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Lithuania & Latvia 2026: Cyclones and seasonal transitions

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Lithuania is experiencing highly dynamic weather as the summer season concludes and transitions into autumn. Following a period of variable cloudiness, an atmospheric front ~~is expected to move~~ moved across the country, bringing rain, potential thunderstorms, and wind ~~gusts reaching 15–16 m/s.~~ gusts. While the final days of summer were forecasted to remain relatively pleasant, the transition into September brought lighter rain and cooler temperatures. The weather ~~is set to become~~ became increasingly unstable due to a series of approaching cyclones. Cyclone Sina brought rain and light ~~thunderstorms to the Baltic region,~~ thunderstorms, followed by cyclone Tessa on Tuesday, September ~~1. This second system moved quickly toward the northeast, bringing~~ 1, which brought a cold atmospheric front ~~that caused~~ and intensifying afternoon ~~thunderstorms~~ thunderstorms. By early September, weather patterns shifted as anticyclone Ulrich brought drier and ~~potentially small hail. Meteorologists have issued further warnings for~~ calmer conditions from the ~~upcoming weekend, forecasting intermittent heavy rainfall~~ west and ~~thunderstorms across much of Lithuania. Wind gusts are expected to reach 15–20 m/s in many regions~~ southwest, even as cyclone Vilja moved toward the north and up northeast. This led to ~~23 m/s along the coast,~~ a period of temporary warming on Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures ~~ranging~~ rising between ~~14°C~~ 18 and ~~19°C. Climatologist G. Stankūnavičius~~ 24 degrees Celsius. This warming trend intensified into an unseasonably warm spell, with temperatures potentially reaching 23–28 degrees Celsius. Meteorologist Gytis Valaika noted that ~~while recent storms are not caused by climate change alone, rising global ocean temperatures are creating conditions for~~ this could become the warmest September day on record, approaching the national record of 29 degrees set in 2019. Following this peak, forecasts indicate a shift toward cooler, more ~~frequent~~ autumnal conditions with intermittent rain and ~~intense extreme phenomena, such as~~ thunderstorms, ~~hail, and sudden floods.~~ with daytime temperatures settling between 16–21 degrees Celsius. Long-term projections suggest the second half of September may remain approximately 1.5 degrees warmer than the climate norm, with precipitation potentially reaching 40 percent above the norm. In Latvia, following the severe storm between August 21 and August 24, cleanup efforts remain ongoing. Between August 28 and August 31, the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) responded to 182 calls, including 45 firefighting operations and 89 rescue missions. ~~Notable incidents included a fire in a five-story residential building in Jelgava and a vehicle-train collision in Saldus.~~

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