Will the prophecy come true and the La Niña weather phenomenon will bring us a winter that we will never forget?
A meteorologist now makes a clear statement.
Will the
La Niña weather phenomenon
really ensure a
winter of the
century?
Experts already warned of freezing cold and extensive
snow
in October
.
A
meteorologist
thinks this is nonsense and gives a forecast himself.
Munich -
The most adventurous speculations have been circulating for months
about the
La Niña weather phenomenon
.
Some meteorologists predicted that
La Niña would bring
a true winter of the
century
to the country.
But how likely is it really that the
climate phenomenon, the weather in the winter
so
influenced?
Weather phenomenon La Niña: Snow-white Christmas and winters of the century possible in Germany?
As early as October, speculations were making
the rounds
about a possible winter of the
century
and a snow-white Christmas.
La Niña is to
blame for this
.
The
weather phenomenon La Niña
(Spanish for "girl")
has its origin
in the tropical Pacific.
While the upper water layers of the western Pacific are warming up there, the sea off South America cools down.
But because
La Niña
mainly ensures cooler temperatures around the equator, this also has indirect consequences for the
weather
in Germany
due to the influence of the trade winds and the cold Antarctic current
.
How does La Niña impact weather across the United States and the globe?
It first starts with changing the Walker Circulation, the way the atmosphere flows across the tropics.
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- NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) October 15, 2020
According to
“wetter.net”
, the phenomenon last occurred in 2010 and gave us a
far-reaching
white Christmas
in
Germany
.
But will that be the case again this year?
After all, the
permafrost
has not
set in, nor has a white blanket of snow formed, which has remained lying for more than two consecutive days.
At least not in lower regions.
La Niña weather phenomenon: Meteorologist finds clear words - "It's really a shame"
Graduate meteorologist
Dominik Jung thinks
relatively little
of the speculations about the winter of the century,
which were largely triggered by the
American weather service NOAA
.
He says all nonsense: “It's
really a shame
with the dubious and unscientific talk.
Of course, La Niña can have an impact on winter, but it's just one of many factors that play a role, ”he told
wetter.net
.
For him the greatest nonsense: the
prophecy of a white Christmas!
"You can't say anything about that today." According to Jung, Germany is still a long way from wintering: "Neither a lot of snow nor frost has been able to establish itself so far."
Opposite situation in the Alps and Italy: There is a massive storm alarm there
While most of Germany is covered by snow, there is a
huge amount of snow
in the
Alps.
There is a
risk of avalanches
and some
places are completely
isolated
from the outside world
.
The storm situation remains
devastating
- for now.
“On Tuesday and Wednesday, the next low in Italy in Upper Carinthia and East Tyrol will bring widespread snowfall into the valleys again.
This adds another 50 centimeters of
fresh snow
, occasionally around 100, for example in the Lesach Valley, ”Gerhard Hohenwarter from ZAMG is
quoted
from the Austrian weather
portal wetter.at
.
How
dramatic the situation
is could also be seen at the weekend in the
Austrian Lesach Valley.
There was with
190 liters in 24 hours set a new
precipitation
record.
The community in Carinthia was without electricity and was cut off from the outside world.
The lower regions, such as
Venice, have
struggled
with severe weather
.
Heavy rains
have
caused
the water level to rise in the Italian city and have
flooded parts of the city
.
The
flood
rose to a level of 1.37 meters above sea level on Tuesday afternoon and even penetrated St. Mark's Basilica on central St. Mark's Square.
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