The views atop a Dalmatian mountain are never dull, even in December.
Just when the weather in late November became more appropriate for this part of the year, the beginning of December brought another “heat wave”, a period of very stable and above-average warm weather. A large area of high pressure has taken over Dalmatia. As is usual with anticyclones in the colder part of the year, a temperature inversion occurred, which is a phenomenon when the air temperature in the troposphere rises with increasing altitude, reports Dalmacija News on December 4, 2015.
For example, in all the valleys of the Dalmatian hinterland night temperatures drop to about 0 degrees Celsius, whereas in the mountains the temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees higher. The same is happening along the coast as well. On the top of the Mosor mountain, the temperature is a few degrees higher than at lower attitudes. Since this situation can sometimes last for days, as is currently the case, there are more and more low clouds over the sea, advancing slowly toward the parts of Dalmatian hinterland closer to the coast.
While most of the coast and islands are under heavy clouds this morning, some of the higher Dalmatian mountains offer the exact opposite – the sun and the blue sky. Areas over 1,000 metres rise above the low clouds, and among them is Mosor mountain as well, with its highest peaks.
On the following link, you can enjoy beautiful photos which Petar Džoja from Žrnovnica made from Veliki Kabal (1,339 m), the highest peak of the Mosor mountain.
