AGRICULTURAL WEATHER BULLETIN 24 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 1949

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December 2, 1949
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 CLASSIFICATION SFCBEPSEGREI CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RAr)IO BROADCASTS CD NO, COUNTRY USwGB DATE OF INFORMATION 1949 M SUBJECT eteorology -Heather reports HOW PUBLISHED Daily newspaper WHERE PUBLISHED Moscow DATE PUBLISHED 25 Sep - 7 Oct 1949 LANGUAGE Russian Tolf OOCOMIXT CONTAIMA ilORNATIOM ATPLCTINN nR NATIONAL ORPRM*L OF TML UMInD 11071$ nn11 THE ^PN1Mf OP RRPIONAOL ACT DD O. R. C.. LI AXD 10.A. AIILXD10. In TRAMMN ISSION ON TYR RLTLLATIOM tlP Itt COXTLMn IR AMT NAMMMR 10 AR URAOTNORIIRO PLRf OX I! PAO MnlIII NT LAM. RRPRODUOTIOM OP TMIL PORN If PRO M111010 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Sotsialisticheskoye Zemledeliye, No 227, 25 Sep 49 On 24 September, the weather in the northern and northeastern oblaete and in the Urals.remained cold and cloudy. During the first 12 hours precip- itation fell in the form of drizzle and envy. Daytime temperature in Syktyvkar was 2 degrees, in Sverdlovsk and Ufa, 3, and in Chkalov, 6 degrees above zero. In the root of European USE, prevailing weather remained relatively warm, sunny, and dry during the day, and cool at night. loon temperature was nearly the name all over, about 12-15 degrees, with the exception of the Simferopol', Odessa, Kishinev, and J.'vov areas where it rose to 17-18 degrees. At night there were .frosts in the northwestern oblasts, east of Belorussia, in the oblaets of the. central chernozem area. In Sumy, Poltava, and Khar'kov oblaete, night temperature dropped to 2-3 degrees below zero, and along the middle Vo1E., to 6 degrees below zero. In southern Ukraine and the northern Caucasus, night temperature did not go below 5-10 degrees above zero. In the piedmont republics of the northern Caucasus, it rained during the night, in some places as much as 10 millimeters, In Transcaucasia during the first 12 hours it rained heavily, in some places as much as 13 millimeters. Slight Mine fall in all of Siberia _ith the exception of +nak Moot, Altay Mrgy, and Irkutsk Oblast, where there was no precipitation. ytime temperature in Tobol'sk was 6 degrees; in Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Barnaul, about 12-15 degrees. At night ground frosts were recorded only ii Altay Kray and Irkutsk Oblast. In the Tranebaykal regiol and Chita Oblast, precipitation in the farm of rain and snow fell at night. Central Asia is warm; daytime temperature continues to be around 22-25 degrees. Sotsialisticheskoye Ze,aledellye, No 228, 27 Sep 49 On 26 September, most of the Europgan USSR had warm, dry weather in the day- time and cooler weather at night. In the western oblaete and in t#e, south (Riga, Minsk, l'vov, Odessa, voroshilovgrpd), daytime temperature ranged around 17-18 degrees, and in the central oblsete (Moscow, Tambov), around 12-15 degrees. - 1 - CLASSIFICATION SECRbT r' E( f-141 y. "~?rr I- r->--T-1- I :J? ARMY AIR FBI 11 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 In the lower Volga oblaets, beginning at Gor'kiy and extending to Chkalov, it was a11ghtlp colder, 11-14 degrees. Only in the extreme north and northeast does the weather continue to be unstable. Cold alternates with precipitation in the form of rain and snow. During the first 12 hours of 26 September, there was precipitation. in llarelo- Finnish 8,5E where 8-20 millimeters fell, In Arkhanga2.?ak, Vologda, Molotov, and Sverdlovsk oblasts, in Kcmi.ASSR, and in Udmurt ASSR. Daytime tempera.. tare in Syk?tyvkar was 3 degrees, in Arkhangel'ak, 4, and in Ufa, 5 degrees above zero. During the night of 26 September, frosts were observed in the entire territory, reaching frn Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Fenza, and Ufa, eastward. There were also ground frosts in Stalingrad and Rostov obl.aets; in a number of oblasts in Central European