Summer -watered summer than ever waiting for Iran; Is drought on the way?

Sahar Tajbakhsh, head of the country's Meteorological Organization, told Mehr reporter, referring to the unfavorable situation of rainfall in the country: “The situation in the country is less than normal and the conditions will continue until the end of winter this year.”

He added: “In recent years, rainfall patterns have been impaired due to climate change, so conventional rainfall in autumn and winter has been less than expected.” In addition, rising ground temperature has affected the country's climate and has caused more dramatic changes in the atmospheric patterns.

“We need careful planning and implementation of different management scenarios to deal with these conditions so that we can have the effects of water resources shortages in various areas such as agriculture.” Reduce the environment and industry.

Regarding the situation of precipitation this year, he said: Currently, autumn and winter is about 2 percent lower than the normal average, given these conditions, the likelihood of these deficiencies until the end of winter is very poor; Unless unexpected events such as heavy spring rainfall occur similar to spring.

The head of the Meteorological Organization also explained about temperature changes: With the passage of atmospheric systems in the coming days, temporary temperatures are observed in some parts of the country, but overall the temperature in the country, in line with the global trend, is increasing, over the past 5 years, temperatures over the past 5 years. The country has increased on average by 0.5 degrees per decade.

The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development noted at the end: “We hope to get more rainfall in the winter season, but the current situation shows that the current water year will have serious challenges in water resource management.”