Heatwave Intensifies: 41°C Temperatures and Tropical Nights

The extreme heat wave persists across most of the country on Friday and is expanding. It will be cool on the Black Sea coast and in the Delta.

The counties of Arad, Timiş, Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi, Dolj, Olt and Teleorman are also on Friday under a red heat wave warning, in these regions the maximum temperatures reaching 41 degrees, and the minimum temperatures reaching 26 degrees in the Hills of West, according to meteorologists.

According to the National Meteorological Administration, the temperature-humidity index (ITU) will exceed the critical threshold of 80 units. At the same time, there is a heat code orange in the city of Bucharest, and in the counties of Ilfov, Giurgiu, Dâmboviţa, Argeş, Vâlcea, Gorj, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Alba and Bihor.

The heat wave will persist, so that in the center of Crişana, the south-west of Transylvania, the north of Oltenia, as well as in the west and center of Muntenia, there will be heatwave and increased thermal discomfort, and the temperature-humidity index (ITU) will exceed the critical threshold of 80 units. The maximum temperatures will generally be 38…39 degrees, and the minimum 21…22 degrees, characterizing a tropical night.