Forecasters predicted heavy snow, drifts and up to -6 degrees in Moscow on January 27.

Cloudy, heavy snow, snow drifts, and icy conditions await residents of the capital region on Tuesday, January 27. The corresponding forecast is published on the website of the Hydrometeorological Center.

The air temperature in Moscow will range from -6 to -4 degrees during the day. At night, the thermometer will drop to -8.

In the Moscow region, it will be from -9 to -4 degrees during the day, and at night the temperature may drop to -11.

A southerly and southeasterly wind with a speed of 3-10 m/s is expected.

Atmospheric pressure will range from 744 to 747 mmHg.

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Heavy precipitation is expected in the European part of the country for three days.

Tatiana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti agency, reported a day earlier that residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region are expecting a sharp change in weather this week: light frosts at the beginning of the period will be replaced by heavy snowfall and a blizzard. According to her, on Tuesday evening, January 27, an active atmospheric front in the designated area will be determined. Unfavorable weather conditions will continue, according to the specialist, until Wednesday, January 28.

On the same day, Deptrans urged motorists to abandon trips in Moscow by car on January 27-28 due to snow, and truck drivers to plan their route taking into account weather conditions, not to overload the car, and also to familiarize themselves with road sections where it may be difficult to climb due to the slope.

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