FEATURES OF DISTRIBUTION OF CASES OF HEAVY RAINS IN THE FLAT AND MOUNTAINOUS PARTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

The article presents the results of a study of cases of heavy rains in the Republic of Bashkortostan. For a complete analysis, the authors also included cases of precipitation with a total of 15 mm or more for a period of no more than 12 hours. For the flat part of the Republic of Bashkortostan, urgent observation data were used at the Ufa-Dema weather station, for the mountainous part - at the Tukan weather station. Cases of heavy rains were detected from May to November in the period 1966-2018. The main regularities of the distribution of cases of heavy rains according to the criteria of the amount, timing, months of manifestation are shown. The statistical characteristics of cases for the periods 1966-1994 and 1990-2018 are compared. It was revealed that in the mountainous part of the republic, compared with the plain, there are a third more cases of heavy rains. Also, the orographic features of the Southern Urals caused the formation of 38 cases of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena, while no cases were registered at the weather station of the Bashkir Urals under consideration.