Riga, Latvia – Abeg, make you gather your umbrella and hold your hat tight! The Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre don drop serious orange warning for thunderstorms wey fit come with heavy rain and wind wey dey gust like 20 to 24 metres per second. This warning go dey effective from 1 PM to 11 PM on Friday. Better don prepare to dodge some hailstones wey fit come as well (oya, hailstones no be play).
For southern Zemgale region, dem don issue yellow warning wey mean say e fit be danger if you no carry your eyes open. But the orange warning sabi cover all the Vidzeme and Latgale regions plus the northern parts of Kurzeme (e no gree play). In the morning, the weather go dey fine, sun go shine, but wetin we go feel? The air go dey hotter than the stew wey we cook for chop house, sha!
This afternoon, temperature fit reach up to +29 degrees Celsius (no be wah!) but if you dey for western Kurzeme region or by the coast, you go see some cooler vibe. But abeg, no get too comfortable because as afternoon dey approach, storm clouds go begin gather like say dem wan form Gatyogi club, and before you know am, wahala dey come! Thunderstorms wey fit cause plenty rain, flooding and strong wind go burst out in the late afternoon. Na Vidzeme region be the main target for this storm, so if you dey there, abeg, just relax! No go go for balcony dey watch rain dey fall o.
Outdoor activities wey dey happen for Friday might get disrupted (sorry to all the picnics and events wey dey plan). Dem dey warn say we go follow every weather forecast and warning wey dey drop from LVMC, no make you dey miss am at all, na dem sabi pass OKO weatherman! Good news, though: as we dey enter weekend, weather go chill small. Sunshine go shine again, just small rain fit drop for corner sometimes, but no shaking!