Weather | The wind broke trees in the Czech Republic, thousands of people are without electricity. It will come down to -7 °C and snow, watch the Blesku radar

Apparently, the night’s strong wind had the most impact for electricity supplies. The most common cause of breakdowns were trees falling into the line and subsequent damage to parts of the line. In the ČEZ Distribuce network, the situation was worst shortly before midnight, when there was no power at 32,000 collection points, mostly in the Central Bohemian, Ústí and Hradec Králové regions. During the night, it was possible to remove the faults, in the morning there were still around 3,100 households without supplies, ČEZ spokeswoman Soňa Holingerová told ČTK today.

Distribution company EG.D. according to the spokesman Roman Šperňák, it registered roughly as of this morning 3,000 households with limited supplies, especially in Prostějovsk and southern Bohemia.

Firefighters from the Railway Administration intervened in less than a dozen incidents in connection with strong winds on Thursday evening and overnight today. “These were downed trees on the tracks and catenary lines. Even at night, the firefighters managed to get all the tracks operational,” Kavka said around 8:00 a.m. today, saying that all incidents on the railway were without injuries.

Until midnight from Saturday to Sunday, the section of road I/10 from Tanvald to Harrachov should be temporarily closed. “Depending on the condition of the roadway for trucks and the development of the weather, the closing date may be changed,” said Ondřej Svoboda from the company Silnice LK, which is in charge of communications in the Liberec region.

Frosts will come

A cold front will cross the Czech Republic together with Friday. At night there will be changeable clouds, especially the mountains may be covered with snow showers. It will first rain in Moravia and Silesia, but then the rain will turn into snow. Thunderstorms may also occur, but only occasionally. The thermometer measures between 1 and -3 °C. Bohemia may be surprised by a strong wind with gusts of up to 70 km/h, but it will weaken in the morning. Ice and frost can form at night and in the morning.

Changeable clouds and snow showers will last throughout the day, and it will snow permanently in the mountains. The maximum temperature will rise to 4 °C, but it can also be below zero, and in areas above 1000 meters above sea level, people will feel -4 °C. Snow tongues will also begin to form in the mountains.

It will get even colder on Saturday. At night, temperatures will remain in negative values, it can be as low as -5 °C. During the day, they will range between -3 and 2 °C, accompanied by mostly heavy clouds. More frequent snow showers or occasional snowfall await the northeast of the country. In the evening, the precipitation will decrease.

It will remain cloudy on Sunday, even initially cloudy in the northeast. However, snow showers or snowfall will occur only occasionally, with a higher probability in the northeast and east. At night, temperatures will drop to -7 °C, during the day they will hover around zero, to a maximum of 1 °C.