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The Super El Nino effect explains this year's early rainfall and mild winter expectation.
While the rains, which negatively affected life in Istanbul, Samsun, Sinop and Çanakkale, continued, the first snow of the year fell on Mount Ararat. AKOM issued a shower warning for today, tomorrow and Saturday in Istanbul.
The sun is coming next week
Explaining the latest weather events as the "Super El Nino effect", CNN Turk Meteorology Advisor Prof. Dr. Orhan Şen told Milliyet: "The rains started early this year, we were expecting it because there is a Super El Nino. There will be more rain and less snow this winter, so we will have a mild winter. The rainy weather will end at the end of February with the effect of Super El Nino and return to seasonal normals in March."
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The rainy weather will end at the end of February due to the effect of Super El Nino and will return to seasonal normals in March.
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The General Directorate of Meteorology reported that partly and very cloudy weather is expected throughout the country in Türkiye, with showers and thunderstorms expected in the Marmara, southern Aegean, Mediterranean, southern and eastern Central Anatolia, Black Sea (except Amasya and Tokat) and Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. Locally heavy rainfall is expected in the north of Thrace, the Mediterranean, the Eastern Black Sea region, the west and northeast in Eastern Anatolia, the north and west of Southeastern Anatolia, and strong winds at a speed of 40-60 km/h from the north and northeast in Marmara and the Aegean. A yellow code warning was issued for 15 provinces.

The General Directorate of Meteorology issued a yellow code warning for 20 provinces, including Istanbul. While intermittent showers are expected for three days in Istanbul, the rains will intensify in places on Friday. In Marmara and the Northern Aegean, the wind will blow as a storm at a speed of 40-70 km per hour. Rain will start again on Thursday evening and will be effective until Saturday morning.

According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, while partly and very cloudy weather is expected in Türkiye, there will be heavy rain and thunderstorms in the northeast of Marmara, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea coast and some inland regions. The wind will blow from the north at a speed of 40-70 km/h and a yellow code warning has been issued for 20 provinces.

Istanbul Governorship warned to be cautious due to heavy rain and storm. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, rainfall will intensify in the eastern parts of the Anatolian Side, Şile, Pendik and Tuzla until noon today. Heavy rain and storms are expected tomorrow and Friday.

According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, partly and very cloudy weather is expected in Türkiye's Marmara, Aegean, Central Anatolia, Black Sea, Mediterranean and Eastern Anatolia regions. Local and occasionally very heavy showers and thunderstorms occur in the eastern part of Marmara, the Western Black Sea coast, Rize, Artvin, Sakarya, Kocaeli and the eastern parts of Bursa. The wind will be generally northerly, in some areas southerly and gusty at 40-70 km/h. Temperatures will remain below seasonal norms in the central and western regions, and around them in the eastern regions.

IBB AKOM announced that heavy rain is expected in Istanbul after midnight, and that rainfall between 60-120 kg/m² and over 150 kg/m² can be seen in the northern districts. There is a high probability of storms, thunder and lightning due to the moist air from the Black Sea. The General Directorate of Meteorology issued a yellow code rain warning for Istanbul and 13 provinces.