Współczesne zmiany klimatu wysokogórskiej części Tatr

The purpose of the report is to determine trends in thermal and pluvial conditions in the high mountain part of the Tatras. The study makes use of the data from the weather stations on Kasprowy Wierch Mt. from the years 1951-2006, and mainly from 1966-2006. Various thermal and pluvial characteristics were considered. The increase of the rate of upward trend of temperature in the Tatras at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century, as well as the change of the seasonal distribution of the warming in comparison with the preceding long-term periods, have been documented. Certain symptoms of increase of the thermal and pluvial continentality have also been observed. The contemporary air temperature increase in the high mountain part of the Tatras is not followed by significant changes of the precipitation amount and nature.