Illustrative photo – Rain and melting snow in the mountains raised the levels of Šumava rivers. The flooded Roklan stream in Modrava in Klatovsk, January 4, 2022.
Prague – In parts of the Highlands and Šumava, in the borderland from Krkonoše to Jeseníky and in the Vsetín region, water levels may rise until Sunday evening due to the rapid melting of snow, but they should not overflow their banks. Strong winds with gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour are expected by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) throughout almost the entire Czech Republic today, especially in the west and south of the territory on Sunday. Meteorologists updated the warning today.
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“In response to precipitation totals accompanied by high above-zero temperatures in combination with fresh gusty winds, there was a rapid thawing of the snow cover in the mountainous areas,” said the CHMÚ. The Jizera in Železné Brod, Flájský potok in Český Jiřetín, Divoká Orlice in Orlické Záhoří, Sázava in Žďár nad Sázavou and in the village of Sázava, Svratka in Dalečín, Budišovka in Budišov reached the first level of flood activity, when the water has not yet overflowed the banks. above Budišovka, Bystřička above the reservoir and Velká Stanovice in Karolínka below the reservoir.
“Due to the expected cooling that will manifest itself in today's afternoon, we expect a gradual stabilization of the hydrological situation, especially in the northern and northeastern regions of Bohemia and Moravia,” the meteorologists said. But already on Monday, they expect a new warming with temperatures above zero in the entire territory of the Czech Republic, but without significant precipitation. The ČHMÚ warning against the rise of flows to the first flood stage is valid until this evening in the Vysočina and Šumava parts, in the border area from Krkonoše to Jeseníky and in the Vsetínsk region.
In the last 24 hours, it also rained in mountainous areas, the most according to meteorologists in northeastern border mountains. The maximum totals were 38 millimeters in the Krkonoše mountains, 26 mm in the Jizerské and Orlické mountains, 15 mm in the Lužické mountains, up to 13 mm in Šumava and ten millimeters in the Jeseníky mountains. The snow is so wet, but for now, even on the slopes in the lower ski areas, there is usually tens of centimeters of cover, according to information from the Českéhory.cz website. have a speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour in impacts. It should blow until around 4:00 p.m. mainly in the south and west of the territory.
