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40 species of birds that have wintered abroad are believed to have already returned to Lithuania that day. After the establishment of Christianity in Lithuania, this holiday was renamed the Day of the 40 Holy Martyrs, in the 4th century. who gave their lives for the confession of Christianity. Summing up the liturgical and folk festival, it was said that 40 birds fly in honor of the martyrs.
People believed that if it froze that night, severe frosts would last another 40 days. In order to have a good grain harvest in eastern Lithuania, it was customary for the family to bake 40 buns. During these holidays, the Samogitians avoided going far from home, even with their neighbors or even with their relatives.
To this day and for this occasion, since ancient times, the Lithuanian nation has created a variety of songs and games to commemorate the 40th Bird Day, to honor flying birds, to respect and love, to know and do not damage the wings of people and especially children.
Scientists weather forecasts.
According to Lithuanian hydrometeorological data, the climate in the country will remain wintry for at least the next few days.
Today will be cloudy with clear spells. In the northwestern part of the country in some places precipitation, mainly snow. Somewhere boiling, blowing. Wind from the south, southwest, west coast, 6–11 m / s. Maximum temperature from 1 degree of cold to 4 degrees of heat.
On the night of March 11, especially in the eastern districts, during the day on the western outskirts of the country it will snow a little. Baldness at night and in the morning. Wind from the south, southeast, at night 5–10 m / s, during the day 8–13 m / s, at night at the seashore with gusts of 15–17 m / s. The temperature is 3 to 8 degrees cold at night and 1 to 5 degrees during the day.
Meanwhile, based on long-term weather forecasts for all of March based on the CFSv2 model, the air temperature will be 1 to 2 degrees above the multi-year norm, and the precipitation should be close to or slightly below the norm.
According to the ECMWF model, the air temperature in March. it will be up to 0.5 C above normal and precipitation up to 10 percent. lower than the SKN (SKN: 0.9 C and 39 mm). SKN is a standard climate norm, which is the average value of the meteorological elements from 1991 to 2020 in Lithuania.
March. the air temperature in the second half will be close to normal and precipitation will be up to 10%. lower than SKN.
However, these are experimental predictions, their reliability is not high, but such prediction for February was close to the truth.
