Temperatures since the end of November have been significantly higher than average in large areas of central (Czech Republic, Germany), eastern (Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus) and northern Europe (Denmark, Poland, Finland, Sweden and the Baltic countries). Winter crops were prevented from gaining frost tolerance due to the mild temperatures in these regions, and are now potentially exposed to frost kill if temperatures abruptly move to seasonal values — even though this is not forecast for the coming days. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, overly wet conditions have persisted since November and will continue in the coming week according to the weather forecast. In Romania, the surplus of precipitation peaked at the end of November. Large parts of southern Europe (southern France, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the western Iberian Peninsula) have faced a persistent lack of precipitation since the beginning of November, which is forecast to continue over the coming days, except in northern Spain and Portugal where significant rain is forecast.

BARUTH Bettina;  BIAVETTI Irene;  BUSSAY Attila;  CEGLAR Andrej;  DE SANCTIS Giacomo;  GARCIA CONDADO Sara;  HOOKER Joseph Dominic;  KARETSOS Sotirios;  LECERF Remi;  LOPEZ LOZANO Raul;  NISINI SCACCHIAFICHI Luigi;  RODRIGUEZ BAIDE Joysee;  SEGUINI Lorenzo;  TORETI Andrea;  VAN DEN BERG Maurits;  VAN DER VELDE Marijn; 

BARUTH Bettina;  VAN DEN BERG Maurits;  NIEMEYER Stefan; 

2016-01-08

European Commission

JRC99701

1831-9793,    2314-9736,   

EUR 24736,    OP LB-AM-15-012-EN-N,    OP LB-AM-15-012-EN-C,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC99701,