24.12.2020
Overview of hydrological situation of December 24, 2020
In the past period (December 22-23), weather conditions contributed to the clearing of ice formations of the Western Dvina near the city of Polotsk, Pripyat near the city of Chernichi and its tributaries of the Pina and Ubort rivers. The Berezina opened near the town of Borisov and Pripyat near the town of Petrikov, and the tributaries of the Western Dvina, the Usvyacha and Nacha rivers there is currently a landfast ice and ice drift.
As of December 24, freeze-up and freeze-up with openings is observed on the Western Dvina near the city of Surazh and the village of Ulla, its tributaries the rivers Krivinka, Obol, Polota and Drysa, the Dnieper near the city of Mogilev, the city of Zhlobin and the city of Rechitsa, Berezina near Berezino, Bobruisk and Svetlogorsk, Pripyat near the town of Mozyr, as well as on the Sozh tributary to the Besed River. Landfast ice and shuga-drift are noted on the Sozh, some parts of the Pripyat and the Dnieper, some of their tributaries, as well as in the upper reaches of the Neman and Berezina.
On lake Naroch, there is landfast ice. On the reservoirs Chigirinskoye, Vileyskoye, Zaslavskoye, Soligorskoye, Krasnaya Sloboda, lakes Chervone and Drivyaty, an ice cover is observed, in some places there are spaces with an open water surface. Going out on the ice is extremely dangerous.
On the rivers of the country, fluctuations in water levels are observed with an intensity of mainly 1-12 cm per day, on Pripyat near the city of Petrikov there is a sharp (42 cm) daily rise in water level due to ice jam.
In the coming days, the intensification of ice-forming processes is not expected, precipitation will contribute to an increase in water levels in most of the country's rivers.
