WEATHER REPORTS FOR BULGARIA, 23 NOVEMBER 1951 - 21 JANUARY 1952

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• Publication Date: April 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONMEBTIAL
CENTRAL LLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
Geographic - Weather reports
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PUBLISHED Sofia
DATE
PUBLISHED 23 Nov 1951 - 21 Jan 1952
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WEATHER REPORTS FOR $JLGARIA
23 951 - 21 J AR 1952
mountains Morning cloudy with high clouds. Light surface winds; on high parts of
strong westerly winds. Temperatures at 0800 hours, 1-5 degrees in
northern Bulgaria and the Thracian Plain, 4-7 degrees along the Black Sea
Coast; a' between zero and minus 2 degrees in the plains of southwestern
Bulgaria. Sunny until evening, with high scattered clouds.
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria. Light rain in some locations in western and
central Bulgaria. Fog in eastern BWgaria. Mostly light to moderate south-
easterly winds. Heavy snowfall on Stalin and Botev Vrukh. at,
0800 hours, 3-6 degrees tall degrees wes ri
are in centigrades) in western and 9-12 degrees in eastern Bulgaria.
Bulgaria
Mostly cloudy throughout Bulgaria. Moderate westerly winds. Light rain
in mountainous regions. Snow on Stalin and Cherni Vrukh. Temperatures at 0800
hours, 7-9 degrees, minus 3 degrees on Cherni and Botev Vrukh, and minus 6 de-
grees on Stalin Vrukh.
25 November
Forecast -- Mostly cloudy.
26 November
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Cloudy t ghOut Bulgaria. Rain in Dobrudsha, along,, the northern parts
Of the Black Sea Coast, and in 30030-locations in central Bulgaria. 'Early in the
wing. light snowfall in Sofia and Ruse okoliyas. In western and central
Bulgaria, strong northwesterly winds; in northeastern Bulgaria, moderate north.
easterly wind.. Temperatures at 0800 hours, 0-3 degrees in northeastern Bul-
garia and Sofia Okoliya, and 4-7 degrees in southern and northwestern Bulgaria.
Minus 9 degrees on Cherni Vrukh and minus 8 degrees on Stalin Vrukh.
Sunny throughout Bulgaria. Light northwesterly winds.
Clear and cold throughout Bulgaria. Temperatures at 0800 hours, 4-6 de-
grees in the Thracian Plain and in Sofia, Gorna Oryakhovitsa, and Pleven akoliyss)
between zero and minus 3 degrees in northwestern and northeastern BulgariF and
along the Black Sea Coast. Minus 4 degrees in Michurin.
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria. Moderate northwesterly winds Tasgerstures
at 0800 hours, 0-4 degrees; minus 12 degrees on Cherni Vrukh.
Forecast -- Occasional scattered clouds and probably light rain in eastern
Bulgaria.
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria. In Sofia Okoliya persistent dense fog. Light
variable winds. Temperature at 0800 hours, between minus one and illsgiblg
degrees.
Foggy in southern Bulgaria; sunny in northern Bulgaria. Light winds.
Morning temperature, between zero and minus 3 degrees in southern Bulgaria; 2-5
degrees in northern Bulgaria; minus 4 degrees on Cherni Vrukh. Cloudiness ar.1
rain expected in western Bulgaria in the afternoon.
Forecast -- less cloudy. Morning fog.
Sunny throughout Bulgaria. Morning fog in the plains. Temperatures at
0800 hours, between minus 2 degrees and 2 degrees; minus 5 degrees on Che:,ai
Vrukh.
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Snnny between minus throughout
degrees and 2 degrees, ~mi.nusgzerotdegrreees on Bone ing ruh? ratttre,
8 December
Foggy in southern Bulgaria and along the Danube; cloudv and light fog in
northern Bulgaria. Light and variable winds. Temperature, at rioo hours, be.
t eOII minus 2 and 8 degrees. Increased cloudiness in the eastern half of Bul-
garia, Light rain in the afternoon in some locations in the we"ern half of
Bulgaria.
Forecast -- Cloudy in eastern Bulgaria. Scattered cloudiness in western
Bulgaria. Light fog in the plains. Light and variable winds.
Mostly warm and clear in most sections of Bulgaria. Dense fog in es y
locations in Sofia Okoliya, the Thracian plain, and along the Danube.
tares at 0800 hours, between minus 1 and 2 degrees in locations with fog; 3-6
degrees in other locations.
Rain in western Bulgaria, snow in the mountains. Warmer in eastern Bul-
goria. Temperatures this morning, 4-6 degrees in northern Bulgaria and along
the Black Sea Coast; 1-3 degrees in southern Bulgaria. Minus 4 degrees and 18
centimeters of snow on Cherni Vrukh; minus 6 degrees on Botev Vrukh. Terpera-
ture will continue to fall.
Cloudiness will continue in central and eastern Bulgaria; light rain in
certain locations along the Black Sea Coast; snowfall in other parts of Bulgaria.
