Considerations regarding the evolutions of atmospheric precipitations in the spring seasons in Iași area – Case Study: The meteorological event dated on 14 April 2016

Abstract

The study is a comparative analysis of the characteristics of atmospheric precipitations in spring seasons from the WMO reference periods (1961 - 1990, 1981 – 2010) compared with last 7 years (2010 – 2016). In 14 april 2016 a meteorological event was produced in the Iași area who have produced material damage, flooded streets and obstruction of traffic. In the spring seasons of the last 7 years (2010-2016) the atmospheric precipitation amounts were with 8% higher than during 1981 – 2010 and were apropiate on mean value of the 1961 – 1990. In the period of 1961 – 2016 were a continuous increase of the mean number of days with precipitation > 30 mm per day and the half of total number of days with more than 40 mm per day were recorded in the last 16 years. We consider that an increase of torrential character of precipitation in the spring season in Iași area.