Heavy rainfall warning from Meteorology for many cities including Istanbul! Here is the weather forecast for Saturday, September 21, by province...

According to the latest forecasts made by the General Directorate of Meteorology: The country is expected to be partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected across the Marmara region (except Edirne and Kırklareli), the inner Aegean, the Mediterranean, the south and west of Central Anatolia, the Western and Eastern Black Sea regions, the coasts of the Central Black Sea, and Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia.

Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the inner parts of the Western Mediterranean, the Eastern Mediterranean, the southwest of Central Anatolia, the southwest of Eastern Anatolia, as well as in the vicinities of Istanbul, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Bingöl, Muş, Bitlis, Batman, Siirt, and Sinop, the northern parts of Diyarbakır, the coasts of Kastamonu, the coasts of Kırklareli, the Saray and Çerkezköy districts of Tekirdağ, the north of Balıkesir, the east of Çanakkale, the south of Erzurum, and the east of Hakkari. The wind is expected to blow strongly from northern directions (40-60 km/h) in the west of Marmara and the coastal Aegean.

Air temperatures are expected to decrease by 2 to 4 degrees in Southeastern Anatolia and remain around seasonal norms elsewhere.

MARMARA

It is expected to be partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms across the region (except Edirne and Kırklareli). Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the vicinities of Istanbul, Sakarya, and Kocaeli. The wind is expected to blow strongly from northern directions (40-60 km/h) in the coastal parts of the region.

EDİRNE 16°C, 25°C

Partly to very cloudy

İSTANBUL 18°C, 25°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

KIRKLARELİ 15°C, 23°C

Partly to very cloudy

KOCAELİ 18°C, 23°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

AEGEAN

Partly to mostly clear, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected in the inner parts of the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the eastern parts of Afyonkarahisar. The wind is expected to blow strongly from northern directions (40-60 km/h) in the west of the region.

AFYONKARAHİSAR 11°C, 23°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the eastern districts.

İZMİR 18°C, 28°C

Partly to mostly clear

MANİSA 18°C, 28°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

MUĞLA 15°C, 29°C

Partly to mostly clear

MEDITERRANEAN

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected across the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the inner parts of the Western Mediterranean and in the Eastern Mediterranean.

ADANA 20°C, 30°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

ANTALYA 22°C, 30°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms

HATAY 21°C, 30°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

ISPARTA 14°C, 26°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected during the first hours of this evening and after noon tomorrow

CENTRAL ANATOLIA

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected in the south and west of the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the vicinities of Konya and Karaman.

ANKARA 12°C, 24°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after noon

ESKİŞEHİR 14°C, 24°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after noon

KONYA 14°C, 24°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after noon. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

YOZGAT 9°C, 21°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy

WESTERN BLACK SEA

Partly to very cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms expected across the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the vicinities of Sinop and the coasts of Kastamonu.

BOLU 13°C, 24°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms

DÜZCE 15°C, 25°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours

SİNOP 18°C, 28°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

ZONGULDAK 17°C, 24°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours

CENTRAL and EASTERN BLACK SEA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected in the Eastern Black Sea and the coasts of the Central Black Sea. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the eastern parts of Trabzon.

AMASYA 13°C, 27°C

Partly to very cloudy

ARTVİN 15°C, 23°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

SAMSUN 18°C, 26°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

TRABZON 19°C, 25°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the east this evening.

EASTERN ANATOLIA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected across the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş, and Bitlis.

ERZURUM 7°C, 20°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

KARS 7°C, 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

MALATYA 14°C, 25°C

Partly to very cloudy

VAN 9°C, 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected across the region. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the vicinities of Batman and Siirt and the northern parts of Diyarbakır.

DİYARBAKIR 14°C, 26°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy in the northern districts.

GAZİANTEP 17°C, 26°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours

SİİRT 19°C, 26°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected. Rainfall is expected to be locally heavy.

ŞANLIURFA 20°C, 29°C

Partly, occasionally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected after the morning hours