Yellow alert for 17 provinces from the Meteorological Service: Downpours and snow expected! Here is the March 21 weather forecast by province...

According to the latest assessments made by the General Directorate of Meteorology, it is estimated that the country will be partly to very cloudy, with precipitation expected across the country, excluding Çanakkale, in the Marmara region, the northeast of the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean and surrounding districts of Antalya, Central Anatolia (excluding Konya), the Black Sea, and Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. 

Precipitation, which is expected to be heavy in the Eastern Mediterranean, the east of Central Anatolia and the Central Black Sea, the south and west of Eastern Anatolia, and the north and east of Southeastern Anatolia, is expected to fall as rain and downpours in coastal areas and Southeastern Anatolia, and as sleet and snow in inland areas. Icing and frost are expected in inland and eastern parts during the night and morning hours. There is a risk of avalanches in the inner parts of the Eastern Black Sea and the north and east of Eastern Anatolia.

MARMARA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy with intermittent precipitation (excluding Çanakkale), with precipitation generally falling as rain, and as sleet in the surroundings of Kırklareli after noon, and as sleet and snow in the east of the region after evening hours, with snow in higher elevations.

EDİRNE 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain after noon, sleet in higher elevations

İSTANBUL 10°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain after noon

KIRKLARELİ 10°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain and sleet after noon, snow in higher elevations

KOCAELİ 12°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain after noon, sleet in higher elevations

AEGEAN

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with sleet and snow in the northeast of the region. The wind is expected to blow strongly (40-60 km/h) from the north and northwest on the southern coasts.

A.KARAHİSAR 8°C

Partly to very cloudy, snow in the north and east during the night

DENİZLİ 14°C

Partly to very cloudy

İZMİR 16°C

Partly to very cloudy

MUĞLA 14°C

Partly to very cloudy

MEDITERRANEAN

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with rain and downpours, occasionally thundery, in the Eastern Mediterranean, the southern and eastern coasts of Antalya, and in the early hours in the surroundings of Isparta and Burdur, and sleet and snow in the Taurus Mountains area. Precipitation is expected to be locally heavy in the east of the Eastern Mediterranean.

ADANA 19°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent downpours and thundery showers, locally heavy

ANTALYA 21°C

Partly to very cloudy, downpours and thundery showers on the southern and eastern coasts

HATAY 16°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent downpours and thundery showers, locally heavy in coastal areas

MERSİN 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent downpours and thundery showers

CENTRAL ANATOLIA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with intermittent rain and sleet, and snow in higher elevations (excluding Konya).

ANKARA 6°C

Partly to very cloudy, sleet and snow in the morning and night hours

ESKİŞEHİR 9°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent snow during the night

KONYA 9°C

Partly to very cloudy, rain and sleet in the south and east in the morning hours

SİVAS 6°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow, locally heavy in the morning hours

WESTERN BLACK SEA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with rain in coastal areas and sleet and snow in inland areas.

BOLU 7°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow

KARABÜK 7°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow

SİNOP 9°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain

ZONGULDAK 8°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain

CENTRAL and EASTERN BLACK SEA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with intermittent rain in coastal areas, and sleet and snow in inland areas, with local heavy rain in the surroundings of Ordu in the morning hours. There is a risk of avalanches on sloping hillsides with snow cover in the inner parts of the Eastern Black Sea.

AMASYA 6°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow

SAMSUN 9°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain

TOKAT 6°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow

TRABZON 11°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain, sleet in higher and inland areas

EASTERN ANATOLIA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with precipitation across the region, expected to be locally heavy in the west and south, falling as rain and sleet in the west, and as snow in the east and higher elevations (above 1200 meters). Icing and frost are expected in the north and east during the morning and night hours. There is a risk of avalanches on sloping hillsides with high snow cover in the region.

ERZURUM 4°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent snow

KARS 5°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow

MALATYA 12°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain, locally heavy, sleet and occasional snow in higher elevations

VAN 5°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent sleet and snow, heavy in the south

SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA

It is estimated that the region will be partly to very cloudy, with rain and downpours across the region, locally heavy in the north and east, and sleet and snow in the higher elevations (above 1200 meters) of the east.

DİYARBAKIR 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain and downpours, locally heavy

GAZİANTEP 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain and downpours

SİİRT 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain and downpours, locally heavy, sleet and snow in higher elevations

ŞANLIURFA 15°C

Partly to very cloudy, intermittent rain and downpours, locally heavy

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