Calm weather to accompany Baku summit

Calm weather is expected in Baku on the opening day of the third summit of Caspian states, Chief Hydrologist of the Azerbaijani Environment and Natural Resources Ministry's National Hydrometeorology Department Asif Verdiyev said.

He added that significant changes in the weather are not expected over the next three days.

"The weather is expected to be partly cloudy, and fog and rain is possibly expected in the evenings in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula," he said. "Temperatures are expected to hit 16-19 during the day and 9-11 degrees at night."

According to Verdiyev, air temperature in some lowland areas in Azerbaijan will reach 14-19 degrees during the day and 5-10 degrees at night. Meanwhile, the air temperature will reach 12-16 degrees in mountainous areas during the day, and 5.9 degrees at night.

Baku will host the summit of the Caspian littoral countries on Nov. 18. A security cooperation agreement covering the Caspian Sea is expected to be signed at the Baku summit.


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