Water ice

About 14% of country under snow

About 14 percent of the country's land surface was covered in snow on Sunday, the National Observatory of Athens' Meteo weather service has reported.

Satellite data shows that that the area under snow during last week exceeds the average of the period from 2004 to 2022 and is the third most extensive since 2005 for the same timeframe.

Bulgaria: No Snow on Christmas

"On Thursday and Friday it will rain, there will be over 700-800 meters of snow. Christmas will be snowless, I don't see any precipitation until December 25 in the whole country", said Prof. Georgi Rachev on bTV.

The weather in the Balkans is warmer than in Spain, he added. However, there will be snow for the skiers.

Weather in Bulgaria: Increase of Temperatures and No Precipitation

Today, before noon, there will be temporary increases in cloudiness over the country, but only in isolated places will light rain fall, in the mountains - light snow. In the morning hours, there will be reduced visibility in places in the Upper Thracian plain. Clouds will reduce to mostly sunny weather over most of the country after midday.

Weather in Bulgaria: Colder with Snowfall in Some Regions

Northwestern Bulgaria anticipates a chance of precipitation in the morning, while rain persists in the southeastern regions. Meanwhile, snowfall is forecasted for mountainous and Northeastern Bulgaria, likely forming a thin snow cover. The mercury is expected to dip, with temperatures ranging from minus 3°C to 2°C, dropping to around minus 3°C in Sofia.

Weather in Bulgaria: Cold and New Precipitation of Rain and Snow in the Next Hours

Cloudiness will be significant today. Rainfall will begin from the northwest, which will also cover the extreme southeastern regions, there it will be accompanied by thunder. There will be more significant quantities in places in Eastern Bulgaria.

The world is threatened with total chaos? Billions of people at risk

This is according to new analyzes and maps by climatologists of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The lack of snow is not so harmless and it doesn't just mean that we will have less shoveling to do during the winter. It can lead to increased warming and disrupt the availability of food and drinking water for billions of people.

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