About 20% of the monthly precipitation rate will fall in the metropolitan area on Tuesday.

About 20% of the monthly precipitation will fall in the capital region on May 13. Evgeny Tishkovets, a meteorologist and a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather center, announced this on his Telegram channel on Monday, May 12.

"On Tuesday, Moscow will be in the orbit of an active cyclone, which is why cloudy and rather rainy weather is expected with maximum precipitation in the afternoon and evening - up to 7-9 mm of precipitation will fall on the metropolis, up to 9-14 liters of rainwater per meter of area in the region, or one fifth of the monthly precipitation rate," the agency quotes the forecaster. Moscow City News.

He added that the air temperature in the Moscow region on Tuesday will be below the climatic norm, writes "Moscow 24".

"Next night in the city +1...+4 degrees, -1...+4 in the Moscow region, +5 in the afternoon...+8 degrees, in the region — +4...+9 degrees, which is abnormally cold for May, and corresponds to the climatic norm in the middle of autumn," concluded Tishkovets.

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Earlier in the day, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, said that from May 13, heat would begin to return to the Moscow region, writes RIAMO. Despite the fact that the air will warm up to +15 degrees, this temperature will still lag behind the climatic norm for this time of year, RT reports.

In turn, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, told Izvestia that rainy and windy weather is expected in Moscow and the region starting on May 12. However, by the weekend, the air temperature will approach the climatic norm, she added.