Scattered cloudiness in western Bulgaria. Moderate northwesterly winds. Tea-
peratures at 0800 hours, minus 2 degrees in Sofia Okoliya; 0-2 degrees in other
parts of Bulgaria. Minus 14 degrees and 30 centimeters of snow on Cherni Yrukh;
minus 15 degrees on Botev Vrukh.
Sunny throughout Bulgaria, slightly cloudy in southwestern Bulgaria.
Light northwesterly winds. Temperatures at 0800 hours, between minus 2 and minus 7
degrees; minus 19 degrees and 41 centimeters of snow on Cherni Vrukh; minus
13 degrees on Botev Vrukh.
Cloudy in most sections of Bulgaria; light snowfall in certain localities
in southwestern Bulgaria. Temperature at 0800 hours, between minus 1 and
gross; minus 14 degrees on Botev Vrukh. 2 de-
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terly windy a calm in western Bulgaria; mostly cloudy and moderate northves-
sastern Bulgaria. Te eretures at 0800 hours, between minus 3
and minus 8 degrees almost throughout Bulgaria; about zero degrees along the
.southern Dart of the Black Sea coast; minus 18 degrees on Botev Vrukh.
16 December
Forecast -- B ected to be fair.
veaterC~ Of and windy throughout Bulgaria. Scattered cloudiness only in north-
t Bulgaria. Rain in many locations; snow in Dobrudzha and moun-
ainous regions. Temperatures at 0800 hours, 0-5 degrees; minus 9 degrees on
Cherni Vrukh; minus 11 degrees on Botev Vrukh.
Light clouds in western Bulgaria; cloudy with light and moderate windn in
eastern Bulgaria. Temperatures at 0800 hours, about zero degrees in north.
western Bulgaria, up to minus 3 degrees in the high plains, and up to 3 degrees
in central and eastern Bulgaria; minus 12 degrees on Cherni Vrukh; minus 14
degrees on Botev Vrukh.
Cold throughout Bulgaria; mostly cloudy in eastern Bulgaria. Morning fog
in plains. Minimum temperatures this morning, between minus 4 and minus 7 de-
grees, maximum temperatures, 0-1 degrees. Up to m.nus 5 degrees expected
during the night.
Mostly cloudy along the Black Sea Coast; sunny in other parts of Bulgaria.
Morning temperature, between minus 4 and minus 9 degrees. Light morning fog in
certain plains. Light winds only along the Black Sea Coast; mostly clear in
other parts of Bulgaria.
Cold and calm with high clouds throughout Bulgaria. Light fog in Sofia
Okoliya and the Thracian Plain. Temperatures at 0800 hours, minus 8 degrees in
Sofia Okoliya, between minus 3 and minus 7 degrees in northwestern Bulgaria,
and between zero and minus 3 degrees in the eastern half of northern Bulgaria,.
along the Black Sea Coast, and the Thracian Plain. Minus 8 degrees and 50
centimeters of snow on Cherni Vrukh. Cold and calm during the night.
Sunny throughout Bulgaria; light high clouds in some localities. Morning
fog in the plains. Temperature at 0800 hours, between minus 6 and minus 8 de-
grees.
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Forecast -- No change expected.
No winds; cloudy and cold. Temperature at 0900 hours, between minus 5 and
2 minus 7 degrees in northern Bulgaria, Sofia, and the Thracian Plain; between minus
and minus 4 degrees along the Black Sea Coast.
Fog and heavy frost in Sofia Okoliya, the Thracian Plain, in some localities
in northern Bulgaria, and along the Danube. Temperatures at 0300 hours, between
zero and minus 4 degrees; up to minus 7 degrees in closed-in plains. Fog will
remain until evening. In other localities temperature will rise between zero
and 4 degrees.
Dense fog in most sect'one of Bulgaria. Sunny above fog; high scattered
cloudiness at certain localities. Temperatures at 0800 hours, between minus 2
and minus 7 degrees; minus 3 degrees on Cherni Vrukh and minus 4 degrees on
Botev Vrukh.
Cloudy in eastern Bulgaria; morning temperature, between minus 3 and minus
4 degrees. Cold; morning fog in central and western Bulgaria; morning temperature,
between minus 3 and minus 6 degrees.
Dense t'og throughout Bulgaria. Temperatures at 0900 hours, between 4 and
minus 3 degrees; minus 4 degrees in closed-in plains. Scattered fog around noon.
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria. Rain in some sections of southern Bulgaria;
light snow in some locations at 1,900 meters. Fog lifting gradually. No change
expected until evening.
Cloudy and light winds in eastern Bulgaria. Calm and scattered cloudiness
in western Bulgaria; fog in the Thracian Plain.
Forecast -- Fog in the plains and the Thracian Plain. During the day scat-
tered cloudiness and light winds.
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2 January 1952
sou Mostly warm and cloudy throughout Bulgaria; dense fog in the plains of
thwestern Bulgaria, along the Iskur river, and in the unatern parts of the
Thracian Plain. Temperatures at 0800 hou 2-4 degrees; up to 6 de 'Fees in
southern parts of Bulgaria. Minus 5 degra,: on Cherni Vrukh, minus 6 degrees
on Botev Vrukh, and minus 9 degrees on Stalin Vrukh.