USSR, and in Belorussia. Rainfall alhdmoed in the piedmont repel"olice of the northern Caucasus. In the first 12 hours of 26 September, total rainfall amounted to one milli- meter. In Transcaucasia it is continuing to rain. in Siberia the weather as far east as lake Baykal remains coon. Daytime temperature was about 5-7 degrees in western Siberia and about 9-13 degrees in Krasnoyarsk Kray and Irkutsk Oblast. Frosts occurred all over during the night. Rain fell in Kurgen, Tyumen, and Cmask oblasta during the first 12 hours of 26 September. The rest of the territory had no rainfall. Central Asia was warm during the day, 20-25 degrees, and cool at night, the temperature dropping to 4-6 degrees above zero. On 27 September, in the northern and northeast oblasts cold weather with precipitation in the form of rain and snow continued. Daytime temperature in Sverdlovsk was zero, in Kirov, 4, and in Arkhangelsk 5 degrees above zero. The weather has become worse in the northwest and central oblaete and along the middle Volga where, during the first 12 hours, slight rains fell (1-6 miii - meters). Today, daytime temperature in Ufa was 7, Chkalov, 8, Gor'kiy, 9, and Kiybyehev, 10 degrees. In the rest of European USSR, the weather remained dry, sunny, and warm. Daytime temperature was about 17-19 degrees. Cold weather, continuing ln\the northeast oblasts, lowered ground tempera- ture 2-6 degrees above zero to a depth of 10 centimeters. In the central oblasts, the temperature of the ground 10 centimeters below the surface remains around 10- 12 degrees, and in the southern oblasts, about 14-16 degrees. In western Siberia the weather remains cold with precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Sotsialisticheskoye Zemledeliye, No 230, 29 Sep 49 On 28 September, cold weather with precipitation in the form of rain and snow remained only in the extreme northeast European USSR. During the first 12 hours, freezing rains in Komi AS&t and rains with snow were observed in Kirov, Molotov, and Sverdlovsk Oblasts. Noon temperature in Ufa was zero, in Sverdlovsk, Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 27 September, have moved to Tomak, Novosib5xek, and Pavlodar oblaste and to Altay Kray. Daytime temperature in Novosibirsk was one degree above zero and in Larnaul, ft dr_grees. 50X1-HUM one, and in Chkalov, 8 degrees above zero. In the northwest and central oblaets and slag isiee aiiddle Volga, cloudy, and at timoa murky, weather prevailed. Daytime temperature in Velikiye Luki, Moscow, and Saratov was about 14-15 degrees. In the remaining territory very warm weather continues as before, day- time temperature being 18-20 degrees. Most of the territory had no frosts with the exception of the northeast areas and the Urals, where minimum ground tem- perature was 5-6 degrees below zero. western Siberia continues to have cold weather. Daytime temperature in Omsk and Tobol'ek was 2 degrees above zero. Rains with snow, observed there on Central Asia continues to have dry, warm weather, favorable for berveetin cotton ? Soteialisticheskoye Zemledeliye, No 231, 30 Sep 49 On 29 September the weather in the central power Volga region and in the Urals was warmer than it had been the day before. In the Ufa-Sverdlovsk area the temperature rose very sharply by 8-10 degrees. The remaining European USSR grew colder, especially in the north and northwest part where there was a 4-6- degree drop in tm pe t,:.,.. Noon temperature in Arkhangelsk was about 6 degrees, in Syktyvkar and Vologda, 7, in Sverdlovsk, Kirov, and Gor'kiy,. 