Winter slowly sets in: Romanian capital Bucharest sees first snow of the season

It started to snow in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Saturday afternoon, October 25, with big flakes, after two days of cold, windy weather: the first snow of the season. Meteorologists had warned that the unusual warm weather for this time of the year – think 20 degrees Celsius - will come to an end, and make room for what’s more likely for end-October: temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius, and 1-2 degrees Celsius up in the mountains. The previously sunny Bucharest is now under a wave of snow and blizzards, and temperature is around 2 degrees Celsius. On Saturday afternoon, Bucharest was the only place in the country where it snowed, but it was windy and cold in many other areas of Romania as well. However, snow is expected to take over in other areas as well, mainly in the southern counties of Dolj, Olt, Teleorman, Giurgiu and Călăraşi, during the night and on Sunday, October 26. Meteorologists have issued a Code Yellow for wind in Bucharest, as well as for the counties of Ilfov, Calarasi, Ialomita, Buzau and Braila, and in the region of Dobrogea. editor@romania-insider.com