur in several places,” stated SHMÚ. As he pointed out, in the early evening and at night, the snow will gradually pass from the southwest in lower positions mostly until rainfall.
“Since it can warm above zero degrees Celsius at a height earlier than in lower locations, the formation of glaciers is possible in the night and morning hours, especially in the southern half of the territory,” warned meteorologists.
According to them, the warm front will move the interface further to the northeast in the coming days. “Our territory will thus reach a warm and humid southerly flow. As early as Thursday (February 5), we expect that in the warmest areas we can measure a temperature higher than 10 °C after a long time,” added SHMÚ.
