SHMÚ warns: Prepare for high temperatures and storms today – Topky.sk

In connection with high temperatures, warnings of the first to third degree apply from 13.00 to 17.00 h. In the south of Slovakia, the temperature can reach up to 38 degrees Celsius. In other districts, experts predict a maximum of 36 degrees Celsius, further north up to 34 degrees Celsius. Photo gallery (2) Source: SHMÚ Storms are expected to occur in western and central Slovakia, especially at night. The SHMÚ warning is valid from Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. until Saturday (August 20) morning. A smog warning is still valid in Bratislava. SHMÚ therefore recommends limiting the time spent outdoors, shortening the ventilation of living rooms, limiting physical exertion outdoors and not performing activities that lead to the release of other pollutants into the air. In the west of Slovakia it was extremely warm even at night In the west of Slovakia it was extremely warm even at night. Temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius dominated. The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMÚ) informed about it on the social network. “Mostly we recorded a tropical night (temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and above), even at Horné Lefantovce and Siladice stations the temperature did not drop below 25 degrees Celsius,” meteorologists said.