9-10, and in Leningrad, Moscow, Ufa, and Chkalov, 11-12 degrees. In the rest of the European USSR the temperature was i6-18 degrees, and in the Crimea and northern Caucasus, about 20-22 degrees. Yesterday evening, surface frosts of 2-5 degrees and ground frosts of 2-10 degrees were observed further east and north of Syktyvkar and Ufa, and even more severe frosts in the southern Urals. During the first 12 hours of 29 September, there was precipitation in many parts of European USSR and also in parts of Smolensk, Tula, and Ryazan oblasts. In the south rains were observed only in the Krasnodar area. Western Siberia continues to have cold, uz.etablc? weather with precipita- tion. Daytime temperature in 5-7 degrees. Frosts occurred only in the northern part of the agricultural zone. In eastern Siberia and the For East it is warmer than in western Siberia, and there is less precipitation. Sotaialisticheskoye Zemledeliye, No 232, 1 Oct 45 Cm 30 September, in cuinperieon with the previous day the temperature I- --creased 2-3 degrees in the entire European USSR west of the Arkhangel'ek-Vologda- Kalinin-Bryensk line. East of this line it grew colder. Eat of the Kirov -- Sverdlovsk - ? Rostov-on-the-Don -- Stalingrad line, the temperature dropped by 5-6 degrees. In Ust'-'leil'm, Komi ASSR, and Sverdlovsk, noon temperature was about 3 degrees; in Syktyvkar, Kirov, and Ufa, 4-5 degrees; in Vologda, Gor'kiy, Kigbyahev, and Saratov, 9-10 degrees; in Petrozavodek, Moscow, and Tambov, 11; and in. Lenin- grad, Kursk, and Stalingrad, 13-14 degrees. Further west, it was about 15-17, and in the extreme south, 18-20 degrees. -3- SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270168-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/19: CIA-RDP8O-00809AO00600270168-6 Rain is falling in tue cold. wbather area and especially in the Urals. Thus, conditions f-br field work and for the growth of winter crops are good in the vast and in the central oblaste as far as Moscow. Due to the low tom- perature, the growth of winter crops in the north and east has slowed down and. pre.cticcally btopped in the northeeat. Western Siberia has become considerably warmer. Noon temperature in Omsk was 12 degrees, in Novosibirsk 10 a d i , , n n Barnaul, 15 degrees, whereas it was 5-6 degrees nearly everywhere on 29 September. Precipitation has also decreased. Eastern Siberia is relatively as warm as before. Rain is falling In the Baykal region. Sotsialisticheekoye Zemledeliye, No 233, 2 Oct 49 On 1 October, murky weather Irevailed in the northern half of European USSR. It was cool in the western and central oblaste and cold in the male. Daytime temperature in Sverdlovsk was one degree above zero, in Ufa, 2, In Chkalov, 4, in Leningrad and Kazan, 9, and In Moscow and Cor1kiy, 11 degrees above zero. Yesterday, during the first 12 hours rains fell In Arkhangel'ek, Vologda',. Pakov, Velikiye Luki, Novgorod, YaroslD.vl', Ivanovo, and Moscow oblasts, and in Lithuania and Latvia. Rain and vet snow fell in Komi ASSR and Molotov Oblast. In the southern half of the territory, the weather was warm and dry. Day- time temperature in Lvov, Dnepropetrovsk, Voroshilovgrad, Tambov, and Seratov was 16 degrees, in Krasnodar, 17, L- Odo-?-ea 1^ above zero. In the oblaete east of the.Kirov-RyRyazan-Is har 'ko'eropoln, 20 degrees in Stalin Oblast surface frosts were marked. v-Zhdan?v line and Sprouts of winter :,cheat are appearing n the Belogarek region in tie Crimea. Rye and .+heat have begun to grow in Trsnscerpathian Oblast. In western Siberia, the weather continues to improve. Yesterday, precipita- tion during the first 12 hours was noticed only in the northern regions of Tyumen Omsk, and Tomsk oblasta. The remaining territory as far as Lake Baykal had no precipitation. Daytime temperature in the Omsk-Novosibirsk region was about 7-10 degrees above zero. Conditions for doing field work have improved. In the central Asian republics dry, warm weather is continuing. Daytime temperature in Tashkent and Stalingrad was 25 degrees above zero. Sotsialisticheekoye Zemledeliye, No 234, 4 Oct 49 in relangradtOblastively the Ukraine, Cr~a, anndo ldayia. Non temperature u In is continuing in aucasus, areas reached 18-20 degrees, except for western Ukraine and Moldavia, where it was 14-16 degrees. Rain was observed in acme regions of Moldavia and the neighboring Ukrainian oblaste. In Belorussia, the Baltic republics, the central oblaete of >