Weather forecasters warned of sudden temperature changes during the January holidays

During the January holidays, frequent and contrasting temperature changes are likely in almost all regions. Yandex Weather analysts told Izvestia about this on December 30.

Around -11 degrees Celsius, light snow and light wind are expected in Moscow on New Year's Eve. During the holidays, the temperature will range from -1...-2 degrees to +4 degrees, followed by a return of frost to -8...-10 degrees, precipitation of varying intensity is possible almost daily.

In St. Petersburg, it is forecast to be around -10 degrees and snow on New Year's Eve; during the holidays, the temperature will remain in the range of -1...-6 degrees.

"In Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Samara, on the night of January 1, -9...-11 degrees are expected, the wind is light, snow in places; in the future, snowfalls and rains are possible, and the temperature will vary from -10 degrees to +6 degrees," the forecasters said.

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Up to 4 cm of snow may fall by Saturday.

In addition, in the Volga region and the central regions, the first half of the holidays will be frosty to -10 degrees, warming to +3...+6 degrees is predicted in the Christmas area, and at the end of the holidays, a second cooling to -8...-10 degrees is possible.

In the Urals — in Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Ufa — on the night of December 31 to January 1, -8...-11 degrees, light snow and light wind are forecast; then forecasters expect sharp changes from severe frosts to thaws. In Novosibirsk, New Year's Eve will be held at -1 degrees and heavy precipitation, in Omsk — up to -12 degrees and light snow, in Krasnoyarsk — -3...-5 degrees without precipitation; in the following days, temperature fluctuations from -13 to +2 degrees are predicted.

In the south, including Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd, New Year's Eve is expected to reach -6 degrees without significant precipitation, and then a noticeable warming to +2...+14 degrees.

Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, said on December 24 that cloudy weather with short-term snowfalls is expected in the capital on December 31 and January 1. Daytime temperatures will range from -7 to -10 degrees, while nighttime temperatures will drop to -10...-15 degrees. He specified that the expected temperature values will be about three degrees below the long-term average for this period.

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