Forecaster predicts snow in Moscow on New Year's Eve

Anatoly Tsygankov, deputy head of the Situation Center of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, said on Wednesday, November 20, that Moscow and the region are currently experiencing October temperatures. At the same time, he expressed hope that snow will still fall in the capital region by New Year's Eve.

"We already have an average daily temperature for today should be -1.2 degrees, and we have positive. That is, we are going by the temperature of October. 86% of rainfall has fallen during this time, that is, it corresponds to the norm," the forecaster said in a conversation with Radio 1.

According to Tsygankov, winter is not yet visible in the capital, because the climate has warmed over the last 20-30 years.

"There won't be winter before December. But on New Year's Eve, as a rule, snow always fell and lay already in January. We hope that this year will not be an exception," he concluded.

Winter burden: in the capital region will fall a monthly norm of precipitation

Snowdrifts and icy conditions are possible by the end of the week, meteorologists forecast

Earlier in the day, leading expert of the weather center "Phobos" Evgeny Tishkovets reported that in the capital region began to form a temporary snow cover. According to the indicators at the meteorological stations of Moscow State University, in Mikhailovsky, Moscow Region, Naro-Fominsk, Klin, its height is 1 cm, and in Volokolamsk - 2 cm.

He added that the snow cover began to form in other regions of Central Russia. Thus, in the area of the Central Forest Reserve in the Tver region its height amounted to 5 cm, in the Pskov region - 4 cm, in the Smolensk region - 3 cm.

According to the specialist's forecast, November 20 in Moscow is expected short-term snow, changing into rain. During the day the air will warm up to +5.

Earlier on November 20, the Hydrometeorological Center warned that on Wednesday residents of the capital region expect small, in some places moderate precipitation and wind gusts, writes "Moscow 24". The air temperature in Moscow during the day will vary from +1 to +3 degrees. At night, the thermometer columns will rise to +5. In the Moscow region during the day forecasters promise from 0 to +5 degrees, at night the temperature will remain at +5.

November 19, leading expert of the weather center "Phobos" Mikhail Leus said that November 21 in the region are expected to fluctuate in temperature and lower atmospheric pressure, reports the agency of city news "Moscow".