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By Laman Ismayilova

Baku woke up to a windy morning on Friday with winds blowing at a speed of 16-25 m/s in parts of the city. The temperature, however, remained a close to the average for this time of the year at 9-11 degrees Celsius.

The winds will continue tomorrow, but no significant drop is expected in temperatures, according to the Ecology Ministry.

In Baku and Absheron peninsula, the weather will be changeable cloudy, mainly rainless in the afternoon on April 1.

Rain is predicted in some places at night and in the evening. Strong north-west wind will be followed with mild south wind in the afternoon.

The temperature will be +3-5˚C at night, +7-11˚C in daytime in Absheron peninsula, +4-6˚C at night, +9-11˚C in the afternoon.

Rainy weather is expected in the regions of Azerbaijan, while sleet will be observed in mountainous regions. The temperature will be +1-6˚C at night, +8-13˚C in daytime, 0-5degrees of frost in mountains at night, +3-8˚C in daytime.

"Strong winds are natural phenomena for our country and such winds have been observed in every 8-10 years", said Maharram Hasanov, member of Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hasanov added that the strongest winds were observed last time in February in 2007. “Its maximum speed reached 35-40 m/s,” he said.

Hasanov said that strong north-west winds will continue to blow on Saturday.

"Winds are usual for the end of March and the begging of April, but such strong winds are observed only in 8-10 years. Strong winds will blow only in Baku and Absheron peninsula,” he said, adding that the speed of the today’s wind may reach 30-35 meters per second if forecasts turned true.

The weathermen at the Ecology Ministry said, the coming week will grow progressively warmer with minimum temperatures ranging between 11-15 degrees Celsius.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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