Forecasters have warned that weather tomorrow in Irkutsk Oblast will turn hazardous on July 7 and 8, with strong and very strong rain, heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail and wind gusts reaching 15 to 20 meters per second. The forecast is not limited to one corner of the region: it covers a wide area and puts residents of Irkutsk Oblast on alert for two straight days.
That matters now because the same outlook points to a sharp split in conditions across the region. While much of the territory is expected to see rain at night in the western, northwestern, central and southern districts, precipitation should spread during the day to almost all areas, with fog possible in some places in the morning. In Irkutsk, the sky is expected to stay cloudy, with light rain at night and moderate rain during the day, while On Baikal the forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms, fog in the morning, and wind of 6 to 11 meters per second with gusts up to 17 meters per second.
The numbers behind the warning show why the next two days are being watched closely. Across the region, nighttime temperatures are expected to hold at plus 14 to plus 19 degrees, with daytime values mostly at plus 25 to plus 30 degrees. In In Irkutsk, nights should stay between plus 17 and plus 19 degrees, and daytime temperatures are expected to reach plus 25 degrees. On Baikal, temperatures are forecast at plus 12 to plus 17 degrees at night and plus 22 to plus 27 degrees during the day.
The sharpest contradiction in the forecast is in the northeast, where daytime temperatures on July 7 may reach plus 37 degrees even as heavy rain, hail and strong wind are expected elsewhere in the region. That combination raises the risk of people underestimating the weather tomorrow because one district can feel like midsummer while another faces a storm, and the forecast does not single out which settlements will take the hardest hit. High and extreme forest fire danger also remains in the region, adding another layer of concern to a two-day window already marked by unstable conditions.
For residents, the practical reading is simple: July 7 and 8 are not shaping up as routine summer days in Irkutsk Oblast. The most important unanswered question is where the strongest cells will form, because the warning covers the whole region but gives no district-by-district breakdown of the worst impact.
