Slovakia is divided and thunderstorms are threatening in the afternoon. It rains in the west and the tropics in the east
The weather in our territory today affects the frontal interface, which eventually shifted further east than originally expected. This is also a consequence of the change in weather that has been going on, and so it should be for the rest of today.
Yesterday brought quite intense storms to the wider Alps. They were taken care of by the frontal interface, on which the mentioned storms formed.
During the evening, this frontal interface moved through Austria to the Czech Republic, where the storms were very pronounced. They brought heavy rainfall and high lightning activity.
Up to 100 mm of precipitation fell in the vicinity of Prague, which temporarily flooded smaller streams. Intense storm activity bypassed us in the main wave, but storms also occurred in Slovakia.
It’s raining in the west after a stormy night
Around midnight, storms began to form over western Slovakia and Lake Neusiedl, which then accelerated and progressed to the northeast. The storms hit a wider area of Bratislava and subsequently moved to western Slovakia.
Storms gradually occurred almost throughout western Slovakia. Lightning detection recorded more than 7,500 lightning strikes last night.
recorded flashes until 2:00
recorded lightning after 2:00, source: blesky.bourky.cz
Over the past few hours, we have seen how the nature of the weather can change from hour to hour, and even the most accurate numerical prediction models can be wrong. The situation is such that there is a large pressure head above Eastern Europe. The aforementioned frontal border over the Alps, Austria and the Czech Republic was supposed to fall apart over these areas, as the higher pressure will not release it due to the high pressure towards the east. But in the end, there has been a change.
The frontal interface of the foyer advanced a little further east and up to about 300 km than originally expected. Currently, the frontal interface is located above western Slovakia to a fundamental situation.
The whole area was supposed to be sunny today, but in the end everything is different. It is still raining in the west, while the eastern parts of Slovakia enjoy the very warm weather.
Slovakia is divided
In the morning, a field of storms and heavy rain arrived over western Slovakia, which brought significant precipitation totals. In the morning, more than 10 mm of rain rained in the morning. Current precipitation totals during the night and this morning in western Slovakia climb to 20 mm.
recorded precipitation over Slovakia, source: SHMÚ
While in the west it still rains at a temperature below +20 ° C, to the east the weather is completely different. Sunny weather prevails here with temperatures starting to exceed +30 ° C. In Somotore it is already +31.2 ° C.
The weather in Slovakia should be shared today. Numerical models assume that in the western part of the territory, variable clouds will predominate and more showers and storms may form, while in the east it will be sunny and very warm. The clouds will decrease in the evening, when the frontal interface over our territory disintegrates.