2024-05-24 02:11:18
The exception, which confirms the rule, are the areas of Epirus and Western Macedonia by way of rainfall, with the discount in Greece reaching 50% within the earlier months in comparison with the typical of the earlier decade.
Epirus and Western Macedonia are the one areas that maintained and elevated rainfall, as all of the others recorded a big lower in whole rainfall from October 2023 to April 2024, i.e. the interval when most rains happen in our nation .
The newspaper “Kathimerini” processed the information of a number of meteorological stations of the community of the Nationwide Observatory of Athens in collaboration with the scientific workforce of meteo.gr.
The drop is huge in Central Greece, with Lamia this yr having solely 55% of the typical rain of the final decade, Athens 57%, whereas considerably higher however low are the mountain stations in Parnitha with 66% and Steni Evia with 64%. Within the Peloponnese, rural Nemea (49%), in addition to Pyrgos (51%), are very low, whereas Sparta (93%) and Tripoli (91%) are near the averages. Going additional north, Thessaloniki had a really low rainfall, with solely 52%, whereas Nevrokopi can also be low (62%). Orestiada (87%) was significantly better, whereas Ptolemaida (141%) and Ioannina (108%) had greater than “regular” rainfall for the season, which in any case receives a whole lot of rain. In Trikala, as in the remainder of Thessaly, after the “Daniel” deluge, the quantity of rain was restricted (73% of the typical of the earlier decade). Much more worrying is the scenario on the islands, particularly the Cyclades, the place the rainfall this yr was additionally low. In Tinos it didn’t exceed 65% of the 2012-2022 common, whereas in Naxos it reached 75%. An analogous image in Crete, the place within the Apokoronou Fountains of Chania (though it rained rather a lot, the identify of the place additionally says so), the overall quantity was solely 65% of AD. of the earlier decade. In jap Crete, issues are even drier, as solely 41% of the rain that fell in earlier years fell in Moiras and 56% in Agios Nikolaos!
This can be a very worrying growth, which negatively impacts water reserves, the water desk, crops, but additionally soil moisture, forming extra favorable situations for forest fires, particularly if very excessive temperatures prevail in summer season.
The detrimental picture of this yr, so far as the enrichment of the water desk is worried, is bolstered by the low degree of snowfall we had this yr. From the diagram with the snow cowl areas in Greece, it follows that this yr’s curve moved total a lot decrease than the curve of the 20-year common 2004-2023. Particularly from the start of February onwards we had little or no snowfall and the snow cowl receded quickly as a result of elevated temperatures. Thus, solely 3% of the nation had snow, whereas the typical worth is greater than 10%-15% for February, 7%-10% in March, whereas there was snow on peaks even in April.