Friday brought winter rainfall in a part of the country. Rain with snow and wet snow appeared in the northeast. More autumn than the spring aura is associated with the Lowland, which is located above Poland. Should the winter aura surprise in mid -May? Historical data shows that snow in Polish lowlands can appear even in June.
Poland is under the influence of Lorenz low pressure system, the center of which is located on Podlasie. According to the synoptic of TVNmeteo.pl Arleta Unton-Pyziołek, the atmospheric front, a bow, extends on Friday morning from Kashubia, through Kujawy, Mazovia, Podlasie and Masuriacarrying the northern and north-eastern part of the country heavy rainfall. A few hours earlier, he was lying on Warmia, among others.
– This rainfall is found in a portion of cold, arctic air that pushes the front deep into Poland. Hence the large temperature difference between Podlasie, where around 8 o'clock thermometers showed 3 degrees Celsius and, for example, West Pomerania, where the temperature reaches 11-12 degrees – said the synoptic of tvnmeteo.pl.
It rains with snow and wet snow
As the synoptic tvnmeteo.pl explained, in this portion of the arctic air lying over northeastern Poland, rainfall with snow and wet snow occurred. There, zero degrees are inside low above the ground, at an altitude of about 800-1000 meters above sea level. It is thanks to her that winter rainfall appeared.
The GFS model below shows the height of the freezing level – that is, the height at which the zero isotherm – above Poland.
Establishment level in Poland – height above sea level
Winter rainfall in the north of the country
On contact24 we received a recording of snow incident in Ełk (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) Snow.
Winter rainfall in May, and even in June happened in the past, which is shown by history. When did the snow fall in Poland in spring at the latest? – We have two such records. On June 1, 1975, the snow fell in Ustce. Snow also appeared on June 2, 1928 in Suwałki and Olecko – said Tomasz Wasilewski, presenter of tvnmeteo.pl. “These are at least two weeks when this snow can still rain,” he added.
Snowy records in PolandTvn24
Source of the main photo: Contact24/ Tomek