After a turbulent night with thunder and heavy showers: dry morning in many places, temperatures of more than 30 degrees for at least the whole week | Weather & Science

Last night’s thunderstorms produced a total of 60mm of rainfall in the West Flemish Beitem54 mm in Ghent (Campus Sterre) and 49 mm in Roeselare. Our weatherman David Dehenauw reports this.

This morning the last showers and cloud fields will move away to the northeast, after which it will be sunny and very warm again. The RMI predicts temperatures of more than 30 degrees at least until Saturday. Code yellow for the heat will be in force throughout the country until at least Thursday, with the exception of the coast.

Today are the maximums around 24 degrees at the sea, 31 degrees in the center and 33 degrees close to the French border. Local thunderstorms may occur again in the late afternoon and evening. Tonight and tonight the chance of showers and thunder will decrease again and it will become partly cloudy. The minimum temperatures are between 17 and 21 degrees.

Tomorrow It will be very warm again with maximum temperatures around 25 degrees at the sea and between 30 and 35 degrees inland. It will be sunny with some cloud fields at times. There is a small chance of a thunderstorm in the evening.

Tuesday it will be sunny with fields of high cloud. The maximum temperatures are between 29 and 33 degrees. Also Wednesday and Thursday it is sunny with high clouds. The maximum temperatures are then between 31 and 36 degrees.

Friday it will be sunny and sultry, with temperatures of 36 degrees or even more in many places. Cumulus clouds will gradually appear and thunderstorms may appear in the afternoon or evening. Saturday we get an alternation of sun and clouds, with sometimes rain or showers. The maximum temperatures are around 32 degrees in the center.

It will be over the next fourteen days gradually less hot, with early July more pleasant temperatures around 25 degrees in the center. It will probably remain dry most of the time with plenty of sun.

The thunderstorm that will pass over the country on Saturday night will cause flooding in several places in South-West Flanders. Read more here.

In West Flemish Sint-Baafs-Vijve the RMI recorded no less than 42 millimeters of rain in just one hour. That is the highest intensity in the measurement network.

Lightning struck the roof of a house on the Ouburg in Dendermonde during the night from Saturday to Sunday. This immediately caused a roof fire, which forced the fire brigade to arrive on site. The damage to the home is significant. The family was present at the time of the impact, but was able to leave the home in time. Read more here.

“The scattered thunderstorm with locally high precipitation intensities is moving northeastward. There is enough momentum in the showers to avoid flooding in most places, but locally it cannot be ruled out,” reports our weatherman David Dehenauw.

“Hail of up to 1-2 cm may occur very locally, but not in most places. It will become drier from the southwest and it will become dry in many places in the late night or early morning,” it said.

In Zandbergen, East Flanders, beautiful lightning bolts can sometimes be seen, as the photo below from a reader clearly shows.

The heavy thunderstorm may have caused a power outage in the municipality of Heers (Limburg). Kristof Pirard, the mayor of that place, reported this on Facebook.

Fluvius is now aware of the power outage and is investigating the cause.

The thunderstorm is here and there accompanied by hail showers, as in Dadizele (West Flanders). This sometimes produces large hail, as one of our readers shows.

The storm has now also reached East Flanders, as images from our readers from that province show.

In Wingene, West Flanders, a beautiful bolt of lightning illuminates the sky this night. We received this image from a reader.

The storm that entered our country via France is also visible and heard Desselgem (West Flanders). The photo below shows several lightning bolts at the same time.

Also in Izegem (West Flanders), it is now thundering. That shows the photo below that was submitted by one of our readers.

In DiksmuideWest Flanders, the first thunderstorms have arrived. A reader sent us the photo below.

The first thunderstorms are currently hanging over France. This is reported by NoodweerBenelux. “Chances are that a lot of people will tonight and tonight a troubled time experience is growing because several weather models have anticipated this scenario. After midnight, sound and light shows in several places risk of hail and flooding.”

With these tropical temperatures, many people have come to the coast, but it is don’t get over your heads anywhere. It was only slightly busier in Middelkerke and Ostend. This is evident from a survey among several local police zones.

Into a zone Ostend the crowd barometer turned orange. “It’s pleasantly busy, but everything runs smoothly,” says the local police. “The inflow is going well, there is no traffic jam anywhere and there is still room in the city center car parks.” The beach police keep an eye on things and due to the predicted warm weather, the summer crowd plan was also activated.

In Middelkerke According to the crowd barometer, it was very busy on Saturday afternoon, but the Bier aan Zee event is in full swing there. “As a result, there are a lot of people on the dike, but that does not cause any problems,” said the local police. Also in Blankenberge there are more people out and about than usual. “It is pleasantly busy here, but cannot be compared to the absolute top days in the summer,” says the spokesperson for the local police. “Everything is going smoothly and we obviously hope it stays that way.” In Knokke-Heistthe northernmost municipality on the coast, makes a similar sound. “With these summer temperatures it is a bit busier than usual, but everything runs smoothly.”

The French weather service has forecast for Sunday in 35 departments, about a third of the country, warning code red declared due to the heat wave. It’s about it highest warning level. Code orange applies in another 45 departments, reports Météo-France.

In total, approximately 41 million inhabitants of France are confronted with the consequences of a heat wave. In various areas of the country the temperature rises to almost 40 degrees.

The fire brigade is still working on it in many places in the Flemish Ardennes clearing trees, branches, roof tiles and other material blown away by the storm yesterday. “It is unseen“, says Kruisem mayor Joop Verzele (CD&V), in whose municipality the iconic Huisekouter mill has been destroyed. There is great dismay in the village, but the residents sound determined: “There must be another mill here.”

The heavy thunderstorm that mainly crossed the border between East and West Flanders on Friday evening also for agriculture harmful consequences. Flax farmer Lieven Decock (61) from Heestert (Zwevegem) saw it flax that was rotting on the field a hundred meters further ended up. It’s by one whirlwind that passed through the region and caused a lot of damage, was sucked in and ended up again further away.

The RMI has declared a code yellow for thunderstorms the whole country. The warning applies to the later evening, depending on the province from 9 pm or later.

Tonight, tonight and tomorrow morning the atmosphere will become unstable again, the RMI explains. There can thunderstorms arise, which can sometimes be significant, with chance heavy gusts of wind and hail.

Code yellow can be declared for different circumstances: 20 to 30 liters per square meter in 1 hour or 20 to 40 l/m² in 6 hours or 25 to 50 l/m² in 24 hours or locally heavy gusts or hailstones of 1 to 2 centimeters.