{"id":3117,"date":"2026-06-17T12:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-braces-for-extreme-heat-as-imgw-issues-weather-alerts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:07:36","slug":"poland-braces-for-extreme-heat-as-imgw-issues-weather-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-braces-for-extreme-heat-as-imgw-issues-weather-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland Braces for Extreme Heat as IMGW Issues Weather Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) warns of a significant surge in temperatures across Poland, with orange-level heat alerts expected to cover most of the country this weekend.  <\/p>\n<h4>Meteorological Conditions and Current Outlook<\/h4>\n<p>According to the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Northern and Eastern Europe are currently under the influence of low-pressure systems from Scandinavia and Iceland, while the southern and central regions remain in a high-pressure area. A wedge of a weak high-pressure system from France is gradually moving into Poland from the southwest, bringing warmer polar maritime air.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday (June 17) will see small to moderate cloud cover, increasing to heavy in the northeast and south with local rain and potential storms. Temperatures will range from 16\u00b0C by the sea to 24\u00b0C in the south and west.<\/p>\n<h4>Forecast for Thursday and Night Conditions<\/h4>\n<p>On Thursday, cloud cover is expected to increase across the country, particularly in the west, center, and north, where light, sporadic rain may occur. Daytime temperatures will reach between 17\u00b0C by the coast and 27\u00b0C in western regions.<\/p>\n<p>Nighttime temperatures will vary from 8\u00b0C in the northeast to 15\u00b0C in the southwest, with localized fog reducing visibility to 400 meters in the south. Light rain is possible in the northern half of the country.<\/p>\n<h4>Extreme Heatwave Expected This Weekend<\/h4>\n<p>Starting Friday (June 19), an influx of tropical air masses will trigger extreme heat. IMGW plans to issue second-degree, orange alerts for western regions, including the areas around Szczecin, Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski, Pozna\u0144, Zielona G\u00f3ra, Legnica, and Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n<p>The heat will peak on Saturday (June 20), with alerts covering nearly the entire country. The Lubusz region could see temperatures as high as 35\u00b0C, while Lower Silesia is expected to reach 33\u00b0C, and Warsaw is forecasted at 28-29\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>By Sunday (June 21), the highest temperatures will shift to the southeast. Podkarpacie will experience the most intense heat, with Rzesz\u00f3w reaching 31\u00b0C. While temperatures will slightly decrease in the west, the heat will persist, maintaining 30\u00b0C in Wroc\u0142aw and Zielona G\u00f3ra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) warns of a significant surge in temperatures across Poland, with orange-level heat alerts expected to cover most of the country this weekend. Meteorological Conditions and Current Outlook According to the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Northern and Eastern Europe are currently under the influence of low-pressure [&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-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117","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=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}