BREAKING WEATHER NEWS: Thunderstorm warning for 24 provinces

According to the weekly weather forecast report shared by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Disaster Affairs and Risk Management (AKOM), the rainy weather that has been effective since the beginning of the week is expected to leave the region as of Sunday, October 18.

RAINY WEATHER IS LEAVING ISTANBUL

Today, the temperature in Istanbul will be 11 degrees in the morning hours. Expected to rise to 17 degrees around noon, the temperature will hover around 15 degrees in the evening and 14 degrees at night. While the humidity level will range between 55 and 80 percent, moderate to occasionally strong winds will blow from the southwest (lodos) and northwest (karayel). AKOM's forecast stated that no precipitation is expected for today.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AGAIN IN ISTANBUL

With the rainy weather losing its effect, temperatures in Istanbul are projected to rise back to seasonal norms. According to AKOM's weekly forecast report, the weather will be partly cloudy on Monday, October 19. Temperatures are expected to reach a low of 13 and a high of 18 degrees.

On Tuesday, October 20, partly to mostly clear weather is expected, with the temperature rising up to 21 degrees. On Wednesday, October 21, along with a mostly clear and sunny sky, the highest temperature is forecasted to be 21 degrees again.

IS RAIN EXPECTED DURING THE WEEK?

According to the report published by AKOM, no precipitation is expected in Istanbul in the coming days. Partly to mostly clear weather will prevail on Thursday, October 22, and Friday, October 23. On both days, the temperature is projected to rise up to 22 degrees.

On Saturday, October 24, partly cloudy weather is expected to continue. The lowest temperature of the day is forecasted to be 15 degrees, and the highest temperature is forecasted to be 21 degrees.

Thus, according to AKOM's latest forecast, following the heavy showers, a warmer and rain-free weather will prevail in Istanbul throughout the coming week.

PRECIPITATION WARNING FOR 24 PROVINCES FROM METEOROLOGY

According to forecasts received from the General Directorate of Meteorology, the country overall is expected to be partly and very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms in the Western and Eastern Black Sea regions, Eastern Anatolia (except Şırnak), as well as the surroundings of Çanakkale, Tekirdağ, Hatay, Osmaniye, Kahramanmaraş, Ankara, Çankırı, Niğde, Kayseri, Yozgat, Sivas, Ordu, Tokat, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Kilis, Diyarbakır, and Batman.

The precipitation is expected to be strong around Bolu, Karabük, and Kastamonu, and very strong and locally severe around Düzce, Zonguldak, and Bartın.

Air temperature: It is forecasted to hover around seasonal norms in the eastern parts, and below seasonal norms in other parts.

Wind: The wind is expected to blow lightly to occasionally moderately from northerly directions in the western parts, and from southerly directions in the interior and southern parts; and strongly to at gale force (40-80 km/h, locally up to 100 km/h along the Western Black Sea coasts) from northerly directions on the Western Black Sea coasts, and from southerly directions in the interior parts of the Black Sea and the southeast of Eastern Anatolia.

The expected weather conditions and highest temperatures of the day in some provinces are as follows: