"Yellow" level of danger due to icy conditions extended in the Moscow region

In Moscow and the Moscow region "yellow" level of weather danger due to icy conditions has been extended until the morning of December 12. This was reported by the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, December 11.

"The warning period - until 9:00 am on December 12. In places on the roads icy," - quotes the message of the agency of city news "Moscow".

Earlier the warning was in effect until the evening of December 11, specifies "Moscow 24".

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Earlier on Wednesday, the Hydrometeorological center reported that residents of the capital region expect cloudy weather, light precipitation (snow, wet snow), in places icy.

The air temperature in Moscow during the day will vary from -2 to 0 degrees. At night, the thermometer columns will drop to -3.

Drivers were urged to be careful on the roads in connection with possible precipitation and icy conditions, as well as to observe the rules of the road (traffic rules), reports 360.ru.

In turn, leading specialist of the Meteonovosti information agency Tatyana Pozdnyakova told RT that the frost in the capital will begin to intensify in the second half of the week.

Earlier, on December 9, leading specialist of the Meteonovosti information agency Tatyana Pozdnyakova told Izvestia that on Friday, December 13, real frost will come to the Moscow region. According to her, it is possible that on Saturday the air temperature will be below -10 degrees Celsius in some places.

On the same day, the site kp.ru wrote that the Moscow region entered the top five snowiest regions in the European territory of Russia. In Klin and Dmitrov 30-centimeter snowdrifts have formed, and in Volokolamsk the height of the snow cover reaches 26 cm.