The weather forecaster reported 43% of the monthly precipitation in the Moscow region.

Last night, 43% of the monthly precipitation fell in the south of the Moscow Region, said Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather Center, on April 6.

He noted that the reason for such a heavy snowfall was Cyclone Zion, which "brought real winter to Moscow at night."

"Three mm of precipitation fell in the capital overnight, in the south of the region: in Naro-Fominsk — seven mm, Kolomna — nine mm, Serpukhov — ten mm, Mikhnevo — 15 mm, or 43% of the monthly norm," the forecaster said in his Telegram channel.

In Central Russia, Kaluga became the record holder for precipitation, where the snow cover was 15 mm. According to the meteorologist, snowfalls are now falling in a latitudinal direction from west to east: in the Smolensk, Kaluga, Moscow, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod regions. In the southern regions, precipitation is turning into rain, Tishkovets warned.

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The air temperature in the regions will vary greatly from day to day.

According to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center for Saturday, April 6, it will be cloudy in Moscow, precipitation, in some places heavy mainly in the form of snow. Sleet, ice, and sleet up to +1 degrees are forecast in places in the region. The air temperature in Moscow will range from -1 to +1 degrees during the day. At night, the thermometer will drop to -4.