DANGEROUS AND NATURAL HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA IN TAJIKISTAN
The authors of the article note that the study of the patterns of changes in air temperature and precipitation is one of the urgent tasks of modern meteorology. Changes in air temperature and rainfall can significantly affect the natural environment and human activities. For the period 1961-1990. in the mountains of Central Tajikistan, in the valleys of South-Western and Northern Tajikistan, in the foothills of the Turkestan ridge and in the highlands of the Eastern Pamirs, there is a decrease in the amount of annual precipitation by 1-20%. In foothill and mountainous regions of Khatlon region, precipitation decreases by 6-22%. In Karategin-Darvaz, from an altitude of more than 1,500 m, the amount of precipitation increased by 14-18%. In the Western Pamirs, the increase in precipitation was 12-17%. The greatest increase in precipitation was noted on Fedchenko Glacier - 36%.