A third of the monthly precipitation rate fell in Moscow in 12 hours

On August 4, 33% of the monthly precipitation rate fell in the capital in half a day. Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, announced this on his Telegram channel on Monday, August 4.

"In Moscow, over the past 12 hours, 22 mm of precipitation fell at the Tushino weather station, 24 mm fell at Butovo, and 26 mm fell in the center of the capital, at Baltschug and VDNKh, which is 33% of the total volume of celestial moisture in August," the Moscow City News agency quoted the meteorologist.

The forecaster added that in the Moscow region, the largest amount of precipitation was recorded in Dolgoprudny — 34 mm. In Yegoryevsk, Novo-Jerusalem and Serpukhov, precipitation ranged from 25 to 28 mm, according to the website. kp.ru .

"The rains are continuing, and another 20 mm is forecast until morning," he added.

Tishkovets noted that the maximum rainfall in Moscow has already passed, but the rains will continue for another day. 360.ru .

The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, in turn, told RT that about 40% of the precipitation rate fell in Moscow and the Moscow region in the evening.

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Earlier that day, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the Meteonovosti news agency, told Izvestia that the southern regions of the Moscow region were affected by a cyclone, where intense thunderstorms were observed, and hail was recorded in Kolomna.

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