Lithuania is being tested for flaws: residents share images of storms

Residents received PAGD messages on their mobile phones with the following text:

“Today, June 27, starting at 4 p.m. at midnight, starting in the southwestern districts, there will be a depression in the country, the gusts of wind will reach 15-20 m / s, in some places up to 24 m / s. Take care of the safety of your life and property, warn others, ”reported PAGD.

One of the first heavy rains and winds came in the Lazdijai district, and after 3 p.m. The Lithuanians also shared photos on the social space, which they recorded around 4 p.m. Salve in Dzūkija, Alytus district, near Simnas. Residents also report that there was also thunder and wind rain in Marijampolė County, Kazlų Rūda, Alytus City, Vilkaviškis District, Jurbarkas, Šilutė District, Druskininkai, Pagėgiai Township, Kaunas City and District, Mažeikiai, Vilnius .

“The storm line stretches from Druskininkai through Alytus, Marijampolė and others. areas to Šilutė and Klaipėda. As expected, it was expected to clear up to 20m / s, hail, rain. There will still be unrest in the south and west of the country in the near future. Later in the night the storms will subside, “said the climate social observer. Facebook in the account “Weather and Climate in Lithuania”.

Chipping hazard was also posted on this page during the day.

“The dry weather is over, the turbulent weather is returning to Lithuania. Today, in the south, southwest and west of the country, it will be the most stormy: thunderstorms, up to 15-20, perhaps even up to 23 m / s, heavy rains , hail. Storms will begin to form at night around 3 to 6 pm

BE CAREFUL! Many of you spend a warm weekend in nature, in the forest, etc. There is nothing wrong with that, but as soon as you see a black cloud approaching, move to stronger buildings if there is no way out or out in the open, because we are sure you don’t want to end up in the company of breaking trees. And the trees in the mentioned regions can really be broken, ”reports the Climate and Climate in Lithuania on his Facebook social account.

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The heavy rain that reached Vilnius on Saturday night caused no further damage: only a few streets were more difficult to cross, the municipal company Grinda told BNS.

Egidijus Steponavičius, a Grinda representative, said that traffic disturbances had been reported on T. Narbuto Street, with temporary disturbances still continuing at the Verkių-Lakūnų Street intersection.

According to E. Steponavičius, the “Grinda” teams were on duty on Saturday night to prevent people from entering the flooded sections.

The heavy rain that lasted several minutes in the capital began at approximately 7 p.m.

Professor Edmundas Kuokštis, Doctor of Physics, advises how to behave during an electrical storm.

Hi, lately thunder, lightning and so on have been raging. Now in the near future and we will inform you again. What is the most important thing we must know to avoid suffering them?

Well, really, now this summer is so special that there really are a lot of storms, turbulent weather and lightning. Those lightning bolts are not something so innocent, and people are killed, burned and wounded. Anyway, this is a phenomenon more or less, that a conventional linear ray is known.

But so much that I teach physics at the university, it’s something very interesting there. Classical physics, however, was formed only in the 19th century. in the end when you think. When there is electromagnetism. So, people have been accompanied by lightning for a long time, in ancient times. And what smart people, but there was no theory. Newtonian mechanics only in the 16th century. built. This is what is a typical phenomenon of electricity, more static electricity, although it cannot be said so categorically here.

During a storm, when there are polarized winds and clouds, it is neutral anyway, but generally the top is positively charged, the bottom negatively. Watts find a strong electric field.

The electric field penetrates the atmosphere and a fairly powerful discharge is formed, where a plasma of electrons and ions is formed, which flows through the current. And those currents are huge. And if we see such a discharge from afar and it doesn’t look like a thread, but a good rope, a current of hundreds of kiloamperes flows there. The voltage there is hundreds of megavolts, which is enough to hurt a person going through the heart, well, around 100 milliamps, 0.1 amps.

So what can we do not to suffer like this?

He suffered in various ways. Cloud to cloud, cloud to ground generally hits. And if we hit the ground or directly at us, forget it, there is no protection.

But you can avoid those things a little bit statistically. If there is a storm and you see that it is lightning, then many recommendations have already been discussed here and especially this week I have heard: do not stand under the trees, near tall buildings. If the tree is alone, it should also be avoided. If you are in a lake, you should try to disembark as soon as possible.

It hits, let’s say, at some distance from me, there is a large current there, but that current gradually branches through other objects, including a person, and is only 0.1 amps from those 100 kiloamperes. This is very dangerous here.

What to do? You have to try during the storm, if the possibility exists, it is to run to the room, close, close. If this is not possible, try to take up as little space as possible.

And the tub says that even if you sit down, you need to compress your legs. Why put those legs together here?

If extended, a great distance appears. If there is a voltage divided by the distance, there is an electric field. In a word, there is a greater chance that current will flow through you.

Do you need to shrink then?

You need to shrink, lie down. <...> Of course, there is no guarantee, there are different ways: what is the resistance of the soil in that place.

We invite you to watch the entire conversation with the Doctor of Physics, Professor Edmundas Kuokštis in a video.