I can't say that I know any Bulgarians, but I'm sure that it's a wonderful spot with fantastic people. Also, today it's Bulgaria's turn to come under the Victoria-Weather microscope. Unlike other nations in southern Europe, the climate isn't wholly modified by the Mediterranean, instead seeing a largely continental air mass that pulls down from the Balkans. Theoretically, they are in the rain shadow of the Balkan mountains, however with ample water bodies in the Black and Aegean Seas near by, the country certainly isn't in a drought. Much like the US region in the rain shadow of the Rockies, the air is a little bit drier, and as such easier to warm. Temperatures in the summer have been known to climb into the 100s, particularly near the Turkish border. Winters, as with most areas with a continental air mass, can be rather bitter, save for along the Black Sea coast, where things are a bit modified. Like the US east coast, however, the Black Sea coast is prone to the occasional nasty winter storm.
With the dynamic forces at work in Bulgaria, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology has it's hands full. At the NIMH homepage, though, they cut right to the chase, with the most important factors for Bulgaria's agricultural economy right out front, namely soil, temperature and river forecasts and information. On the weather forecast tab, you get to a new forecast page. The NIMH strikes me as a more academic institution, rather than one for providing weather data, and as such the page is understandably sparse. Surely if there was anything going on presently, there would be more content. It looks as though the content is the same in English (which is blessedly good) as it is on the Bulgarian part of the site, so I'm not getting short changed. I would really like to check the site out sometime in winter to see how the respond to the stronger weather.