After a prolonged summer, Turkey is bracing for its first real foray into autumn. Starting on Wednesday, temperatures, which reached around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in western cities, will drop by up to 10 degrees Celsius.
Turkish State Meteorological Services (TSMS) warned that the country will be hit by a cold, rainy weather pattern hailing from the Black Sea region starting late Wednesday. Heavy precipitation is predicted for the Black Sea region which already suffered a barrage of floods in August. Rainfall will also take hold in the Eastern Mediterranean region, the meteorology agency warned.
The Marmara region, which has been relatively warm except for occasional strong winds, over the past two weeks, will be the first to see dramatic temperature drops of between 6 to 10 degrees Celsius early Thursday.
Snowfall is also predicted for higher ground in the eastern Black Sea region late Thursday. The cold front will leave Turkey over the weekend, before hitting eastern regions.
Turkey, like the rest of the world, is beset with a climate change crisis that extends the duration of seasons. In mid-summer and August, it was hit by a string of forest fires and deadly floods in a span of a few weeks, the worst in recent memory.