Sunny in northwestern Bulgaria; cloudy in other parts of Bulgaria. Fog
in many locations in the plains. Temperatures at 0800 hours, 0-3 degrees in
northern Bulgaria and 3-6 degrees in southern Bulgaria.
4 January
Foggy almost throughout Bulgaria. Clearing in the afternoon. Light winds.
Minimum temperatures this morning, between minus 1 and minus 3 degrees in north-
western Bulgaria and Sofia Okoliya; 2-5 degrees in other sections.
Cloudy and rain in eastern Bulgaria. Scattered cloudiness and moderate
northwesterly winds in western Bulgaria. Temuerature at 0900 hours, 0-2 de-
grees in western Bulgaria and 3-5 degrees in eastern Bulgaria.
6 January
Forecast -- Scattered cloudiness during the night. Temperatures up to
minus 1 degree; in western plains, up to minus 3 degrees. Variable and scat-
tered cloudiness during the day.
Clear in northwestern Bulgaria; very cloudy in other sections. Temper-
atures at 0800 hours, between minus 3 and minus 5 degrees in Sofia Okoliya;
between 0 and minus 3 degrees in other sections. Cherni Vrukh has 70 centi-
meters of snow and Petrokhan has 25 centimeters.
8 January
Mostly cloudy and cold throughout Bulgaria; light snowfall in Plovdiv
Okoliya. Moderate northwesterly winds. Temperatures at 0800 hours, between
minus 2 and minus 4 degrees in western Bulgaria and between minus 1 and rime
2 degrees in eastern Bulgaria; minus 16 degrees on Cherni Vrukh. Cloudy and
temperatures of between minus 2 and minus 5 degrees during the night.
Very cloudy in western Bulgaria; fog in Sofia Okoliya; clear in the Thracian
Plain; cloudy in eastern Bulgaria. Minimum temperature, between minus 7 and minus
9 degrees; minus 14 degrees on Cherni and Botev Vrukhs. No change until evening,
except for a light snowfall in western Bulgaria.
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10 January
Foggy in most sections of Bulgaria. Light winds. Minimum temperature in
the morning, between minus 3 and minus 7 degrees. Fog dill disappear in the
afternoon, and it will be sunny with scattered cloudiness.
11 January
High. humidity throughout Bulgaria. Light snowfall in the high plains of
western Bulgaria. Light winds. Temperatures at OP00 hours, minus 2 degrees in
Sofia Oko?tya and minus 4 degrees in southwestern Bulgaria.
12 January
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria; scattered cloudiness in the eastern half of
the country. Temperature at 0800 hours, between minus 2 and 2 degrees in
southern Bulgaria and 3-7 degrees in northern Bulgaria; in some localities in
Vratea and Pleven okoliyas, up to 10 degrees.
14 January
Cloudy; snow in northwestern Bulgaria, Sofia Okoliya, and mountainous
regions; rain in eastern Bulgaria, southeastern Bulgaria, and along the Black
Sea Coast. Temperature at 0200 hours, 0-2 degrees in northern
2 degrees in Sofia Okoliya, minus
Botev southeastern
along the Black Sea Coast;~ mi3-5 nus degrees
3 degrees on the
Vrukh. Moderate westerly
winds.
15 January
Cloudy and snowing throughout Bulgaria; rain along the Black Sea Coast.
Temperattrst at 0800 hours, 1-3 degrees along the Black Sea Coast; between 0 and
minus 3 degrees in other sections.
16 January
Clear throughout Bulgaria; dense fog in certain localities in Sofia Okoliya.
Tem?erattre at 0800 hours, minus 4 degrees in Sofia Okoliya and between minus 1
and minus 5 degrees in other sections of the country. Minus 6 degrees and 97
centimeters of snow on Cherni Vrukh. Between 1 and 10 centimeters of snow in
many locations in northern Bulgaria and 5 centimeters of snow in Sofia Okoliya.
The night will be clear and cold.
Sunny and calm throughout Bulgaria; morning fog in Sofia Okoliya. Temper-
ature at 0800 hours, minus 12 degrees in Sofia Okoliya, and between minus 1 and
minus 4 degrees in other parts of the country. Clear during the night,
18 January
Very cloudy throughout Bulgaria; scattered cloudiness north of mountains.
Dense fog along the Danube and in Sofia Okoliya; rain in many localities in south-
ern Bulgaria. Temperature at 0800 hours, 0-3 degrees in southern Bulgaria and
between 0 and minus 3 degrees in northern Bulgaria. In the afternoon, rain in
certain localities -a northern Bulgaria.
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19 January
Cloudy throughout Bulgaria; in the morning, foggy in the Thracian Plain,
along the Danube, and in Sofia Okoliya. Minimum temperature at 0800 hours, 5
degrees along the Black Sea Coast, minus 4 degrees in Sofia Okoliya, and be-
tween minus 1 and minus 2 degreei in other parts of Bulgaria. Light winds.
Forecast -- Cloudy; light rain in certain localities in western Bulgaria
and snow in higher localities.
Cloudy; humid and cold air flowing from northwest. Temperature at 0800
hours, minus 2 degrees in Sofia Okoliya and 0-3 degrees in other parts of the
country.
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