Agrometeorology: the size of inland water areas in the Great Plain is increasing

By: STA Date: 2023. 12. 11. 09:30

In recent days, precipitation has arrived in several waves, significant snow cover has formed in many places, but the size of inland water areas is increasing in the Great Plain, the National Meteorological Service wrote in its agrometeorological analysis on Thursday.

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They wrote: the rainy weather that has been going on for weeks has continued, during the last ten days the amount of precipitation in the central part of the country exceeds 80 millimeters. The amount of precipitation in the last 30 days in the wide area of the Kaposvár-Nyíregyháza line is 100, and in some places more than 150 millimeters, which is more than double the monthly average. The upper 50-centimeter layer of the soil has become saturated almost throughout the country, but even in the one-meter layer there is a lack of moisture only in the Great Plain. Here, the deeper layers are still dry, but on soils with poor water management, seepage is very slow, and precipitation arrived at a higher rate, so the extent of inland water areas continued to increase, especially in the Great Plain. The peak temperature was typically around 0 degrees Celsius, but 17-18 degrees were measured in the southeast on Saturday. The coldest night occurred on Monday morning, during the mostly clear night, frosts around minus 10 degrees also occurred in the frosty area and in the snowy northeast.

The long autumn was favorable for the autumn sowings, which was accompanied by heavy rainfall especially from the second half of October

The heavy rain in the Great Plain has already stopped on the fields in many places, and the permanent water coverage is not favorable for the herds, especially at temperatures above plus 4 or plus 5 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the upper one-meter layer of the soil is already filled with moisture in most parts of the country, and the water also reaches the even deeper layers, which is a favorable outlook for the next year. Precipitation is to be expected in the continuation, weather fronts will arrive from the ocean in the first half of the week, bringing mixed precipitation. The temperature is expected to be mostly below freezing at night, around or slightly above 0 degrees during the day. The weather in the south-western part of the country will soften considerably this week. The snow layer will slowly wear away, it will melt in the west at the beginning of the week, it may only remain in the north and northeast, where it will receive a little supply on Sunday.

MTI