Along with the heat that the “Jürgen” altitude will bring to Austria – up to 37 degrees to be announced mid-week – drought will intensify in some regions of the country. This especially affects the east, as Manfred Spatzierer, chief meteorologist at Austria’s Severe Weather Center explained. “The water level of Lake Neusiedler See will undercut the negative record of 2003 in the coming days,” Spatzierer said.
At that time, Lake Neusiedler had to contend with an exceptionally dry period, so that at the end of September a water level of 115.05 meters above the Adriatic Sea was recorded. It was not until 2006 that the lake really recovered from this. Since 2020, the water level has been falling again.
A few days ago, a start was made on sucking up sludge in the Bay of Rust in order to increase the water column by 25 centimeters. The water supply of the Hungarian Moson-Danube is also planned.
July still too dry
As the Ubimet Weather Service reported in a broadcast, July has so far been far too dry – in terms of precipitation – especially in East Tyrol and Carinthia, as well as from Vorarlberg to the Hausruckviertel and in the eastern lowlands. In some regions, less than half the usual amount of precipitation fell in a year-over-year comparison.
The deviations were especially noticeable at only ten percent of the target from the Lienz Valley to the Gurktal Alps. Only 35 percent of the usual amount of precipitation fell in the federal capital.
Source: Krone
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