{"id":7758,"date":"2026-06-30T19:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-faces-wave-of-severe-weather-alerts-and-heatwaves-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:49:32","slug":"poland-faces-wave-of-severe-weather-alerts-and-heatwaves-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-faces-wave-of-severe-weather-alerts-and-heatwaves-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland Faces Wave of Severe Weather Alerts and Heatwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poland is under a massive weather alert as IMGW and the Government Security Centre (RCB) warn of widespread storms, heavy rainfall, and dangerous heat across most of the country.<\/p>\n<h4>Storm Alerts and Extreme Rainfall<\/h4>\n<p>Second-degree storm alerts are in effect for the Lubuskie, Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Greater Poland, and Opole voivodeships, as well as parts of Silesia, Lesser Poland, and the Subcarpathian region. Forecasters expect heavy rain up to 45 mm and wind gusts reaching 90-100 km\/h, with localized hail. These warnings are valid from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>First-degree storm alerts cover parts of the Silesian, Lodz, Masovian, and Warmian-Masurian voivodeships. These areas face 20-35 mm of rainfall and wind gusts up to 80 km\/h until Wednesday morning. Additionally, parts of the West Pomeranian and Pomeranian voivodeships are under first-degree alerts for heavy rain and storms from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, with rainfall potentially reaching 50 mm.<\/p>\n<h4>Heatwave Warnings<\/h4>\n<p>Third-degree heat warnings are active for the Lublin and Subcarpathian voivodeships until Wednesday evening, with temperatures peaking between 33\u00b0C and 37\u00b0C. Nighttime lows will remain high, ranging from 18\u00b0C to 21\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Second-degree heat alerts apply to the Lesser Poland, Silesian, Swietokrzyski, Lodz, Opole, and parts of the Masovian, Lower Silesian, Greater Poland, and Podlaskie voivodeships, with daytime highs of 30-33\u00b0C. Meanwhile, first-degree alerts are in place for sections of the Masovian and Podlaskie regions for Wednesday, with temperatures expected to hit 29-32\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<h4>Government Security Centre (RCB) Alerts<\/h4>\n<p>The Government Security Centre has issued multiple alerts due to the volatile conditions. Authorities advise citizens in the affected provinces\u2014covering most of the country\u2014to avoid open spaces and prepare for potential power outages caused by high winds and storm activity.<\/p>\n<h4>Hydrological Situation<\/h4>\n<p>A second-degree hydrological alert remains active for the Brynica River basin in the Silesian voivodeship. Water levels are expected to rise above the warning threshold due to ongoing heavy rainfall, with the possibility of briefly exceeding alarm states.<\/p>\n<h4>Forecast for the Coming Days<\/h4>\n<p>Poland remains under the influence of a shallow low-pressure trough and moving weather fronts. While cooler polar maritime air will reach the west and northwest, the rest of the country will remain in a hot, tropical air mass. By Thursday, weather is expected to stabilize with intermittent rain and temperatures ranging from 21\u00b0C to 26\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<h4>Weather Forecast for Warsaw<\/h4>\n<p>Warsaw residents should prepare for storms, hail, and heavy rainfall reaching 50 mm on Wednesday, with peak temperatures of 34\u00b0C. Conditions will gradually improve by Thursday afternoon, with temperatures settling around 26\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland is under a massive weather alert as IMGW and the Government Security Centre (RCB) warn of widespread storms, heavy rainfall, and dangerous heat across most of the country. Storm Alerts and Extreme Rainfall Second-degree storm alerts are in effect for the Lubuskie, Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Greater Poland, and Opole voivodeships, as well as parts [&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-7758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758","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=7758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}