Wilfand predicted a temperature rise to +25 degrees at the end of March.

Warming to +20...+25 degrees is expected in the south of the European part of Russia at the end of March. This was announced on Tuesday, March 25, by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand.

According to him, the temperature in this part of the country will be 6-7 degrees above normal, which corresponds to the May values.

"Daytime temperatures will start to rise significantly, so temperatures above 15-18 degrees will be at the beginning of the week, and from Thursday air flows from the southeast will be added, so the temperature will be plus 20-25 degrees until the end of March. By the end of the week, the temperature values will exceed the norm by 6-7 degrees, this is May weather," Vilfand said in an interview with TASS.

The forecaster clarified that on Wednesday, March 26, light rain is possible, otherwise, no significant precipitation is forecast.

In addition, as Vilfand explained, a noticeable increase in temperature is also expected in the north of the European part of the Russian Federation: by the weekend, the indicator will increase by about 3-4 degrees, notes "Газета.Ru ".

"The temperature will rise noticeably over the weekend, it will already be around plus 10-12 degrees," he added.

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Tatiana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, reported on March 24 that it would be cloudy in the capital region by the end of the week. Also, according to her, light rains are expected. Pozdnyakova added that by the end of the month, atmospheric pressure will rise, and on weekends the daytime temperature will be +11 ...+16 degrees.