2024
According to LHMS data and residents’ reports, fierce tornadoes were raging in Lithuania in the afternoon of 13 July. Although it is doubtful whether it was two different tornadoes or one that weakened, picked up and came down again, reports indicate that at around 16:00 the disaster struck the village of Jauniškės in the district […]
On 20-21 May, the LHMS was visited by guests from abroad. LHMS specialists had the opportunity to listen to several interesting presentations on foreign experiences and satellite measurements. On 20th of May Meteorologist Robert Varley presented his work on developing a methodology for impact-based forecasts and warnings at the UK Met Office “Developing MHEWS in […]
By the end of the century, heatwaves and tropical nights are predicted to increase, the growing season will lengthen and cold days will decrease. Total annual precipitation is also projected to continue to increase from the current 684 mm to between 42 mm and 98 mm, especially in winter. Baltic Sea level rise will range […]
In 2010, the Lithuanian economy suffered €2.8 million in damages as a result of ice drifts on Lithuanian rivers and rising floodwaters. Last year, a 30-kilometre-long ice jam on the Daugava River near Jekabpils in Latvia cost the Latvian economy around €2.5 million. Hoping to help prevent millions of euros in losses, Latvian and Lithuanian […]
Vilnius University (Faculty of Physics and Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics) together with partners Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Environment is implementing the project “Implementation of the activities of the National EuroHPC Partnership Centre of Excellence”. The aim of the project is to strengthen competences […]
On 18 April distinguished guests visited LHMS Our service was visited by speakers from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF Liaison Group), as well as meteorologists from the Department of Hydrology and Climatology of Vilnius University. Throughout the day, there were six different presentations. Stijn Vermoote (Head of ECMWF’s User Outreach and Involvement […]
We are pleased to announce that Latvian Centre for Environment, Geology and Meteorology, together with Lithuanian Energy Institute and Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service at the Ministry of Environment have started the implementation of a new project “Ice-jam flood risk management in Latvian and Lithuanian regions with respect to climate change” (acronym – ICEREG). Ice jams in rivers are very dangerous – […]