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The Baltic Sea laps at the beaches
Klaipėda Beaches, the joint company that maintains Klaipėda’s beaches, shared images of the stormy Baltic Sea at night. The raging sea engulfed the beaches and washed away the dunes.
The storm is spreading away
People are reporting on social media that the storm is spreading far from the coast.
People share that extremely strong wind and heavy blizzard raged at night in Kretinga, Plunge, Žemaičių Naumiestis, Jurbarka.
“In Kretinga, they chatter as they should, they close the windows,” writes Vainius from Kretinga.
Without electricity – part of the coastal population
The fault map of the electricity provider ESO shows that during the night to Saturday, part of the settlements of Palanga, Klaipėda Melnragė, some residential areas near Klaipėda and further districts of Klaipėda remained without electricity.
Human emotions: never seen before
People share their impressions and emotions caused by the disaster in a Facebook group.
“Oh, what a hurricane by the sea, it looks like it will take the roof off with gusts,” writes Staselė. “It’s scary, we’re near Karklė, the electricity goes out, but it keeps coming back on, it’s very scary,” Vitalija answers her. Staselė replies that she has already torn the neighbor’s tin off the roof.
“Cruel, what a hurricane. Rather, the night would pass and everything would calm down. Dituva gardens, it looks like it is right next to the sea, will the roof hold? The electricity flickers, flickers, doesn’t know our yard or our neighbors,” Inga shares her anxiety.
“In Gargžde, heaven and earth mix, except for the flood, it is similar to Anatolia. A restless night awaits, God willing, without losses and misfortunes,” writes Ernesta.
Arvydas from the Klaipėda district shares that a terrible blizzard and hurricane-force winds have been raging for at least an hour and a half.
Gargžda, part of Palanga and Klaipėda remained without electricity
Residents of Gargžda complain that they are left without electricity. Before midnight, electricity went out in the city center and other places.
Electricity also went out in a part of Palanga and some districts of Klaipėda, which are closer to the sea.
There is a terrible noise in the throat
A blizzard was raging in Karkla before midnight, so much so that people were afraid to go outside.
“That rumble is terrible,” shared their impressions. But not everyone was afraid. Others enjoyed such experiences: “Try to go outside, forks, what an attraction, the whole family was there, it was the first time such an experience.”
In Palanga, there was a heavy blizzard, some people were left without electricity
Daiva, who lives in Palanga, published a video in “Oru enthusiastuai” showing that a heavy blizzard raged in the resort after midnight. Some residents of Palanga complained that they were left without electricity.
A real hurricane
Valė from Veiviržėnai described what she saw from the window on social networks as follows: “A real hurricane, but the snow is weaker, the snow is wet.”
The wind in Klaipėda reached hurricane level
Meteorologist Gytis Valaika writes that, according to the latest calculations, the snow cover may thicken to 7-10 cm in Western Lithuania by Sunday morning. Elsewhere it will also snow, but less. The snow cover will reach up to 1-5 cm. Some of the models give higher numbers, because it is not clear how exactly the atmospheric vortex shown in the previous post will pass, how intense it will be and how much snow it will manage to add.
7:52 p.m. Gusts up to 26 m/s were recorded in Klaipėda port. The wind will get stronger. The zone of strong winds with snow is expanding to the east.
9:02 p.m. Gusts up to 29-30 m/s were recorded in Klaipėda port.
23:27 Impressive wind gusts of up to 34-35 m/s were reached in Klaipėda port. This is already hurricane-level wind.
The people of Klaipėda joked that you don’t even need a power kite, the wind keeps it going.
Due to the strong wind, shipping is restricted in the port of Klaipėda
Due to the strong wind in the port of Klaipėda on Friday from 19:00. shipping was restricted.
“The port of Klaipėda, as usual in such cases, is preparing for the predicted strengthening of the wind. The Port Authority has warned all users of the Klaipėda Port about the future weather conditions, and the transfer of ships to safer places in the port is also being organized,” Klaipėda Port Authority representative Ignė Rotautaitė-Pukenė informed BNS on Friday.
According to the data published on the port’s website, on Friday around 9 p.m. wind gusts in Klaipėda reached 29-30 meters per second.
The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service (LHMT) has warned of a dangerous meteorological phenomenon – very strong wind, wind gusts on the coast can reach the hurricane index.
According to forecaster Vytautas Patašius, on Friday evening the wind will increase to 21-23 meters per second, in some places it will reach natural indicators – 24-27 meters per second.
Along the coast, wind gusts will reach 28 to 32 meters per second, and they could reach hurricane-force winds of 33 meters per second around midnight.
According to the forecaster, the wind will calm down on Saturday, only in some places the gusts will reach up to 15-20 meters per second.
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A huge whirlwind
The storm was brought to Lithuania by a vortex that moved from Sweden.
“Here is this vortex, recorded during the day over the Swedish-Baltic Sea, coming to us. In the near future, it will reach the coast of Lithuania and cause very strong winds, waves up to 4-5 m, and bring snow (mainly to Western Lithuania). Gusts can reach up to 28-32 m/s on the coast and in the sea. On Saturday, the wind will die down,” G. Valaika writes in his account “Weather and climate in Lithuania”.
“Forecasting such eddies is a thankless job: although 100 km to one side or the other, the forecast for area X can change drastically. Maybe that worst case scenario can be avoided and the wind won’t be as strong. The next dozen hours will tell,” he says.
G. Valaika adds that gusts up to 20-24 m/s are already recorded on the coast, and this is just the beginning.
People are sharing images on social networks of how a huge wind, carrying heavy snow, is raging at the Palanga airport.
A huge wind with a blizzard is already raging in Palanga as well. In addition, people share that they also experience lightning at the same time.
“The coast will be the windiest, there the wind gusts will reach as much as 28-32 m/s, (…) around midnight (gusts – BNS) will be the strongest, (…) it is likely that they will even reach the hurricane index – 33 meters per a second”, forecaster Vytautas Patašius said on Friday.
The forecaster advises coastal residents not to leave their homes on Friday, to take precautions.
“You should be on your guard because these cases don’t happen often,” he said.
The snow cover can thicken up to 10 cm
G. Valaika reports that the snow cover can thicken up to 10 cm.
“According to the latest calculations, by Sunday morning the snow cover in Western Lithuania may thicken up to 7-10 cm. Elsewhere it will also snow, but less. The snow cover will reach up to 1-5 cm. Some of the models give higher numbers, because it is not clear how exactly the atmospheric vortex shown in the previous post will pass, how intense it will be and how much snow it will manage to add.
7:52 p.m. Gusts up to 26 m/s were recorded in Klaipėda port. The wind will get stronger. The zone of strong winds with snow is expanding to the east”, says G. Valaika.
Blizzard and thunderstorm recorded
Snow with thunderstorms was recorded on the coast.
“Blizzard and thunderstorm is a rare phenomenon. Especially in a world where many people have never even seen snow. You can rejoice if you have ever experienced such a phenomenon in the snow. US meteorologists go crazy if they manage to capture something like this on video.
Snow with thunderstorms is not so rare in Lithuania. We can usually thank the Baltic Sea and strong cyclone winds for this. Let’s be happy that such a very rare combination of phenomena is not so rare in Lithuania,” writes G. Valaika.
Source: www.15min.lt
