Precipitation exceeding the norm by 9 times was recorded in Kamchatka
Forecasters explained which factor at the end of March influenced heavy precipitation and temperature records on the peninsula, Kamchatka.Today reports, citing the Kamchatka Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring.
In the third decade of March, a powerful blocking ridge of high pressure was established over the Bering Sea, and active cyclones from the Khabarovsk Territory and Japan began to reach the shores of Kamchatka, bringing with them warm and humid air masses.
“The average decadal air temperature everywhere exceeded the climatic norm by 2-5 °C. Thaws were observed in all regions of the region, on some days the air warmed up to +2,+8 ° C, and on March 29 in Kozyrevsk – up to +11 ° C. In some places, in the Ust-Kamchatsky and Karaginsky formations, the maximum air temperature reached or exceeded the absolute maximum,” the Kamchatka UGMS said.
The amount of precipitation over the decade in most parts of the region exceeded long-term values from 1.5 to 9 times. Less than usual precipitation fell only in Bystrinsky and in the east of the Ust-Kamchatsky district. At the same time, due to the fact that warm cyclones brought snow and rain, at the end of March in most areas of the region, the snow cover height remained below normal.