{"id":17786,"date":"2026-07-31T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/extreme-heat-severe-storms-and-100-km-h-winds-hit-poland-as-red-alerts-issued-for-eight-provinces\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:28:33","slug":"extreme-heat-severe-storms-and-100-km-h-winds-hit-poland-as-red-alerts-issued-for-eight-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/extreme-heat-severe-storms-and-100-km-h-winds-hit-poland-as-red-alerts-issued-for-eight-provinces\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Heat, Severe Storms, and 100 km\/h Winds Hit Poland as Red Alerts Issued for Eight Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poland faces extreme weather at the end of the week, with forecasters warning of blistering temperatures reaching up to 37 degrees Celsius, severe storms, and wind gusts up to 100 km\/h.  <\/p>\n<h4>Weather Forecast for Friday and Saturday<\/h4>\n<p>The end of the week brings exceptionally difficult weather conditions, with high temperatures and violent storms expected across many regions. Friday will be sunny and dry in the south and southeast, while other regions will see passing rain and storms starting in the afternoon, with hail possible by evening. Temperatures will range from around 28 degrees in Pomerania to up to 36 degrees Celsius in central Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The night from Friday to Saturday will also bring rain and storms to a large area of Poland, with the heaviest rainfall forecasted in a belt from Warmia-Masuria and Kuyavia to the Lubusz region, where up to 40 mm of rain may fall. Wind gusts in the west of the country may reach around 100 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the best weather is expected in southeastern Poland, while other regions will experience heavy cloud cover, periodic rain, and storms with local hail. Temperatures will range from 23 to 27 degrees Celsius in the north and west, up to 35 degrees Celsius in the southeast, and significantly cooler at the seaside with 18 to 22 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<h4>IMGW Issues Red Heat Alerts<\/h4>\n<p>The most difficult situation persists in the east and center of the country, where third-degree warnings are in effect for the entire \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie and Lubelskie voivodeships, as well as large parts of the Lubuskie, Lower Silesian, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Podkarpackie, and Mazovian voivodeships. Daytime temperatures in these areas may range from 30 to 37 degrees Celsius, and relief will be hard to find after dark due to tropical nights with temperatures staying between 18 and 23 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<h4>Second-Degree Warnings Issued by IMGW<\/h4>\n<p>A slightly milder yet still demanding situation awaits residents in voivodeships covered by orange alerts, as second-degree warnings have been issued for the Kuyavian-Pomeranian, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Opole, and Silesian voivodeships. These warnings also cover parts of the Lower Silesian, Lubuskie, Greater Poland, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian, Warmian-Masurian, Podlaskie, Mazovian, Lesser Poland, and Podkarpackie voivodeships.<\/p>\n<h4>IMGW Warns of Storms, Strong Winds, and Downpours<\/h4>\n<p>High temperatures will be accompanied by violent atmospheric phenomena in parts of the country, with IMGW issuing yellow storm warnings for parts of the Warmian-Masurian, Podlaskie, Mazovian, and Lubelskie voivodeships. The highest storm activity is expected between 15:00 and 21:00, during which winds may reach up to 80 km\/h and locally up to 90 km\/h in the southwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland faces extreme weather at the end of the week, with forecasters warning of blistering temperatures reaching up to 37 degrees Celsius, severe storms, and wind gusts up to 100 km\/h. Weather Forecast for Friday and Saturday The end of the week brings exceptionally difficult weather conditions, with high temperatures and violent storms expected across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}