Here’s another piece of evidence: The ice damage mitigation system has nothing to do with drought

By: STA Date: 2022. 08. 03. 17:47

On July 30, a marked cold front passed over our country. Due to the threat of hail, the National Meteorological Service issued an alert for almost the entire country, and accordingly, the ice damage mitigation system was operating almost everywhere, except for a few districts. On this day, more than 30-50 mm of rain fell in a short time in the eastern and northern counties of the country, and the daily rainfall record was broken. Along with scientific evidence and decades of operational experience, this also perfectly refutes the baseless misconception that the national ice damage mitigation system can be held responsible for the drought.

Due to a cold front, the weekend judgment time was formed in some parts of the country. (Photo: Pixabay)

Last Saturday, July 30th, as a result of a strong cold front, thunderstorms formed one after another in the northern, Transdanubian and central regions of our country, and later also in the Great Plain, where there were also heavy rains. A significant amount of precipitation, exceeding 30-50 mm, fell in a large area. There were places where two months of precipitation fell, the most precipitation, 123.2 mm, was measured in Tiszakarád. This is a new daily rainfall record, which exceeded the 105.8 mm registered in Fertőrákos in 2014 by almost 20 mm.

As a result of the front, ice-threatening thunderstorms formed

On this day, based on the alert of the National Meteorological Service, the ice damage mitigation system was operating almost throughout the country: the ground generators were operating from the early hours of the morning in Southern Transdanubia, Central and Northern Hungary, and from late morning to afternoon in the Great Plain; thanks to this, no damaging, larger grain ice formed in the countries. During the operation of the ice damage reduction system, the significant amount of precipitation that fell in the Great Plain proves beyond all doubt that the ice damage reduction system has nothing to do with the drought. The background of the extraordinary lack of precipitation is the global weather conditions, which have already affected almost half of Europe’s crop areas.

Generator operators were attacked in several districts due to a misconception

As it is known, several generator operators received death threats a few weeks ago, so the National Chamber of Agricultural Economy stopped the ice damage mitigation system in the area of the threatened generator operators. The baseless misconception – that the ice damage mitigation system causes the drought – is refuted by scientific evidence and several decades of operational experience. In addition to reducing the size of the ice particles, the system cannot influence other weather parameters, especially the distribution and intensity of precipitation, the formation and movement of clouds. Among others, a recognized authority in the science of meteorology, prof. dr. István Geresdi, MTA doctor, also confirmed it.

Practical experience also shows this

In the southern Transdanubian counties, ice damage mitigation has been going on for about 3 decades, during this period there were rainy and drought years in accordance with the variability of the weather, as is otherwise typical of the weather in Central Europe. Very little rain fell in January and February this year, even though the ice damage reduction system has only been operating since April 15. In addition, in 2020 – when the de-icing operation was in operation for the third year with nationwide coverage – three to four times the usual (average) amount of precipitation fell in the Great Plain in June.

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