Yellow alert from Meteorology for 18 provinces: Thunderstorms expected! Here is the May 5 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 showers and thunderstorms expected in the north and east of Marmara, the southern Aegean coasts, the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia (except Çankırı), the Eastern Black Sea, Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia, as well as the surroundings of Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar, Bolu, Düzce, Zonguldak, Tokat, and Ordu.

The precipitation is expected to be locally heavy in the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Black Sea, the northwest of Eastern Anatolia, and the surroundings of Sivas, Ordu, Muş, Bitlis, Şırnak, Siirt, and Batman, as well as the eastern parts of Diyarbakır and the western parts of Erzurum.

Air temperatures are expected to decrease by 2 to 6 degrees in the south and east of Central Anatolia, the inland parts of the Central and Eastern Black Sea, and the west of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. No significant change is expected elsewhere.

YELLOW ALERT FOR 18 PROVINCES

Adana, Artvin, Diyarbakır, Erzincan, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Rize, Siirt, Sivas, Trabzon, Tunceli, Bayburt, Batman, Şırnak, and Osmaniye.

MARMARA

It is estimated to be partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms in the north and east of the region.

EDİRNE °C, 22°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

İSTANBUL °C, 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

KIRKLARELİ °C, 19°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

KOCAELİ °C, 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

AEGEAN

Partly to slightly cloudy, locally very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms expected in the surroundings of Aydın, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar, and Kütahya after midday. The wind is expected to blow strongly (40-60 km/h) from the north and northeast on the North Aegean coasts after the morning hours.

A.KARAHİSAR °C, 15°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms after midday

DENİZLİ °C, 22°C

Partly to slightly cloudy

İZMİR °C, 25°C

Partly to slightly cloudy

UŞAK °C, 17°C

Partly to slightly cloudy

MEDITERRANEAN

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected throughout the region. Precipitation is expected to be heavy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The wind is expected to blow strongly (40-60 km/h) from the south and southwest in the Eastern Mediterranean.

ADANA °C, 21°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Precipitation is expected to be heavy at midday.

ANTALYA °C, 24°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms after midday

BURDUR °C, 18°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms after midday

HATAY °C, 19°C

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

CENTRAL ANATOLIA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected throughout the region (except Çankırı). Precipitation is expected to be locally heavy in the surroundings of Sivas this morning.

ANKARA °C, 17°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms in the morning and at midday

ESKİŞEHİR °C, 16°C

Partly to very cloudy, with local showers and thunderstorms at midday

KONYA °C, 12°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

YOZGAT °C, 11°C

Partly to very cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms this morning

WESTERN BLACK SEA

Partly to slightly cloudy, locally very cloudy in the west, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms expected in the surroundings of Düzce, Zonguldak, and Bolu this morning.

BOLU °C, 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

DÜZCE °C, 17°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

SİNOP °C, 16°C

Partly to slightly cloudy

ZONGULDAK °C, 15°C

Partly to very cloudy, with short-term and local showers and thunderstorms this morning

CENTRAL and EASTERN BLACK SEA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected in the Eastern Black Sea, the surroundings of Ordu and Tokat, and the eastern districts of Samsun.

AMASYA °C, 15°C

Partly to very cloudy

SAMSUN °C, 15°C

Partly to very cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms in the eastern districts this morning

TOKAT °C, 12°C

Partly to very cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms this morning

TRABZON °C, 17°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Precipitation is expected to be heavy in the morning and at midday.

EASTERN ANATOLIA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected throughout the region. Precipitation is expected to be locally heavy in the northwest of the region and in the surroundings of Muş, Bitlis, and Şırnak, as well as the western parts of Erzurum. The wind is expected to blow strongly (40-60 km/h) from the south and southwest in the eastern parts after the morning hours.

ERZURUM °C, 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Precipitation is expected to be heavy in the western surroundings in the morning.

KARS °C, 15°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

MALATYA °C, 14°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

VAN °C, 16°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms after midday

SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected throughout the region. Precipitation is expected to be heavy in the surroundings of Batman and Siirt and in the eastern districts of Diyarbakır.

DİYARBAKIR °C, 21°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Precipitation is expected to be heavy in the eastern districts at midday.

GAZİANTEP °C, 17°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms

SİİRT °C, 20°C

Partly to very cloudy, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms expected. Precipitation is expected to be heavy at midday and in the evening.

ŞANLIURFA °C, 21°C

Partly to very cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms after midday