Russians were surprised about the abnormally “severe weather” in certain regions: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru
The head of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, warned the residents of the country about the abnormally severe weather in some regions. He told about this TASS…
According to him, very cold weather will come in the Northwestern Federal District. He explained that there would be very noticeable anomalies – 8-10 degrees below normal in the next three days. So, in the Murmansk region and Karelia it will be minus 17-22 degrees, and in the Vologda region – up to minus 29 degrees. In the Leningrad Region, the thermometer will drop to minus 14-19 degrees.
In the Yaroslavl and Ivanovo regions, the temperature is 15–20 degrees below zero at night, Vilfand said. The forecaster noted that the Kirov region and the Perm Territory will also face frosts. The temperature will drop to 25-28 degrees below zero, which is 10-13 degrees below normal. Colds will come to the regions of the Ural Federal District, where the temperature will drop by 15 degrees at once and will be below the climatic norm by 7-8 degrees.
Earlier, Nikolai Tereshonok, head of the meteorology and climate department of the Central UGMS Federal State Budgetary Institution, said that in Moscow the snow cover can reach 17 centimeters. “On New Year’s Eve, there will be warming in Moscow, but not to positive values. I think it will be somewhere in the range of minus 5-10 degrees. This is presumably and is based on only one meteorological observation, “Tereshonok said. According to him, the probability of snowfall on New Year’s Eve is 25 percent.