The weather forecaster warned of cloudy weather and slight warmth in Moscow on March 8.

Cloudy weather is expected in Moscow on International Women's Day, March 8th. Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the Russian Hydrometeorological Service's Crisis Management Department, announced this on Thursday, February 27.

"Cloudy weather is forecast in the capital on March 8, mostly without precipitation, with a slight minus at night and daytime temperatures up to +3 degrees," the forecaster told the city news agency "Moscow".

He noted that snow will fall in the capital in the coming days.

"Light snow will fall on March 2 and precipitation in the form of snow is expected on March 5-6, that is, snow will still be lying by March 8," he concluded.

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Earlier in the day in Moscow, snow began to turn into steam due to sudden temperature fluctuations, said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, in an interview with the website kp.ru .

He explained that when the sun is bright, an unusual situation occurs — the so-called sublimation. Snow under the influence of sunlight transforms into water vapor, bypassing the liquid phase, reports 360.ru .

The day before Vilfand predicted морозы up to 10-15 degrees in Moscow before the end of the working week. According to him, February 28 will be the last cold day, after which the warming will begin. The Hydrometeorological Center also the "yellow" weather danger level has been extended due to icy conditions in the capital region until February 27.

On February 25, the Moscow authorities decided to cancel the week of "Ski Russia" and the Ski Retro race, reports NSN. Events that had previously been postponed to the first week of March were finally canceled due to weather conditions, "Moscow 24".