Forecasters predicted temperatures of up to -11 degrees Celsius and snow in Moscow on January 9.

Heavy snow, blizzard, sleet, snow drifts — such weather awaits residents of the capital region on Friday, January 9th. The corresponding forecast is published on the website of the Hydrometeorological Center.

The air temperature in Moscow will range from -11 to -9 degrees during the day. At night, the thermometer will drop to -11.

In the Moscow region, it will be from -13 to -8 degrees during the day, and at night the temperature may drop to -13 degrees.

An easterly wind with a speed of 5-10 m/s is expected, with gusts of up to 15 m/s in places.

Atmospheric pressure will be 745-747 mmHg.

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Earlier, on January 6, Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, said that a "snow Armageddon" was expected in the Moscow region on January 9, with up to 30% of the monthly precipitation rate possible. After that, snowdrifts up to half a meter high may form in Moscow, which has never happened this season.

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