As part of the VITLIC Project, a hailmeter survey were set up in Istarska County. In addition to the previous analysis of the available lightning data, two field trips were realized (22-24 May 2017 and 5-6 June 2017). Thereby 53 hailmeters financed by the VITCLIC Project (pink) and 13 more by the Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Croatia (blue) were set up in Istria at selected meteorological stations.
The selection of the VITCLIC site was multi-conditioned (by lightning climatology, by wine-growing area and by winegrowers' / winemakers' affinity) and thanks to Tomislav Plavša's organization we managed to cover a large part of Istria. The first 24 hours was signed by (one) hailmeter theft. In the next 24 hours, the first hailfall in the area of Juršić and Vodnjan in the southern part of Istria was recorded. The qualitative analysis of the hailboard indicates weaker hailfall, and quantitative data on that event will be known after the laboratory processing of the hailboards. Although at first glance hailmeter is a simple instrument, informations provided by hailmeter are irreplaceable.
For the list of vinedressers and vinemakers - all volunteers of the Project - click here (in Croatian).
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