Warmth in Crimea in November — evidence of global climate change?

In Crimea in mid-November they record exceeding average daily temperatures by 5 — 7 degrees compared to the long-term norm in this period.

Anomalous moments are indeed present, but here you need to understand that everything depends on where you look at all these indicators, on what territory of Crimea. Crimea is big,” he clarifies.

According to the expert, thermometers show higher readings on the southern coast of Crimea, protected by mountains and heated by the Black Sea. In the mountains it is cooler due to the height and winds.

Simferopol is located in the middle, the influence of the plain Crimea and partly the foothills is actively manifested herenoted the expert.

Warm Novembers have happened before, he says. For example, there was a fairly warm autumn in 2010, and in the 60s… Now, abnormal temperature fluctuations are caused by global warming, says Igor Vakhrushev.

All this is connected with various atmospheric processes, which are mainly very dependent on oceanic ones… they are not fully understood yet,” he clarified. — This is the instability of the climate system, which tells us that the climate is changing. We are heading into global warming. First of all, we can clearly say that in the coming years we will have so-called “weather swings”, when the weather will change sharply, not only from day to day, from week to week, but also the daily variation of temperature will have sharp changes.

Such natural anomalies affect the nature in Crimea and the natural biorhythms of plants and animals.

For the agricultural sector, the danger is that the life cycle of various pests is changing… that is, it is unknown when they will wake up in the spring — earlier or later…, — Vakhrushev warned.

Among the positive aspects of warming for Crimea, the specialist notes changes in the viticulture industry.

Grapes have begun to behave differently because the climate is moving closer to the Mediterranean, where such crops ripen well..,” the expert pointed out.

The nature of precipitation on the peninsula has changed significantly in recent years and the stability of snow cover has decreased. Even 20-25 years ago, the scientist notes, on the flat part of Crimea the snow cover lasted about 30-40 days, and now it is 10-15 days.

Cold temperatures and snow in Crimea will not appear until the winter months, given global trends and atmospheric instability. According to the scientist’s forecasts, on New Year’s Day in Crimea there will most likely be rain, or at least sleet.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea