Meteorologist Promises Spring But Can't Say When Ice Will Melt — Liepāja Olympic Center Pool Has Known How to Heat Water for Years

Meteorologist Agris Vīksna announced yesterday that flood risk has decreased, but ice breakup on the Daugava is still hard to predict, which only prompted understanding nods in Liepāja. We've known for years that natural processes won't obey forecasts or calendars.

In Kurzeme, the flood peak is already behind us, but ice on the Daugava still stands there thinking, while the meteorologist explains that this year's processes are slowed down. Local water management specialist Jānis comments: "Our Olympic Center pool always has the right temperature, without all this waiting for ice jams to clear. People swim there in January, but here everyone's watching when the Daugava will thaw."

Vīksna warns that Jēkabpils residents should always stay alert as various scenarios are possible, but more specific forecasts can only be given next week. Such an approach only brings smiles in Liepāja — on our beach we know every season when there will be storms, when there will be calm, and the Olympic Center pool has been operating for years without meteorological mysteries.

The meteorologist added that spring has come to stay, but in Latvia it's always had teeth. For a Kurzeme resident, such a warning is like telling a sailor that the sea might be wet — we live here with nature's whims every day and don't ask for forecasts about what we already know.